NIRA, Kenictld Building ‘United Africa’ in DNS Industry, Sign MoU

Nigeria Internet Registration Association (NIRA), the managers of .ng Country Top Level Domain (ccTLD), has stepped up its African and global presence with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Kenictld the managers of .ke ccTLD.

The MoU signed accords NiRA’s accredited registrars the opportunity to register domain names directly in the Kenyan Registry, pay in their local currency and vice versa.

Commenting on what the country (Nigeria) stands to benefit from the cooperation, Reverend Sunday Folayan, NIRA President said that Nigerians will be able to register (locally) domains such as amasi.ke, fola.ke, aji.ke,nwazuri.ke, asha.ke, tinu.ke, uzodi.ke, fun.ke, ki.ke, chigo.ke, ron.ke, rola.ke, ugho.ke, adeni.ke, olani.ke etc which are all within the Kenyan name spaces.

“The Nigerian ccTLD, he said “is open to the entire world, so very many Nigerian domain names, such as cheu.ng, cha.ng, samsu.ng, bi.ng, shoppi.ng, routi.ng, domaini.ng etc are registered by not necessarily Nigerian entities. This is a natural thing to do, to take Nigeria global”.

The MoU signing ceremony happened at the tail end of the ICANN Government Advisory Committee (GAC) Africa Workshop in Nairobi, Kenya and was witnessed by key players within the African and Global Internet Community, including the President/CEO of ICANN - Goran Marby, Internet Pioneer - Prof. Nii Quaynor, representing the African Internet Community,  Immediate Past President NIRA - Mrs Mary Uduma, NIRA Board of Trustees member - Emmanuel Edet, NIRA's Financial Secretary - Sikiru Shehu, NiRA's Chief Operating Officer Edith Udeagu and AFRINIC Board/ICANN ALAC member Ojedeji Seun.

“Thank you KeNIC, for sharing the vision. And letting us walk the talk. Slowly, steadily and definitely, we are building a truly United Africa,” the elated Rev’ Folayan said.