According to a recent [Nigeria Internet Registration Association] NiRA report, the .ng domain name, Nigeria’s Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD), has crossed 215,000 registrations.
Murtala Abdullahi, the CEO of Smartweb Nigeria Limited, one of the NiRA registrars, said “Two years back, we have people adopting more of .com.ng, but today they are converting to .NG. We register more of the .ng than even the .com.
“So, people are now beginning to understand the value of the .ng in terms of the optimization, SEO and other things.
“And another factor is the exchange rate. So, it helps to boost the adoption of .ng, because in terms of price competitiveness, .com is around N20,000 while .ng is below N15,000.”“And another factor is the exchange rate. So, it helps to boost the adoption of .ng, because in terms of price competitiveness, .com is around N20,000 while .ng is below N15,000.”