.africa Domain

.africa is the officially designated top-level domain (TLD) for the African and Pan-African communities and users wherever they reside. It is a sponsored generic top-level domain (gTLD) operated by the Registry Africa. The .africa namespace is open to individuals, businesses and organizations around the world. The .africa domains are intended to showcase their brand and commitment to the African continent, establishing a home for Africa-specific products and services, expanding a brand's regional influence and acquiring online real-estate. The .africa domain became available to the general public on 4 July 2017.

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Register the domain of your choice for 14,40€ / year

Available Extensions

Available registrations (e.g. domain.africa): Yes

Useful Information

• Cancellation period 0 Days
• Whois Server whois.nic.africa

Contact Prerequisites

Available types:

• Owner must be Person or Organization
• Admin must be Person or Organization
• Tech must be Person
• Zone Admin must be Person

Transfer

Before the transfer can be started, the domain must be enabled for transfer by the old registrar.

The transfer must be initiated by our system.

To successfully initiate a transfer, you must provide a valid authorization code. You can obtain the authorization code from the old registrar.

Once the transfer has been successfully initiated, the old registrar must confirm the transfer.

If the old registrar does not respond to the transfer within 5 Days, the transfer is automatically confirmed.

Usually, a transfer completes in 5 Days.

Owner Change

An owner change is free and can be easily performed in our system.

Name Server

• Check: No
• IP Types: IPv4/IPv6
• DNSSEC: Yes
• min. Name servers: 1
• max. Name servers: 13

Restoration

A restoration can be performed in our system up to 30 Days after deletion.