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Welcome to the Kingdom of eSwatini, formerly known as Swaziland

April 30, 2018 by John Yunker

When I read about Swaziland’s recent name change, by decree, my first thought was: What about the country code? As in .sz? As far as I can tell, it’s way …

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Categories Countries, Country Codes, Global Marketing, Languages, Maps

China sees the future in Africa (and it’s not alone)

October 12, 2017 by John Yunker

Earlier this year, The Los Angeles Times ran a fascinating series on China and Africa and I only just got around to reading it. I recommend at least reading Part …

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Categories Facebook, Global Marketing, Google, Languages, Microsoft, Uncategorized, Web Globalization

Hotels.com, Hotels.ng and the value of country codes

May 28, 2016May 26, 2015 by John Yunker

I read today about the Nigerian startup Hotels.ng and my first thought was why Hotels.com didn’t already own the Nigerian country code. After all, Hotels.com owns country codes for France and …

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Categories Country Codes, Domain names, Global Marketing, Global navigation, Web Globalization

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