[kictanet] Fwd:[ALAC] .africa news and the business of Domains

waudo siganga emailsignet at mailcan.com
Sat Feb 11 13:11:37 EAT 2017


Thanks for the info Ali. It will take time for me to be convinced
though. Im intrigued even Kenyans appear excited about .africa when it
is a substitute for and competitor to .ke which are battling to give
traction. What is in .africa for Kenya?

W.

On Sat, Feb 11, 2017, at 12:16 PM, Ali Hussein wrote:
> Waudo
> 
> My take is this:-
> 
> 1. From a corporate perspective the idea is not to necessarily make money
> but for defensive registration to protect the brand. Like .google or
> .coke etc.
> 
> 2. For Geo Domains the attraction is obvious. Whether they will make
> money or not is up in the air and depends on Positioning. Something that
> the DNS Community needs to learn.
> 
> My business sense though tells me that this space hasn't even been
> scratched yet. In a series of Capacity Building Seminars that ICANN held
> in 2015 through 2016 for the DNS Sector in Africa it became obvious
> that:-
> 
> a) The space is virgin territory in terms of being exploited 
> b) Marketing and online fulfillment is an area that requires great
> attention
> c) That ICANN is committed to helping the sector grow and realize its
> potential
> 
> We in the sector need to do our part and sensitize all players to come to
> the table.
> 
> There's more to real estate than a plot in Kitengela. There are prime
> positions to be had online.. :-). 
> 
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> Sent from my iPad
> 
> > On 11 Feb 2017, at 9:37 AM, waudo siganga via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> > 
> > someone needs to take me on a 101 course why there is so much rumpus about these new gTLDs, especially the geos. Will they break even/make money? Already ZACR has 3 other geo nTLDs in South Africa but the registrations as shown at ntldstats.com seem pretty modest. Multichoice had registered around 6 dotbrands with fancy names like .supersport and .africamagic all at $185,000 each but appears to have come to a brick wall and bolted to cut the losses. Maybe I'm missing something. If so please bring me up to date.
> >  
> > W.
> >  
> >> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017, at 12:27 AM, Grace B via kictanet wrote:
> >> The news is being received with measured optimism.
> >>  
> >> 2017-02-10 11:30 GMT+03:00 Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
> >> Listers
> >> 
> >> Fyi
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> >> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> >> From: "Rinalia Abdul Rahim" <rinalia.abdulrahim at gmail.com>
> >> Date: Feb 10, 2017 10:59 AM
> >> Subject: [ALAC] .africa news
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> >> https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2017-02-09-en.
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