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Internet country code top-level domain for Rwanda .rw #CCF RICTA rw logo.png 21 October 1996 Country code top-level domain Active RICTA RICTA Entities connected with Gets some use, mostly in Rwanda. Registrations are directly at second level Registrar agreementPolicies UDRP RICTA .rw is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Rwanda. Second-level domains In addition to registering a Rwanda domain name directly under .rw, RICTA, through accredited and registered registrars, offers as well the following second level domains: + Second-level domain zones Type of organization .rw None (any general purpose domain name) .co.rw Commercial and Business Organizations .org.rw Not-for-profit and/or Non-Government Organizations .net.rw Network Infrastructure Providers .ac.rw Rwanda Academic Institutions. Authorization must be issued by the Ministry of Education or the Rwanda Education Board .gov.rw Government of Rwanda Institutions. Authorization must be issued by the Office of The President. .mil.rw Reserved for the Rwanda Defense Forces .coop.rw Rwanda Cooperatives. Authorization must be issued by the Rwanda Cooperative Agency. .ltd.rw Rwanda Limited Companies. Authorization must be issued by the Rwanda Development Board History The .rw country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Rwanda was created around 1996.Kabalira Marie-Brigitte 13 September 2012 Rwandans to Manage .rw Domain https://allafrica.com/stories/201209140043.html It was managed and operated under a Swiss company by a Belgian entrepreneur named Frédéric Grégoire. In 2005, the Rwanda Internet Community and Technology Alliance (RICTA) started a legal process to retain the domain name and operate it locally in Rwanda. They were finally able to achieve this in 2012.Sabiiti Daniel 2019-08-08 Rwanda Launches Campaign to Revamp Sale of its Creeping Dot Rw Domain Name https://www.ktpress.rw/2019/08/rwanda-launches-campaign-to-revamp-sale-of-its-creeping-dot-rw-domain-name/ 2025-01-15 KT PRESS en-US References External links IANA .rw whois information .rw domain registration website https://web.archive.org/web/20181030035628/http://www.ricta.org.rw/ 2018-10-30 Category:Country code top-level domains Category:Communications in Rwanda Category:Internet properties established in 1996 sv:Toppdomän#R