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Is .africa safe? The state of .africa domain security
.africa is safer than the internet average. Across 48,014 graded .africa domains, 68.9% score an F — cleaner than the 73.8% global average — better company than most of the web. 1.8% earn a B or better. Most .africa domains can still be impersonated in email, but the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade. As of 2026-07-29.
How do .africa domains score?
Aggregate grade distribution across all graded .africa domains — we never publish an individual business's grade. As of 2026-07-29.
| Grade | Domains | Share |
|---|---|---|
| A+ | 5 | 0% |
| A | 58 | 0.1% |
| B | 803 | 1.7% |
| C | 4,609 | 9.6% |
| D | 9,467 | 19.7% |
| F | 33,072 | 68.9% |
Does .africa make a domain secure?
No — and that's the most important thing to know. A domain's grade is decided by how it is configured (SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS), not by its ending. Choosing .africa doesn't protect you, and a high-F-share ending doesn't doom you: a correctly configured .africa domain earns an A while the crowd around it sits at F.
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Frequently asked questions
Is .africa safe?
On average, .africa is safer than the internet average: 68.9% of its 48,014 graded domains score an F as of 2026-07-29, against a 73.8% global average. Most domains on every ending are exposed — the ending shifts the odds, not your own domain's grade.
How secure are .africa domains?
31.1% of .africa domains score above an F and 1.8% earn a B or better. The rest fail the basic externally observable protections, most importantly enforced SPF and DMARC, so they can be impersonated in email.
Does choosing .africa make my domain secure?
No. A domain's grade comes from how it is configured — SPF, DMARC, HTTPS, DNS — not from its ending. A well-configured domain earns an A on any ending; an unconfigured one sits at F on .africa too.
What does "grade F" mean for a .africa domain?
It fails the basic protections we can observe from outside — above all, it has no enforced SPF and DMARC, so its email can be forged and its customers targeted with convincing fakes.
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