The .africa top-level domain has 60,561 domains live in the DNS root zone as of 2026-09-12 · 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

60,561

Registered domains (official)

58,767

as of 2026-05· -1,794 vs live

Domain growth · last 83 days

2026-06-18 → 2026-09-12

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

+37/ day

30-day avg

+38/ day

Momentum

▼decelerating

-1/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

Sunrise· End Date Sunrise
Apr 04, 2017 → Jun 03, 2017
closed
Trademark Claims
Jul 04, 2017 → Oct 02, 2017
closed
Limited Registration· MVS Sunrise
Apr 04, 2017 → Jun 02, 2017
closed
Limited Registration· Landrush Application 1
Jun 05, 2017 → Jun 09, 2017
closed
Limited Registration· Landrush Application 2
Jun 12, 2017 → Jun 16, 2017
closed
Limited Registration· Landrush Application 3
Jun 19, 2017 → Jun 23, 2017
closed
Limited Registration· Landrush Application 4
Jun 26, 2017 → Jun 30, 2017
closed
General Availability(estimated)
Jul 01, 2017 → onwards
live

#	Date	Domains live	Creates	Expiry	DNSSEC
1	2026-09-12	60,561	+98	−39	744
2	2026-09-11	60,502	+86	−48	744
3	2026-09-10	60,464	+91	−57	742
4	2026-09-09	60,430	+106	−60	742
5	2026-09-08	60,384	+104	−56	746
6	2026-09-07	60,336	+66	−46	743
7	2026-09-06	60,316	+61	−48	743
8	2026-09-05	60,303	+103	−52	742
9	2026-09-04	60,252	+103	−52	742
10	2026-09-03	60,201	+112	−57	742
11	2026-09-02	60,146	+109	−57	742
12	2026-09-01	60,094	+104	−45	742
13	2026-08-31	60,035	+50	−69	740
14	2026-08-30	60,054	+60	−30	740
15	2026-08-29	60,024	+81	−54	741
16	2026-08-28	59,997	+93	−59	742
17	2026-08-27	59,963	+102	−51	741
18	2026-08-26	59,912	+182	−95	742
19	2026-08-25	59,825	+0	—	740
20	2026-08-24	59,825	+43	−54	740
21	2026-08-23	59,836	+39	−35	738
22	2026-08-22	59,832	+87	−59	738
23	2026-08-21	59,804	+89	−41	738
24	2026-08-20	59,756	+113	−50	738
25	2026-08-19	59,693	+114	−52	737
26	2026-08-18	59,631	+126	−53	737
27	2026-08-17	59,558	+73	−39	737
28	2026-08-16	59,524	+55	−49	737
29	2026-08-15	59,518	+100	−45	737
30	2026-08-14	59,463	+103	−54	736
31	2026-08-13	59,414	+104	−52	737
32	2026-08-12	59,362	+93	−48	737
33	2026-08-11	59,317	+94	−56	736
34	2026-08-10	59,279	+47	−89	736
35	2026-08-09	59,321	+68	−47	736
36	2026-08-08	59,300	+112	−58	736
37	2026-08-07	59,246	+87	−60	736
38	2026-08-06	59,219	+128	−57	738
39	2026-08-05	59,148	+118	−48	736
40	2026-08-04	59,078	+86	−42	736
41	2026-08-03	59,034	+47	−47	736
42	2026-08-02	59,034	+79	−49	736
43	2026-08-01	59,004	+86	−44	736
44	2026-07-31	58,962	+101	−39	736
45	2026-07-30	58,900	+117	−39	733
46	2026-07-29	58,822	+96	−56	733
47	2026-07-28	58,782	+389	−200	731
48	2026-07-23	58,593	+81	−57	726
49	2026-07-22	58,569	+113	−42	724
50	2026-07-21	58,498	+93	−46	724
51	2026-07-20	58,451	+48	−38	725
52	2026-07-19	58,441	+56	−45	725
53	2026-07-18	58,430	+77	−32	725
54	2026-07-17	58,385	+83	−60	725
55	2026-07-16	58,362	+81	−40	723
56	2026-07-15	58,321	+173	−101	722
57	2026-07-14	58,249	+0	—	721
58	2026-07-13	58,249	+60	−48	721
59	2026-07-12	58,237	+61	−48	720
60	2026-07-11	58,224	+102	−58	720