[kictanet] [Skunkworks] New KenInvest Website

Tue Oct 9 11:31:18 EAT 2012

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What do you mean by international outlook? This is a myth that if it's a
.ke, it will not have an international outlook.

A good example is UK Trade and Investment. Is it more international?
http://www.ukti.gov.uk

On 9 October 2012 07:58, Norman Boinett <nboinett at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks all for the feedback and suggestions. I will surely follow up on .
> co.ke domain issue. The gTLD has been in use for a while. We had an
> argument on the same with our colleagues and the decision to use the gTLD
> was based on the argument that we have an international audience and we
> needed to give the IPA an international outlook and presence (you will
> notice that most Investment Promotion Agencies IPA's use gTLD's not
> ccTLD's) however there is absolutely no harm in obtaining a ccTLD to
> compliment the gTLD.
>
> Have a great day.
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:12 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> I agree Ali, i just hope we can find a way of making .ke a default id for
>> all state corporations , i think Ken Invest would be a good starting point
>> for promoting proudly .ke which seems to be in high demand in the high seas
>> compared to home ( i don't have facts though). I hope Norman will consider
>> my humble request :-)) who knows what the ripple effect of
>> keninvest.co.ke would mean to the local registrar community, after all
>> we are a brand, the best runners, the best tea, the best groundnuts, the
>> best milk (Tuzo Sirkal) the best Sugar (Mumias Ingwe), need i say more.
>>
>> Have a great day
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 7:03 AM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Barrack
>>>
>>> Some things may not be so obvious unfortunately. I think all government
>>>  departments and agencies must be compelled to have .ke as the default
>>> domain. Even if they own .coms (which they may have to buy for defensive
>>> purposes to prevent cyber squatters and domainers from hijacking the names.
>>>
>>> Ali Hussein
>>>
>>> +254 773/713 601113
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone®
>>>
>>> On Oct 9, 2012, at 5:51 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Norman,
>>>
>>> I would wish to congratulate you for the good job  but i am really
>>> serious about my question, i would like to understand why a state arm is
>>> not using a .ke? is it that its not catchy enough ?
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 11:06 PM, daniel gitau <danmac.daniel at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Norman,
>>>>
>>>> Great stuff going on there..shud also put an option of posting/tracking
>>>> projects.
>>>>
>>>> Danmac
>>>> On Oct 8, 2012 3:02 PM, "Norman Boinett" <nboinett at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi all. We took some time to redesign/revamp our website in our effort
>>>>> to improve our services. visit us on www.investmentkenya.com
>>>>>
>>>>> Feedback is highly appreciated
>>>>>
>>>>> Rgds
>>>>>
>>>>> Norman
>>>>>
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>>>>> *
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>>>>> and Mark Musa,translators. Oxford University Press revised edition,
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>
>
> --
> *“And one should bear in mind that there is nothing more difficult to
> execute, more dubious of success, nor more dangerous to administer than to
> introduce a new order of things; for he who
> introduces it has all those who profit from the old order as his
> enemies,and he has only lukewarm allies in all those who might profit from
> the new. This lukewarmness partly stems from fear of their adversaries . .
> . and partly from the skepticism of men, who do not truly believe in new
> things unless they have actually had personal experience of them.”
> *
> (From Chapter VI of Niccoló Machiavelli,The Prince. Peter Bondanella and
> Mark Musa,translators. Oxford University Press revised edition,
> 1984, p. 21.)
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