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. At home in Benin, getting a .Com is easier and cheaper than getting a .BJ
Le jeu. 16 nov. 2017 à 14:32, Al-hadji kudra Maliro via AfrICANN < africann@afrinic.net> a écrit : > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Al-hadji kudra Maliro <kudra.mal...@yahoo.fr> > To: m...@posix.co.za, AfrICANN Community List <africann@afrinic.net> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 15:31:56 +0200 > Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] AfriDNS - Internet governance at the local > level > Hey to all! > > I'm Kudra Maliro from Goma in eastern in DRCongo and i'm new at this > community. > > Thanks, > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Nov 16, 2017, at 3:27 PM, Mark Elkins <m...@posix.co.za> wrote: > > > > On 16/11/2017 11:51, Alan Levin wrote: > > Hi, > > I've been studying African cctld for many years. > > > I've been working in the industry for 20+ years (I started > running/managing/automating CO.ZA in September 1995) > > 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. > > > I agree. I view a Domain as one of the earlier steps to obtaining on-line > presence. Domain names should be viewed as enablers.. > > 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... > > > :-) > > I charge R80.00 for a CO.ZA domain. Exchange Rates as of 16th Nov 12:00 > GMT - $1 = R14.31 > > R80 = approx $5.60 - that's with my Markup and VAT - so that's to the man > in the street. > > How can I encourage our clients to buy African cctlds when there is so > much more to chose from nowadays? > > > 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 > > Pricing (& ease of paying) and availability (& ease of access or > automation) were amongst the considerations. > > But, I agree with you, or forget about any individual African Name - and > just buy your dotAfrica from me at https://vweb.co.za ;-) > > Seriously though - you are correct. > > Prices should generally be lower. > > -- > Mark James ELKINS - Posix Systems - (South) africa...@posix.co.za > Tel: +27.128070590 Cell: +27.826010496 > For fast, reliable, low cost Internet in ZA: https://ftth.posix.co.za > > _______________________________________________ > AfrICANN mailing list > AfrICANN@afrinic.net > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Al-hadji kudra Maliro via AfrICANN <africann@afrinic.net> > To: m...@posix.co.za, AfrICANN Community List <africann@afrinic.net> > Cc: > Bcc: > Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 13:32:31 +0000 > Subject: Re: [AfrICANN-discuss] AfriDNS - Internet governance at the local > level > _______________________________________________ > AfrICANN mailing list > AfrICANN@afrinic.net > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/africann > -- Muriel ALAPINI Webmaster/Digital Manager/ICANN Fellow tél (+229) 63 17 48 48 E-mail: muriel.alap...@gmail.com Skype: muriela0104 "Some people come into your life as blessings. Others come as lessons"
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