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Are there any specific criteria for registering a .africa domain?
No special requirements are needed to register a .africa domain
What is the shortest registration duration permitted for this extension?
The mininum registration term is 1 year.
Do you offer Trustee/Proxy Service for this extension?
For this extension Trustee service is not needed.
What is the least and greatest number of characters permissible?
The minimum is 3 and the maximum is 70
Does .africa support internationalized domain names (IDNs) characters?
No, it only supports latin characters
What is the range of characters that the .africa extension can accommodate?
It is possible to register the letters a to z, the numbers 0 to 9 and “-“.
Is there a designated whois server available for this extension?
Yes, it is africa-whois.registry.net.zaE19
How can one contact the registry managing this extension?
The contact information is:
Sponsoring Organisation ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.
Africa PO Box 4620, Halfway House, 1685 South Africa
Administrative Contact
Neil Duncan Dundas
DNS Africa Ltd 19th Floor Newton Tower
Sir William Newton Street Port Louis Mauritius
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +27113140077
Fax: +27113140088
Technical Contact
Theo Kramer
DNS Africa Ltd 19th Floor Newton Tower
Sir William Newton Street Port Louis Mauritius
Email: [email protected]
Phone: +27115682800
Fax: +27115681492
Which organization oversees the administration of this domain extension?
The organization responsible of this domain extension is “nic.africa”
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