TheNigeria Internet Registration Association (NiRA) has released data of domain name registration for January, February & March 2017 and they showed increased adoption of the .ng domain names.
NiRA’s latest data revealed that in March 2017, there were a total of 6,797 domain name registrations which represented significant increase in comparison with the figures for March 2016 registrations during which there were 4,129 registrations.
The March 2017 total registration figures were also higher than the total February 2017 registration of 5,254. This trend shows the improvement in the number of domain registrations.
“Of course the economic situation in 2016 was quite different from the economic climate in 2017. Nigerians have re-strategized in their plans for promoting their online business and hence there is improvement in the domain name count,” said Sunday Folayan, president of NiRA.
In a related development, NiRA is holding the 2017 .ng Awards on Friday 21st April 2017 at the Lagos Oriental Hotel. The association said awards will be given to individuals and organizations contributing to the growth of the .ng domain name space and the promotion of the Domain Name System (DNS) Industry in Nigeria.
