On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 8:45 AM, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Great milestone,

The domain name industry in Africa keeps expanding there is something
for everyone.

Best Regards

On 2/15/17, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> One of the first domains are up and running http://www.nic.africa
>
>
> EXR-PM1:~ mwendwa$ dig nic.africa
>
>
> ; <<>> DiG 9.8.3-P1 <<>> nic.africa
>
> ;; global options: +cmd
>
> ;; Got answer:
>
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 56316
>
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0
>
>
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>
> ;nic.africa. IN A
>
>
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>
> nic.africa. 600 IN A 206.223.136.234
>
>
> ;; Query time: 487 msec
>
> ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.54#53(127.0.0.54)
>
> ;; WHEN: Wed Feb 15 23:24:15 2017
>
> ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 44
>
> ______________________
> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
> twitter.com/lordmwesh
>
>
>
>
> On 15 February 2017 at 22:34, Collins Areba <arebacollins@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Waiting for my choice domain . 15 years in the making , fingers crossed.
>>
>> On 15 Feb 2017 20:33, "Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet"
>> <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>> Mark, you overlooked in the copypaste. Thanks for the resource. Here
>>> is the correct IANA link
>>> http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/africa.html
>>>
>>>
>>> ______________________
>>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
>>> twitter.com/lordmwesh
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 15 February 2017 at 20:19, Mark Elkins via kictanet
>>> <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>> > IANA has been updated: http://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/africaI
>>> >
>>> > I can only assume the launch of dotAfrica will be similar to the ZA
>>> > City
>>> > Launch, Sunrise/Landrush then GA.
>>> >
>>> > Disclaimer - Please take everything I write as speculation.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On 15/02/2017 18:29, Grace B via kictanet wrote:
>>> >
>>> > That took a long while coming......What are the next steps?
>>> >
>>> > 2017-02-15 19:18 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet
>>> > <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>:
>>> >>
>>> >> Great stuff...
>>> >>
>>> >> Are we going directly to registrations or do we have early bird
>>> >> conversations?
>>> >>
>>> >> Ali Hussein
>>> >> Principal
>>> >> Hussein & Associates
>>> >> +254 0713 601113
>>> >>
>>> >> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>> >>
>>> >> Skype: abu-jomo
>>> >>
>>> >> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> "We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act
>>> >> but
>>> >> a
>>> >> habit." ~ Aristotle
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Sent from my iPad
>>> >>
>>> >> On 15 Feb 2017, at 6:48 PM, Mark Elkins via kictanet
>>> >> <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> FYI - africa - safe and secure (validating from the root and DNSSEC
>>> >> Signed).
>>> >>
>>> >> # dig @::1 +dnssec +multiline africa soa
>>> >>
>>> >> ; <<>> DiG 9.11.0-P2 <<>> @::1 +dnssec +multiline africa soa
>>> >> ; (1 server found)
>>> >> ;; global options: +cmd
>>> >> ;; Got answer:
>>> >> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 52213
>>> >> ;; flags: qr rd ra ad; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL:
>>> >> 4
>>> >>
>>> >> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
>>> >> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags: do; udp: 4096
>>> >> ; COOKIE: 6dcba3ed600a97bd6f7a1e7858a475f8bd4dc44a8b6fb28e (good)
>>> >> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
>>> >> ;africa. IN SOA
>>> >>
>>> >> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
>>> >> africa. 3555 IN SOA zone-ds.registry.net.za.
>>> >> support.registry.net.za. (
>>> >> 2017021505 ; serial
>>> >> 21600 ; refresh (6 hours)
>>> >> 7200 ; retry (2 hours)
>>> >> 1814400 ; expire (3 weeks)
>>> >> 3600 ; minimum (1 hour)
>>> >> )
>>> >> africa. 3555 IN RRSIG SOA 8 1 3600 (
>>> >> 20170301062014 20170214220103 21019 africa.
>>> >> RoQQCCDdh6QTEPkjHjfUZjRUlUgPiRdw0zjjteu/0Rgv
>>> >> 7PGHWfhM7CNLjtOHvtyLMdfS9NXyN6WJ1iqrXnC8A/rC
>>> >> sQeNbCnvK1EjjYwOZ+up4Erom7ChxioYP24zSXxpL1Tb
>>> >> jAyrX1ef7O9tX4VQlhJRmF//Z3iK43Oe7skAiUc= )
>>> >>
>>> >> ;; AUTHORITY SECTION:
>>> >> africa. 86391 IN NS ns1.coza.net.za.
>>> >> africa. 86391 IN NS ns.coza.net.za.
>>> >> africa. 86391 IN NS coza1.dnsnode.net.
>>> >> africa. 86391 IN RRSIG NS 8 1 86400 (
>>> >> 20170219184438 20170205084603 21019 africa.
>>> >> O+KYJxnFhZoa2iOmnK1BhpxTuse4GoJeKbV0tPbZ4jrA
>>> >> suzgzFqNTzyYxgTraZlXoyRDeUNATeQfsPiVP5A53lz7
>>> >> JJxDxn5126EYDIrRM38OM6SZrf3ZKHawvDFjYKT2O5Ab
>>> >> sBEy00zp3dzQ7N5lq591ExrYvf9kwPMImHt1MnQ= )
>>> >>
>>> >> ;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:
>>> >> ns.coza.net.za. 172754 IN A 206.223.136.200
>>> >> ns1.coza.net.za. 172754 IN A 66.135.62.20
>>> >> coza1.dnsnode.net. 172754 IN A 194.146.106.74
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
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> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and
> development.
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> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
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