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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style lang="EN">The 2014 Africa Domain Name System Forum will be held from 7th to 9th July
2014 at the Nicon Luxury Hotel in Abuja Nigeria. This years event will be
hosted by the Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style lang="EN"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style lang="EN">Organized by AfTLD, the Internet Society<span style>
</span>and the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers with the
support of other partners , the event seeks to build a community of practice
that will strengthen the Domain Name Industry on the African Continent.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style lang="EN"><br></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">According
to the domain name industry brief there were 265 million domains registered
globally in the third quarter of 2013. The base ccTLD registrations were 119.5
million. The largest top level domains by zone size in the third quarter of
2013 included .com, .tk, .de, .net ,.uk, .org, .cn , .info ,.ru and .nl. None
of the African registries featured among the top ten. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The
largest ccTLD in Africa by zone size did not surpass the 1 million mark during
the same period. <br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style lang="EN">The objective of the forum is to help the domain name industry in Africa grow at a competitive rate and ensure that the continent competes with the rest
of the world. The forum will be a three day event and will bring together
African registries; African ICANN accredited registrars, resellers,
infrastructure service and solution providers as well as entrepreneurs
interested in investing in the African Domain Name space. There will be
interesting discussions highlighting opportunities in the African Domain name
industry as well as networking sessions between registrars, resellers and the
registries.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style><span style lang="EN">For more information kindly visit <a href="http://www.aftld.org/afdnsforum2014">www.aftld.org/afdnsforum2014</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style>
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