[kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 107, Issue 26

Thu Apr 14 01:15:27 EAT 2016

Thanks Waudo,
To your question. How do I see .ke being impacted by the new gTLDs?
The answer is purely on value. Right now the user is key because there's
variety.
We asked a while back. Why does the Kenyan developer prefer .com .tech
.consultant .insertnewTLD over .KE
Here are some responses and how we've dealt with them
1. Price - Implemented RRP at 1,000 bob which all DRAKE members have
implemented
2. Purchase procedure - Automation deployed. Current/ New registrars benefit
from support by the DRAKE technical team that assists at KENIC should the
need arise
3. Security - your .KE will NOT be taken down! (Terms and XXX apply). And
yes before you quote www.isuhuruinkenya.co.ke I wish to say that was purely
a registrar issue and we resolved the same. Actually as a .KE owner if you
don't have dashboard access to your domain do let us know.
4. Market - #weareke campaign which launched in 2015 goes bigger and better
this year. Focussing on Awareness, Demystification and conversion.

A product is only as good as its need and we hope that all this steps will
boost the tech communities trust in their own brand and will help us build
it.
We've ridden on a nationalistic approach and that's gotten us to 56,000. We
hope based on continuous value addition we'll get to 1,000,000
1,000,000 means:
- 10,000 Jobs
- GDP relevance
- Bottom tier empowerment

Regards

Kariba

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Thanks for the update Kariba. Indeed I remember well Dec 31, 1999 well when
I went to hide in a mud hut overnight after we had been convinced that
everything, including multi-story buildings, was going to collapse!
I remember there was a national emergency response centre at Hilton Hotel to
coordinate anticipated things like the bursting of Masinga dam, lifts
getting stuck and traffic lights going haywire.

Wishing you well on the .ke journey. How do you?see .ke being impacted by
the new gTLDs?

Waudo

On Wed, Apr 13, 2016, at 08:49 AM, DRAKE via kictanet wrote:
>  View this email in your browser[1]
> Achieving the Kshs. 30 Billion Ecosystem Hallo and welcome to the 
> Internet of things! The year is 1999 and the world is going to 
> end!..or so it seemed. A lot has changed since 1999 and so has our 
> agenda as the Domain Registrars Association of Kenya (DRAKE). We aim 
> to grow the .KE ecosystem through the multi- stakeholder framework 
> legally known as KENIC.[2]
>
>
In 2017, The National Broadband strategy[3] will lapse and with our hardwork
1,000,000 + domains should have been registered. DRAKE has been formulating
the .KE Ecosytem[4] and building a roadmap towards achieving a Kshs.
30Billion Ecosystem through value addition from the bottom up. In 2014, we
kicked off the .KE automation drive that saw all our members adopt a click
and pay approach to domain purchases. In 2015, through KENIC we saw the
launch of #weareke a national brand awareness campaign.
>
> What Next?
> A million domains is no small feat,it needs a collective approach.
> We've broken down our engagement segments as below:

>  1. Fund - Partner with DRAKE
>  2. Community - Engage with DRAKE
>  3. Government - Rollout with DRAKE
>  4. Technology - Grow with DRAKE
> DRAKE's relevance to date would not be possible without our heroes and 
> as such we appreciate the continuous support of:

>  1. *Cabinet Secretary - Joe Mucheru*, Permanent Secretaries - Victor
>     Kyalo & Sammy Itemere, Our Ambassadors at Government.
>  2. *Michael Katundu* - An unsung hero of ICT in Kenya and a key DRAKE
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>  3. *Joe Sevilla - *Strathmore University's IBiz Hub is not only *The
>     Home of the DRAKE *but also our testbed for startup inclusion in
>     the .KE Ecosystem. For more on our evolving agenda, talk to us and
>     let's Build .KE Together!
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> Kariba Moko - DRAKE Chair
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