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The .africa top-level domain has 61,989 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-10-27 · operated by ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa on the DNS Africa Ltd backend · general availability began 2017-07-01.

.africa

New GenericIn GA
Registry
ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa
Technical Operator
DNS Africa Ltd
Delegated
2017-02-15
General availability
2017-07-01
Domains live today
61,989
Registered domains (official)
59,517
as of 2026-06· -2,472 vs live

Domain growth · last 128 days

2026-06-18 → 2026-10-27

Hover any day for exact counts. Drag the timeline below the chart to scroll between dates.

Growth momentum

7-day vs 30-day average
7-day avg
+34/ day
30-day avg
+32/ day
Momentum
▲accelerating
+2/day vs 30-day

Daily net change (adds minus drops), smoothed into 7- and 30-day moving averages. When the 7-day line crosses above the 30-day, growth is accelerating; below, it's slowing. Zero line separates growth from contraction.

Apex label profile

Not yet computed for .africa. Profiles are built per TLD on the daily ingest runner.

Launch phases

Source: ICANN
  1. Sunrise· End Date Sunrise
    Apr 04, 2017 → Jun 03, 2017
    closed
  2. Trademark Claims
    Jul 04, 2017 → Oct 02, 2017
    closed
  3. Limited Registration· MVS Sunrise
    Apr 04, 2017 → Jun 02, 2017
    closed
  4. Limited Registration· Landrush Application 1
    Jun 05, 2017 → Jun 09, 2017
    closed
  5. Limited Registration· Landrush Application 2
    Jun 12, 2017 → Jun 16, 2017
    closed
  6. Limited Registration· Landrush Application 3
    Jun 19, 2017 → Jun 23, 2017
    closed
  7. Limited Registration· Landrush Application 4
    Jun 26, 2017 → Jun 30, 2017
    closed
  8. General Availability(estimated)
    Jul 01, 2017 → onwards
    live
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22026-10-2661,996+59−48789
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192026-10-0961,458+93−53773
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522026-09-0660,316+61−48743
532026-09-0560,303+103−52742
542026-09-0460,252+103−52742
552026-09-0360,201+112−57742
562026-09-0260,146+109−57742
572026-09-0160,094+104−45742
582026-08-3160,035+50−69740
592026-08-3060,054+60−30740
602026-08-2960,024+81−54741