It was more of the trade mark Nike Is it a cyber squatter or nike that won the bid? Regards, Alex From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+awatila=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Bob Omondi via kictanet Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 8:21 PM To: awatila@yahoo.co.uk Cc: Bob Omondi <omondibob@gmail.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: 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 :-) ) @Ali, I am struggling with the figure :-) .KE is going place indeed! Regards Bob. On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 8:16 PM, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke <mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke> > wrote: Nope. I billion. Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Wed, Dec 20, 2017 at 7:25 PM, Bobs via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote: 10M I think! Regards Bob. Sent from my iPhone On Dec 20, 2017, at 6:56 PM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu) via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> > wrote: Woooowwww! Yep, this is a great feat. Kudos KENIC! 2017-12-20 18:38 GMT+03:00 Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke <mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> >: 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). For a minute I thought this was an error. And it could still be.. :-) http://auction.kenic.or.ke/item/19203406/nike 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! :-) At the very least this is great PR and a Marketing Coup. @Abdalla and Team - Well done for putting KENIC on the map! Regards Ali Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing, Chiromo Road, Westlands, Nairobi, Kenya. 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