.africa is a generic top-level domain managed by ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa.
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What is .africa
.africa is a delegated top-level domain in the DNS root zone, classified as generic, operated by ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa. The registry operator manages domain allocation and policy for this suffix.
Unlike country-code TLDs (ccTLDs), generic TLDs (gTLDs) are generally available worldwide without geographic restrictions, while ccTLD policies vary by registry.
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.africa is a generic top-level domain managed by ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa.
ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa manages registration and policy for this suffix.
At ICANN-accredited registrars (for example Cloudflare, Namecheap or GoDaddy), at each registrar's listed price.
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Updated 2026-08-18
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