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

Sun Feb 12 15:38:31 EAT 2017

We do have .EU and .ASIA running for sometime now beside ccTLDs in their
geographic regions!

Pierre
On Sun, Feb 12, 2017 at 12:24 waudo siganga via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Hi Kivuva - it's all speculation but in the coming future I see (using
> your examples) more of Nakumatt.*store* or Nakumatt.*shop*,  Equity*.bank*,
> AGOA*.trade*, Dangote.cement etc. If geographic identity would be so
> crucial then I would rather expect more granulation rather than aggregation
> to indicate a registrant's location:  Nakumatt.tz, Nakumatt.ug,
> Nakumatt.ng, Nakumatt.nairobi, Nakumatt.eldoret, Nakumatt.kawangware etc.
>
> .Africa to me is an overrated expectation; once in a while in the IT world
> we get this kind of thing that is pushed with excitement as a game-changer
> or big bang but eventually turns out to be much ado about nothing as well
> as having no demonstrable benefit to the common man walking on the street.
>
> W.
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 11, 2017, at 05:27 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet wrote:
>
> There is an obvious worry by ccTLDs that  this new string will steal
> business from them. But that view is unfounded.
>
> .Africa will attract brands that perceive themselves as African centric...
> For example  East African Community will not need to use .int domain. Some
> other brands are East Africa IGF, Africa IGF, NEPAD, AGOA, Dangote,
> Nakumatt, Equity bank, (insert here any regional or Global brand). This
> space is not controlled by ccTLDs, but by gTLDs like .com .net .org and .biz
>
> There will also be domainers who will run after dictionary names, and
> African names which are adword friendly, and which are easy to squat on.
> This will be good for the administrators of .AFRICA because they will get
> the much needed revenue to cover their costs, especially now that the legal
> battle may have taken them on a financial marathon. I cannot even imagine
> the value of Safari.africa, but I'm damn sure the ZACRA guys have already
> put that domain on premium sunrise application. There is no cause for worry
> because the .africa string went through the Trade Mark Protection period
> some years back. I remember Alice Munyua leading this process on this
> platform for protecting Kenyan based trademarks and heritage.
>
> I've been in the DNS industry for more than a decade, and I know what I'm
> saying. And I say :-)
>
> On Feb 11, 2017 4:08 PM, "Dorcas Muthoni via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
> When are we likely to be able to use. africa,  I am definitely interested
> in this.
>
> On Feb 11, 2017 12:18, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 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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> 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
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
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> 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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> Best regards,
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> Rinalia
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