Thanks Waudo, To your question. How do I see .ke being impacted by the new gTLDs? The answer is purely on value. Right now the user is key because there's variety. We asked a while back. Why does the Kenyan developer prefer .com .tech .consultant .insertnewTLD over .KE Here are some responses and how we've dealt with them 1. Price - Implemented RRP at 1,000 bob which all DRAKE members have implemented 2. Purchase procedure - Automation deployed. Current/ New registrars benefit from support by the DRAKE technical team that assists at KENIC should the need arise 3. Security - your .KE will NOT be taken down! (Terms and XXX apply). And yes before you quote www.isuhuruinkenya.co.ke I wish to say that was purely a registrar issue and we resolved the same. Actually as a .KE owner if you don't have dashboard access to your domain do let us know. 4. Market - #weareke campaign which launched in 2015 goes bigger and better this year. Focussing on Awareness, Demystification and conversion. A product is only as good as its need and we hope that all this steps will boost the tech communities trust in their own brand and will help us build it. We've ridden on a nationalistic approach and that's gotten us to 56,000. We hope based on continuous value addition we'll get to 1,000,000 1,000,000 means: - 10,000 Jobs - GDP relevance - Bottom tier empowerment Regards Kariba -----Original Message----- From: kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+info=drake.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2016 9:31 AM To: DRAKE (Domain Registrars Association of Kenya) Subject: kictanet Digest, Vol 107, Issue 26 Send kictanet mailing list submissions to kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to kictanet-request@lists.kictanet.or.ke You can reach the person managing the list at kictanet-owner@lists.kictanet.or.ke When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of kictanet digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Re: DRAKE Agenda: The 30Billion .KE Ecosystem (waudo siganga) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2016 09:20:57 +0300 From: waudo siganga <emailsignet@mailcan.com> To: DRAKE <info@drake.or.ke>, KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] DRAKE Agenda: The 30Billion .KE Ecosystem Message-ID: <1460528457.3588615.577209057.72041B14@webmail.messagingengine.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Thanks for the update Kariba. Indeed I remember well Dec 31, 1999 well when I went to hide in a mud hut overnight after we had been convinced that everything, including multi-story buildings, was going to collapse! I remember there was a national emergency response centre at Hilton Hotel to coordinate anticipated things like the bursting of Masinga dam, lifts getting stuck and traffic lights going haywire. Wishing you well on the .ke journey. How do you?see .ke being impacted by the new gTLDs? Waudo On Wed, Apr 13, 2016, at 08:49 AM, DRAKE via kictanet wrote:

View this email in your browser[1] Achieving the Kshs. 30 Billion Ecosystem Hallo and welcome to the Internet of things! The year is 1999 and the world is going to end!..or so it seemed. A lot has changed since 1999 and so has our agenda as the Domain Registrars Association of Kenya (DRAKE). We aim to grow the .KE ecosystem through the multi- stakeholder framework legally known as KENIC.[2]

In 2017, The National Broadband strategy[3] will lapse and with our hardwork 1,000,000 + domains should have been registered. DRAKE has been formulating the .KE Ecosytem[4] and building a roadmap towards achieving a Kshs. 30Billion Ecosystem through value addition from the bottom up. In 2014, we kicked off the .KE automation drive that saw all our members adopt a click and pay approach to domain purchases. In 2015, through KENIC we saw the launch of #weareke a national brand awareness campaign.

What Next? A million domains is no small feat,it needs a collective approach. We've broken down our engagement segments as below:

1. Fund - Partner with DRAKE 2. Community - Engage with DRAKE 3. Government - Rollout with DRAKE 4. Technology - Grow with DRAKE DRAKE's relevance to date would not be possible without our heroes and as such we appreciate the continuous support of:

1. *Cabinet Secretary - Joe Mucheru*, Permanent Secretaries - Victor Kyalo & Sammy Itemere, Our Ambassadors at Government. 2. *Michael Katundu* - An unsung hero of ICT in Kenya and a key DRAKE champion. 3. *Joe Sevilla - *Strathmore University's IBiz Hub is not only *The Home of the DRAKE *but also our testbed for startup inclusion in the .KE Ecosystem. For more on our evolving agenda, talk to us and let's Build .KE Together!

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