Get ready for .joburg Web addresses

South African cities could soon get their own top level domains. The ZA Domain Name Authority (ZADNA) welcomes the success of .joburg (dotJoburg) in the initial evaluation stage of ICANN’s new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) project. The .joburg application was...

Powertech consolidates domains

With help from its sister company, Bytes Systems Integration, Powertech has successfully completed an extensive project to consolidate multiple domains. The project is helping Powertech reduce its IT costs while improving security and boosting productivity. Powertech,...

Forum aims to boost African domains

A platform for the DNS community across Africa to advance the domain name industry and domain name registrations on the continent is the goal of the Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum, to be held from 12 to 13 July 2013 in Durban.  The event has been organised by...

Nigeria’s .ng domain now open

The Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NIRA) has announced the launch of the .ng domain name extension, making it possible to register second level domains (SLDs) in Nigeria. Vicky Stilwell, director in the intellectual property department at ENS (Edward...