Enterprising Domain Suffix Nigerian Super Businesses

In looking at African domain name options for a new digitalAim client who has asked us to build SEO optimised microsites across Africa and India I found the spectacularly expensive domain suffix .ng from Nigeria. Significantly more expensive that the co.ng domain the .n domain is listed at $50,000 per year. Perhaps Nike and Pepsi may consider paying that sort of fee for premium branding in Africa's most populous country, too rich for our blood however.