"With over 10 000 days of Internet excellence under its belt, South Africa stands ready to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the Fourth Industrial Revolution," says Lucky Masilela, CEO of ZA Central Registry (ZACR) NPC.

"Mike Lawrie and his colleagues have provided South Africa with a phenomenal foundation that we now have the responsibility of fine-tuning for 2020 and beyond," adds Masilela. 

ZACR is responsible for the technical and administrative wellbeing of the entire South African presence on the worldwide web. The non-profit today administers some 1.25 million domain names within the .ZA namespace, which includes South Africa's flagship CO.ZA domain.

"Without the dedication of South Africa's early Internet pioneers, millions of South Africans today would not have access to the quality of the life-boosting World Wide Web. This global web of information, which oils the wheels of the 4IR, enables so many of us to earn incomes, pursue educational and entertainment opportunities and connect with each other," says Masilela.

ZACR has supported the growth and development of the local web by investing in the tools necessary for the efficient registering and management of the domain names that enable Internet navigation.

The launch of the AF Proxy domain name registration platform is just one example of ZACR innovation aimed at supporting the South African and African domain name industry.

ZACR is Africa's best-performing registry operator and a previous winner of the Best African Registry category, awarded by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The ZACR was furthermore one of the first registry operators in the world to implement a Mark Validation System for protecting Intellectual Property Rights within its domain name system.

Exact, up-to-the-minute registration statistics for all ZACR-administered domains are available on ZACR's website here.

For more information, visit www.registry.net.za.