Email
info@boumaroots.org
Website
www.boumaroots.org
ICANN 2026
April 2026

Project in preparation for the ICANN 2026 gTLD Program

Our future web spaces already bear their names. Preserved like ancestral heritages, they remain veiled until their official revelation during the ICANN submission, to protect their integrity.

April 2026

ICANN Submission

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ICANN 2026

The 4 Portals of the Pan-African Digital Home

The 4 Portals of the Pan-African Digital Home

Bouma Roots is preparing a portfolio of four interconnected community web extensions in a common digital ecosystem. Each opens a specific access to the Pan-African Digital Home.

THE BUILDERS

The business and entrepreneurial space

Companies, private or public institutions, professionals, Freelancers

THE CREATIVES

The space of imagination, arts and culture

Visual arts, content creation, fashion, entertainment, media

THE JUSTICERS

The engagement, rights and freedoms space

NGOs, associations, activists, civic and citizen movements

THE SCHOLARS

The knowledge and memory space

Academic institutions, researchers, heritage initiatives

Non-disclosure warning: The technical chains (names of future extensions) associated with these portals will remain confidential until ICANN submission, in accordance with impartiality rules and are only communicated to partners under NDA (Non-disclosure Agreement).

A high-impact project

A cultural and digital movement born to reconnect more than 1.5 billion continental Africans and more than 260 million souls from the diaspora through the Web.

150000

Jobs created

+2

Internet connectivity points

FR/EN/PT/ES/AR


Multilingual accessibility

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

Rejoindre

Join the Pan-African digital Home

Bouma Roots is currently in the preparation phase for its ICANN 2026 application. To succeed, the project needs institutional, community, African and diasporic support.

Bouma Roots Solidarity Fund

Together, let's build the Pan-African Digital Home

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Contribute to the Solidarity Fund

Credit card, PayPal, and international payments via Stripe module, Mobile Money module

Contribute

Sign the official letter of support

Download the template and sign the official letter of support

Sign the letter

Become a partner

Qualified form to become a partner of the project

Form

Participate in reflection

Contact Bouma Roots to participate in reflection

Contact

Become a Bouma Roots Ambassador

Media kit + Slack/Discord network onboarding

Learn more

ICANN 2026 Roadmap

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2024-2025

Design, governance consolidation and legal structure

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Nov. 2025

Calls for support, partnerships (ongoing)

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Dec. 2025

ICANN ASP assistance program (up to 85% of application fees per extension)

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April 2026

ICANN application submission

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2027

ICANN Registry accreditation

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2028

Technical infrastructure deployment

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2029

Launch of Bouma Roots extensions