[AfrICANN-discuss] Registration payment in Africa: a chance to innovate?

[Khaled KOUBAA]

Mawaki,
I think that here the problem is not in the technology to be used, but 
there are other macro economic issues that you have to look for before 
any thing.
I dont think that african countries are able actually to open 100 % 
their economy to let their consumer realise commercial operation 
in/outside the country without regulation.
The best business model for an actvity such as a Registrar in Africa is 
to open wide his local-reseller activity and try to get reseller in each 
country and encourage them to work.
Target for Kheweul is different than Godaddy or others, I guess, and 
this target need direct commercial and marketing strategy.
I wish all the sucess to Kheweul.

Mawaki Chango wrote:
> Thanks Ken, Yaovi, Khaled, Mouhamet, etc. for the answer about
> the first African registrar.
>
> Philemon raised an interesting point about registration payment.
> I recall having read a while ago that there is a new cellular
> application in Kenya allowing people with no bank card (or even
> no account) to make payments and money transfers with their
> mobile phone. I also know from my time in Dakar, MANOBI came up
> with some interesting cellular application (a kind of
> micro-stock exchange) for farmers and fishermen to sell their
> products at marketplaces in the country, etc.
>
> My point is, we should really explore innovative ways, adapated
> to our conditions and yet sustainable, to do business. I'm
> convinced using the cellular networks/phones that are so
> successful on the continent, we can bypass some of the things
> that are seen as shortcomings when approached from a western
> (industrial world's) perspective. As Africans, we all know there
> are other business models than the one implied by ICANN
> processes. Kheweul registrar might become the success story that
> makes this point clear once for all, globally, and opens the way
> hopefully for African gTLD registries.
>
> C'est tout le mal que je te souhaite, Mouhamet!
> Cheers,
>
> Mawaki
>
> --- Yaovi Atohoun <yaovito at yahoo.fr> wrote:
>
>   
>> Right. It is Internet Solutions (Pty) Ltd.  The list of
>> accredited registrars is at 
>>   http://www.icann.org/registrars/accredited-list.html 
>>    
>>   Yaovi
>>   
>>
>> Ken Lohento <klohento at panos-ao.org> a écrit :
>>      
>>   
>> ikargs at ucc.co.ug a écrit :
>>     
>>> there is one in South Africa Internet something... sorry I
>>>       
>> forget the 
>>     
>>> rest of the name but Allan can help
>>>       
>> :-)
>>
>> I think it's Internet Solutions
>>
>>
>>     
> http://www.is.co.za/news/access/Internet+Solutions+to+Register+Domains+directly+with+ICANN.htm
>   
>> Ken Lohento
>>     
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>>> BTW, which one was the first accredited registrar in the
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