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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Dec 23, 2017 at 6:44 AM, Abdalla <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ceo@kenic.or.ke" target="_blank">ceo@kenic.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div><div><font size="4">Dear Listers,</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Thank you for supporting the auction process by maintaining a very vibrant discussion on the same. The auction date for <a href="http://ni.ke" target="_blank">ni.ke</a> ended yesterday. We will commence communication with the bidders and get the next step of the processes in action. There are still a number of premium domains on auction till the end of December 2017.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">Listers will be updated on what happened by the end 1st week January 2018.</font></div><div><font size="4"><br></font></div><div><font size="4">I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone Happy Holidays !!! </font></div><font size="4"><br></font><div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, December 23, 2017 12:39:06 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Ni.ke hits the Kshs 1 billion (or $9.7m) mark in the premium domain auction of the .ke second level domain launch (Warning: This could be #FakeNews :-) )</font>
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<div dir="auto">Now that the auction is complete... any indication if this indeed happened?</div>
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<font face="georgia, serif">Ni.ke hits the Kshs 1 billion (or $9.7m) mark in the premium domain auction of the .ke second level domain launch. This is probably an all time record of any ccTLD (Country Code Second Level Domain). </font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20px;background-position:0px 0px">
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<font face="georgia, serif">For a minute I thought this was an error. And it could still be.. :-) </font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20px;background-position:0px 0px">
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<font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://auction.kenic.or.ke/item/19203406/nike" target="_blank">http://auction.kenic.or.ke/ite<wbr>m/19203406/nike</a></font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20px;background-position:0px 0px">
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<font face="georgia, serif">If this turns out to be true it would be a world record and focus the world alot more on Kenya.. Hold on! We are onto a wild ride! :-)</font></div><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20px;background-position:0px 0px">
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<div style="font-family:georgia,serif;display:inline">@Abdalla and Team - Well done for putting KENIC on the map!</div><div><br class="m_-8997435759711246061webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;outline:0px;vertical-align:baseline;line-height:20px;background-position:0px 0px;background-repeat:initial initial">
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 enabled growth and development.<br>
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