.MW
Malawi
Malawi Sustainable Development Network Programme<br>(Malawi SDNP) · cctld · Updated 2026-09-10
Specs only
Specifications
- Zone
- .mw
- Registration
- Manual
- Registration period
- 2 years
- Character length
- 1-63
- Nameservers
- 2-7 nameservers
- Transfer time
- Manual
- Handle updates
- Yes
- WHOIS server
- whois.nic.mw
- Data set
- ccTLD
- Auth code
- Yes
- Connection
- Manual
Eligibility & Restrictions
Nameserver must be set up in advance and provide an authoritative response. Domains can be registered without restrictions.
Required contact fields: Tech contact email, Owner contact email, Admin contact email.
Registration
Registration period: 2 years. Processing is manual. Character length: 1-63. Requires 2-7 nameservers.
Transfer Procedure
Auth code is required for transfer. Transfer processing is manual.
Registrant Change
No registry-level owner change task. Updates handled via contact data updates.
Renewal & Deletion
No explicit renewal task. Domain auto-renews or follows registry-defined lifecycle. Cancellation period: 1 month.
Restore / Redemption Grace Period
Restore is not available as a registry task. Domain cannot be recovered after deletion.
WHOIS / Privacy
WHOIS server: whois.nic.mw. WHOIS privacy not supported. Contact data publicly visible.
Data controllers
- Malawi Sustainable Development Network Programme<br>(Malawi SDNP) (org) Room 51, Polytechnic, P.O. Box 31762, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
- Malawi SDNP — The Coordinator (Dr. Paulos B. Nyirenda) (admin) Room 51, Polytechnic, P.O. Box 31762, Chichiri, Blantyre 3, Malawi
Error codes
- EF00804
- EF01017
- EF03008
- EF00512
- EF01008
- EF01009
- EF03005
- EF01002
- EF03007
- EF03006
- EF01075
- EF03011
- EF01055
- EF03010
- EF01074
- EF0103118
Required fields
- techc/email
- ownerc/email
- adminc/email
Restrictions
- Domains can be registered without restrictions.
- Nameserver must be set up in advance and provide an authoritative response.
Root nameservers
- PCH1.NIC.MW
- CHAMBO.SDNP.ORG.MW
- DOMWE.SDN.MW
- RIP.PSG.COM
- MW.CCTLD.AUTHDNS.RIPE.NET
- NS4.APNIC.NET
- MW-E.NS.NIC.CZ
Tasks (API)
- create · available · chargeable · manual
- delete · available · manual
- preack · available · manual
- transfer · available · chargeable · manual · AuthInfo required
- update · available · chargeable · manual