[AfrICANN-discuss] AfriDNS - Internet governance at the local level

Thu Nov 16 13:31:56 UTC 2017

Hey to all!

I'm Kudra Maliro from Goma in eastern in DRCongo and i'm new at this community.

Thanks,

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> On Nov 16, 2017, at 3:27 PM, Mark Elkins <mje at posix.co.za> wrote:
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>> On 16/11/2017 11:51, Alan Levin wrote:
>> Hi,
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>> I've been studying African cctld for many years. 
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> I've been working  in the industry for 20+ years (I started running/managing/automating CO.ZA in September 1995)
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>> The cost of registering an African cctld in Uganda / Nigeria / Ghana / Botswana / Angola, etc appears to remain totally out of kilter with the global market rates.  To buy a .ke for a local is around USD6, but for a foreigner it's >USD17 and they appear to be one of the cheapest.  
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> I agree. I view a Domain as one of the earlier steps to obtaining on-line presence. Domain names should be viewed as enablers..
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>> In South Africa a domain goes for less than USD5, and they are available globally at the same price. We have over 1.2m registrations... significantly more than any other African cctld...  
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> :-)
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> I charge R80.00 for a CO.ZA domain. Exchange Rates as of 16th Nov 12:00 GMT -  $1 = R14.31
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> R80 = approx $5.60 - that's with my Markup and VAT - so that's to the man in the street.
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>> How can I encourage our clients to buy African cctlds when there is so much more to chose from nowadays? 
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> William Stucke lead a team, of which I was a significant member, paid for by ICANN to run an African DNS survey. The 3 month Survey took over a year. We did present some (what I believe to be) reasonable conclusions and summary - which you can find a link to at https://dnsafrica.study
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> Pricing (& ease of paying) and availability (& ease of     access or automation) were amongst the considerations.
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> But, I agree with you, or forget about any individual African Name - and just buy your dotAfrica from me at https://vweb.co.za   ;-)
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> Seriously though - you are correct.
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> Prices should generally be lower.
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> -- 
> Mark James ELKINS  -  Posix Systems - (South) Africa
> mje at posix.co.za       Tel: +27.128070590  Cell: +27.826010496
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