Africa.com, CentralNic Ink Alliance to Support African Businesses Online

Helping African businesses get online, faster, cheaper and more efficiently is the common objective behind a new alliance between Africa.com and CentralNic announced Thursday.

Africa.com is the fastest growing Africa-related website, with about five million page views per month from visitors in over 200 countries throughout the world.

A vocal advocate of African-led development, Africa.com showcases news, information and travel about all 54 countries, and is playing a key role in shaping how the world sees Africa.

CentralNic is a leading company in the global domain name industry, supplying state-of-the-art technology, global distribution, and local registrar solutions to country codes (ccTLDs), generic Top-Level Domains (gTLDs), and Second-Level Domains (SLDs).

“We have a number of ambitious new ventures planned under the Africa.com brand, that will support African Governments and businesses alike in benefiting from the Internet boom that is just beginning to sweep through Africa,” said Teresa H. Clarke, chairman, CEO and executive editor of Africa.com LLC.
 
“Like the millions of others who have followed Africa.com’s coverage as they accompanied President Obama on his recent African tour, or who have been inspired by the very contemporary perspective of their video Africa Straight Up, we at CentralNic view Africa.com as a leading voice heralding the future of Africa,” said Ben Crawford, CEO of CentralNic. “So Africa.com is the ideal partner to ensure that our solutions are tailored to the evolving needs of the African client based.”

“Africa.com spent many months reviewing potential partners, and we concluded that with its combination of excellent technology, innovation, and track record in launching new domains, CentralNic is the world’s best-equipped partner to empower Africa.com, as well as African ccTLDs and African businesses, to take advantage of the huge opportunities that lie ahead,” said Ope Odusan, who was recently appointed as managing director of Africa.com Domain Name Services.