.africa Domain Names

Registration

€20.72

per year

For 1 year

Transfer

€17.56

Renews the domains for the minimum allowed duration

Transfer

Renewal

€21.22

per year

From 1 to 9 years
Late renewal (domain suspended): 10 days after the domain's expiration date - €21.22

Renew

Country:

Currency:

Taxes:

Grid:

Pricing Options Prices for France, taxes excluded, in € (EUR)

Restore

20 days after the late renewal period

the first year, then renewal at normal price

Owner Change

Does not change the expiration date

Rules and particularities of .africa domain names

Registry

ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa

Creation date

2017

Whois

http://whois.nic.africa/

Related Contract

View the .africa contract

.AFRICA domain names at Gandi.net

Accreditation: Gandi has been accredited .AFRICA since March 2017

Terms and Conditions

Assigning: .AFRICA domain names are open to everyone
Syntax: from 2 to 63 alphanumeric characters or a hyphen (excluding in the first and last place and third and fourth place)
IDN (accented domain names): no
Registration period: 1 year (1 to 9 years for renewals)
Second-level extensions: no

Procedures

Renewal: domains are deactivated upon expiration. It is possible to renew up to 10 days following the expiration date
Disputes: URS and UDRP
Transfer (change of Registrar): the process is started on the new registrar's interface with an auth code. Ensure that your domain does not have a TransferProhibited status, is older than 60 days and has not been transferred in the last 60 days. The effective transfer depends on your validation (by email) and renews the domain name for one year
Change of Ownership: available on our interface, the current procedure consists in email confirmation by both former and new domain name owner. The expiration date is unchanged
Deletion process: quarantine of 20 days, see this table

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