Out of approximately 1,000 ICANN accredited domain name registrars exist, only 7 are based and operate in Africa. 1.Internet Solutions (IS) based in South Africa. 2.Kheweul.com is based in Senegal primarily targeting the francophone region in Africa. 3.AfriRegister based in Burundi 4.Ghana dot com a parent of the first internet service provider of Ghana NCS. Seems to operate primarily in Ghana. 5.Genious Communications is based in Morocco 6.Diamatrix also based in South 7.Web4Africa based in Ghana ICANN is exploring strategies and ideas to help promote the DNS industry in developing regions and is seeking comments on this report ((http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/accreditation/dns-underserved-1...), which will be used to develop a strategy to address the current challenges. Comment period closes June 30th. Best Alice (http://www.icann.org/en/resources/registrars/accreditation/dns-underserved-1...) --