<div dir="auto">I think that this situation with the CcTlds in Africa is due to the fact that the States, the institutions in charge of the digital identities in our countries, do not raise awareness, communicate and put mechanisms in place to allow the African Internet users to appropriate the digital identity of their country. </div><div dir="auto">At home in Benin, getting a .Com is easier and cheaper than getting a .BJ<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div>Le jeu. 16 nov. 2017 à 14:32, Al-hadji kudra Maliro via AfrICANN <<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net">africann@afrinic.net</a>> a écrit :<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><br><br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Al-hadji kudra Maliro <<a href="mailto:kudra.maliro@yahoo.fr" target="_blank">kudra.maliro@yahoo.fr</a>><br>To: <a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za" target="_blank">mje@posix.co.za</a>, AfrICANN Community List <<a href="mailto:africann@afrinic.net" target="_blank">africann@afrinic.net</a>><br>Cc: <br>Bcc: <br>Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 15:31:56 +0200<br>Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] AfriDNS - Internet governance at the local level<br><div dir="auto"><div>Hey to all!</div><div id="m_4036113181405012948AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_4036113181405012948AppleMailSignature">I'm Kudra Maliro from Goma in eastern in DRCongo and i'm new at this community.</div><div id="m_4036113181405012948AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="m_4036113181405012948AppleMailSignature">Thanks,<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div></div><div dir="auto"><div><br>On Nov 16, 2017, at 3:27 PM, Mark Elkins <<a href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za" target="_blank">mje@posix.co.za</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<div class="m_4036113181405012948moz-cite-prefix">On 16/11/2017 11:51, Alan Levin wrote:<br>
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<div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Hi,</span>
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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 <a href="http://CO.ZA" target="_blank">CO.ZA</a> 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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:-)<br>
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I charge R80.00 for a <a href="http://CO.ZA" target="_blank">CO.ZA</a> 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="m_4036113181405012948moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://dnsafrica.study" target="_blank">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="m_4036113181405012948moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://vweb.co.za" target="_blank">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="m_4036113181405012948moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:mje@posix.co.za" target="_blank">mje@posix.co.za</a> Tel: +27.128070590 Cell: +27.826010496
For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: <a class="m_4036113181405012948moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ftth.posix.co.za" target="_blank">https://ftth.posix.co.za</a>
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