<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hey to all!</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I'm Kudra Maliro from Goma in eastern in DRCongo and i'm new at this community.</div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">Thanks,<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Nov 16, 2017, at 3:27 PM, Mark Elkins <<a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za">mje@posix.co.za</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 16/11/2017 11:51, Alan Levin wrote:<br>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">I've been studying African cctld
for many years. <br>
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I've been working in the industry for 20+ years (I started
running/managing/automating CO.ZA in September 1995)<br>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">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. <br>
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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..<br>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">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... <br>
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I charge R80.00 for a CO.ZA domain. <font color="green">
Exchange Rates as of 16th Nov 12:00 GMT - $1 = R14.31<br>
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<font color="#000000">R80 = approx $5.60 - that's with my Markup
and VAT - so that's to the man in the street.</font><br>
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<div style="font-size:12.8px">How can I encourage our clients to
buy African cctlds when there is so much more to chose from
nowadays? <br>
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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
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://dnsafrica.study">https://dnsafrica.study</a><br>
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Pricing (& ease of paying) and availability (& ease of
access or automation) were amongst the considerations.<br>
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But, I agree with you, or forget about any individual African Name -
and just buy your dotAfrica from me at <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://vweb.co.za">https://vweb.co.za</a> ;-)<br>
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Seriously though - you are correct.<br>
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Prices should generally be lower.<br>
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Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) Africa
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za">mje@posix.co.za</a> Tel: +27.128070590 Cell: +27.826010496
For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ftth.posix.co.za">https://ftth.posix.co.za</a>
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