[AfrICANN-discuss] Nigeria Plans 100, 000 Free Domain Names for Nigerians in 2014

[Michele Neylon - Blacknight]

>From what we could gather from talking to Google and others there were different experiences in different countries... 

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Mr. Michele Neylon
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> On 7 Jan 2014, at 20:58, "Kivuva" <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
> 
> Google tried the same thing in Kenya with mixed success.
> 
> Probably the population of Nigeriaa will have have the desired results
> 
>> On 07/01/2014, Michele Neylon - Blacknight <michele at blacknight.com> wrote:
>> It depends how it’s done.
>> 
>> We gave away a very large number of domains + hosting as part of a project
>> in conjunction with Google http://www.gettingbusinessonline.ie/
>> Sure – some people tried to abuse it, but the renewal rate (which was paid)
>> wasn’t horrendous
>> 
>> 
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>> From: africann-bounces at afrinic.net [mailto:africann-bounces at afrinic.net] On
>> Behalf Of Dr Eberhard W Lisse
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 7, 2014 7:16 PM
>> To: AfrICANN list
>> Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] Nigeria Plans 100, 000 Free Domain Names for
>> Nigerians in 2014
>> 
>> The paying customers are going to be sooo impressed...
>> 
>> el
>> 
>> Sent from Dr Lisse's iPad mini
>> 
>> On Jan 7, 2014, at 19:35, Mamadou LO
>> <alfamamadou at hotmail.com<mailto:alfamamadou at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>> Nigeria Plans 100,000 Free Domain Names for Nigerians in 2014
>> http://pctechmag.com/2014/01/nigeria-plans-100000-free-domain-names-for-nigerians-in-2014/
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