ZA Cities – Stand out with a proudly South African domain
ZACR has taken steps to ensure South Africa’s digital independence is preserved with its ZA Cities initiative.
ZA Cities manages the dedicated domains for South Africa’s three major cities: Cape Town, Johannesburg, and Durban – .capetown, .joburg., and .durban respectively.
These three domains play a key role in South Africa’s digital landscape, and ZACR was intent on ensuring they remained in the hands of South Africans amid the rapid evolution of the internet domain landscape.
International entities could have otherwise acquired the rights to these domain names and run them without having the necessary local context, insight, or accountability.
Thanks to ZA Cities and ZACR, this is no longer a concern, and South Africa’s digital environment is in safe hands.
Digital patriotism
While protecting these South African assets was one of the reasons for creating ZA Cities, the most important reason was to promote patriotism and local business.
This is thanks to the domains opening the door for local entrepreneurs, small businesses, and community organisations to access meaningful digital real estate.
Rather than using generic domains, these community leaders can now represent the location and identity of their business and organisations effectively.
Not only can this improve their success in the business world, it also stimulates a sense of national pride among both the organisations and their clients.
Growing South Africa’s digital presence
This focus on growing South Africa’s digital identity is a key part of ZACR’s mandate as a steward of South African domain names.
ZACR looks to working with local government, tech hubs, tourism boards, and SMEs to drive meaningful change in South Africa’s digital environment.
It envisions playing a key role in stimulating digital growth, which can lead to meaningful job creation and economic empowerment for many South Africans.
This includes entrepreneurs who run their own successful businesses with an appropriate domain name, and registrars who resell these domains to South African individuals and businesses.
Whether you’re an entrepreneur, an established business owner, or want to create a website for any other reason – ZACR and ZA Cities are the best partners for establishing a unique and proudly South African online presence.
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