[kictanet] kictanet Digest, Vol 107, Issue 26

[Branton Obwari]

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On 14 Apr 2016 01:42, "Michael Pedersen via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Hi Kariba & List,
>
> Personally I am a fan of .ke domains - that said there are room for
> improvement:
>
> 1. DNSSEC rolled out yet ?
>
> 2. Frequent Kenic outages - April 2015 still fresh in memory, and erodes
> confidence in technical capacity.
>
> 3. "Political stability" around the board of Kenic seems lacking.
>
> ..
> Mike
>
>
> On 4/14/16 1:15 AM, DRAKE (Domain Registrars Association of Kenya) via
> kictanet wrote:
>
>> 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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