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.africa

Generic top-level domain

A source-linked reference record for .africa, combining IANA delegation data with registry metadata.

Registry website View IANA record
RegistryZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa
IANA typeGeneric
Registered2017-02-11
DNSSECNot determined
Overview

About .africa

IANA

.africa is listed by IANA as a generic top-level domain. The sponsoring organisation shown in the IANA delegation record is ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa.

Policy and eligibility are deliberately not inferred from the string name. Registration rules should be taken from the registry and its official documentation.

Generic Delegated
Technical information

DNS and protocol details

Root-level delegation and protocol endpoints surfaced without hiding the source.

Authoritative nameservers

Published in the IANA delegation record.

coza1.dnsnode.net194.146.106.74 · 2001:67c:1010:18:0:0:0:53
ns.coza.net.za206.223.136.200 · 2001:43f8:30:0:0:0:0:200
ns4.dns.net.za77.72.229.251 · 2a01:3f0:0:314:0:0:0:53
Delegation history

Record timeline

Only milestones that can be tied directly to official records are shown.

  1. Delegation of the .africa domain to ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa
  2. IANA registration date

    Registration date shown in the IANA delegation record.

  3. IANA record last updated

    Latest update date displayed by the IANA delegation record.

Sources

Official records

This page keeps operational facts attached to their original source.

IANADelegation record IANA / InterNICAuthoritative root zone RegistryRegistration services
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