The African country code
Top Level Domains (ccTLDs) has registered half a million domains in the last
two years, ITRealms can authoritatively report.
Disclosing this in an
exclusive chat with ITRealms, the Vice President for Africa at the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), Mr. Pierre Dandjinou said
in two years, the continent was able to register additional 500,000 domains increase,
which precisely happened within the leadership of the outgoing president of
ICANN, Mr. Fadi Chehade.
This, he said, was a
leap from what was registered invariably by end of 2013 and outside the new
generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) uptake.
As said by him, African
ccTLDs registrations record 1.3 million as the time of filing this report from
some 800,000 two years ago.
ICANN Vice president
also said this figure not include any new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs)
uptake, stressing that with the growing interest for domain names and the
universal access to the Internet, there is a likelihood that Africans will be
increasing registrations in both gTLD and ccTLD.
He cited an instance
with South Africa, which has seen an increase of its ccTLD registrations,
despite the launch of its new gTLDs like .Durban, .Cape Town or .Johannesburg.
Nigeria, he said, is
also going through a rejuvenation of the ccTLD management with a few bold
advances.
"Of course, there
are still many disparities between the different African countries but on the
whole, Africa is on the move," he said.
Currently, he said,
about 60 per cent of Africa countries are part of the country code Name
Supporting Organisation (ccNSO) at ICANN , which shows how much work has been
done to garner their membership, and how much work still needs to be done to
sign up the remaining countries.
For him, the aim is not
just to get them to join for the sake of numbers, but have them truly
understand the importance of meaningful participation in the various working
groups to help shape policy.
"This still remains
a challenge, even for those who are already members. How many of them are
actively participating? Very few of them indeed, but this requires dedication,
time commitment and perseverance,” he said.
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Pix: Pierre Dandjinou, ICANN VP for Africa
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