As Africa accelerates its Internet infrastructure development, the policies governing Internet Number Resources (IP Numbers) that underpin it are just as important as investment in connectivity and physical infrastructure.
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As Africa accelerates its Internet infrastructure development, the policies governing Internet Number Resources (IP Numbers) that underpin it are just as important as investment in connectivity and physical infrastructure.
PeeringDB’s update for April to September 2026 covers the Copy API Query feature in Advanced Search, in-page facility mapping, deployment process refinements, operations dashboard, AS-SET IRR validation, and upcoming API v3 and AI agent integrations.
Rexa Mphuwa shares her journey from feeling like an outsider to actively contributing to Internet policy discussions at AFRINIC-37 in Nairobi, proving that every resource member has a seat at the table.
PeeringDB’s update for October 2025 to April 2026 covers the completed Kubernetes migration, rate limiting against automated scrapers, improved ASN Comparison, location data normalization, and expanded API query export.
RPKI Signed Checklists (RSCs). Learn how RSCs allow network operators to securely sign and verify any digital object, enhancing trust and automation in the internet resource management ecosystem.
Explore the 2025 year-in-review for the NRO RPKI Program. Learn about key milestones in routing security, including new Trust Anchor (TA) specifications, the roadmap for ASPA implementation by 2026, and consolidated…
The Number Resource Organization (NRO) has published a new reference page to help network operators and other members of the Internet technical community learn how to create Route Origin Authorizations (ROAs) through…
AFRINIC strengthens Africa's DNS infrastructure with a new Anycast DNS node deployment at the Uganda Internet Exchange Point (UIXP). Discover how this expansion reduces latency, improves internet resilience, and…
This document describes Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) related best practices and lessons learned, providing general recommendations aimed at supporting the implementation and operation of RPKI.
Welcome to our third half-yearly update. While we publish release notes with each update and promote new features and bug fixes on social media, these reports take a broader look at recent changes. You can find our…
The NRO RPKI Program aims to provide a more consistent and uniformly secure, resilient and reliable RPKI service. For 2025, the RPKI Steering Group, which includes RPKI experts from the five RIRs, set out to work on two…
The feedback period for the draft ‘Governance Document for the Recognition, Maintenance, and Derecognition of Regional Internet Registries’ (draft ‘ RIR Governance Document ’) has officially concluded. The consultation…
You must have a second factor to login to PeeringDB from 1 July 2025. If you automate updates using our API , you'll need to use an API Key . But anonymous usage will not be going away. You can query the website or API…
Authored by: Sofia Silva Berenguer, RPKI Program Manager, NRO Earlier this year we launched the NRO RPKI Program and we shared information about the program’s purpose and the outcomes that were guiding our efforts. One…
Authored by: Sofia Silva Berenguer, RPKI Program Manager, NRO The ICP-2 created in 2001, identifies the criteria for an organisation seeking to become a new RIR. In October 2023, the Address Supporting Organization…
A country’s economic development does not necessarily correlate with the technical maturity of the DNS infrastructure supporting its country-code Top-Level Doma
The Internet relies on a robust and future-proof addressing system – enter IPv6 - in its ever-expanding capacity. Understanding the critical need to equip individuals with this essential knowledge, AFRINIC recently concluded its highly successful Cohort 5 of the "Zero to Certified IPv6 in 21 Days" workshop.
Authored by: Sofia Silva Berenguer, RPKI Program Manager, NRO A few months ago we shared the outcomes that are guiding the work that we are doing as part of the NRO RPKI Program . We mentioned that we would like to know…
Authored by: Mark Nottingham, IETF WG Chair RFC 9518: Centralization, Decentralization, and Internet Standards has been published after more than two years of review, discussion, and revision. It covers what…
Authored by: Sofia Silva Berenguer, RPKI Program Manager, NRO In our previous blog post , we introduced the new NRO RPKI Program and what we are aiming to achieve: “[…] the NRO RPKI Program aims to provide a more…
Authored by: Dr. Kaleem Ahmed Usmani Introduction With new and emerging technologies, cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated and are increasing. Information about cyber threats, also known as threat intelligence…
Introduction Welcome back to our journey into the realm of Internet routing security! In our previous article, " Securing Internet Routing with Cryptography: Quick Introduction to RPKI ," we delved into the foundational…
Introduction Africa’s rapid growth in Internet communications is creating a wide range of opportunities but also a wide range of vulnerabilities. This rapid shift to online activities has created a goldmine for cyber…
Authored by: Brian Candler, Systems Designer and Trainer, NSRC APRICOT is the Internet Network Operators Summit for the Asia Pacific region. Every year, a conference wireless network is built to provide connectivity for…
Authored by: Musa Stephen Honlue, Project Manager and Transformation Lead, AFRINIC LinkedIn | Twitter Demystifying RPKI: Securing Internet Routing with Cryptography In the intricate tapestry of the digital world, where…
This article discusses the rise of internet shutdowns, particularly in Zimbabwe, and their impact on human rights practitioners' ability to document violations.
Authored by: Sofia Silva Berenguer, RPKI Program Manager, NRO As a result of the Number Resource Organization (NRO) Strategic Review Process, which started in 2022, the NRO agreed to work towards providing a robust…
AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa and the Indian Ocean and currently serves 56 economies across its service region . In 2023, AFRINIC achieved significant milestones in its activities despite…
The Internet relies heavily on the Domain Name System (DNS) to translate human-readable domain names (example.com) into IP addresses (198.51.100.10, DB8:C001:ABCD:09C0:876A:130B:0000:130F), facilitating the seamless…
The Domain Name System, well known under the acronym DNS, is a critical service used in every single communication that we people, systems, and applications do on the Internet. ICANN implemented a community-wide…
we introduced a lame tool that enables any organisation holding resources within our service region to verify the adequacy of their nameserver configuration. Th
IP Address and ASN Allocations in Africa: Unveiling Key Insights In today's interconnected world, the Internet has become an integral part of our daily lives. From government services to education, healthcare to…
AFRINIC organises a series of insightful webinars on various internet-related topics. These webinars are open, inclusive platforms where individuals from diverse backgrounds and origins come together to discuss topics…
A story of resilience 23 July 2021 - 23 July 2023: Two years of challenges and RESILIENCE As we mark this anniversary of a challenging period in our history, we reflect on the obstacles faced and the unwavering support…
In the past 15 years, there has been a spate of growth in global submarine cable builds, expanding capacity to regions that already had them, but also connecting many new places that only had satellite for connectivity…
The Internet has revolutionised, amongst others, the way we communicate, access information, and do business. As a result, organisations of all types and sizes heavily rely on it to connect with their customers and…
The growth and development of Africa’s Internet facilitated by AFRINIC’s commitment towards the realization of Africa’s full potential in ICT thanks to the collaboration with stakeholders to improve connectivity and…
Celebrating 18 years of AFRINIC: Connecting Africa from idea to reality. This Saturday, 8th of April 2023 marks 18 years since AFRINIC received the accreditation from ICANN in 2005, to become the fifth Regional Internet…
Looking back at 2022, AFRINIC has a lot to be proud of. Despite numerous hurdles, the team stayed dedicated to our goal of supporting the African Internet community by providing effective services in a global…
This is to alert AFRINIC Resource Members of a misleading email communication from purported representatives of a fictitious organization; targeted at AFRINIC Resource Members (“members”), soliciting them to sign a…
Table of Content Introduction Our solutions to scaling the Internet Our Deployment Milestones Customer Extracts Conclusion Annex Introduction AFRINIC has been a beacon of support for network operators in Africa…
As we begin the new year, new features are opening up new paths. Your input will help us choose how we move them down. We have some big things planned for 2023, as noted in our roundup of 2022. The two most significant…
PeeringDB is a freely available, user-maintained, database of networks, and the go-to location for interconnection data. The database facilitates the global interconnection of networks at Internet Exchange Points…
The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) has concluded the ‘’AFRINIC Members Connect' held from 22 - 24 November 2022. The theme of the online meeting was “Educate and Network", and it was an opportunity to…
In preparation for the 2023 annual membership invoicing, AFRINIC organised a webinar on 26th October 2022 to engage with its members, through their registered billing contacts. The objective was to raise awareness of…
Eugene Bogomazov from Qrator Labs presented a paper during the African Peering and Interconnection Forum that took place on August 23, 2022. The paper highlights the results and conclusions of measurements taken from…
AFRINIC receives a variety of questions and enquiries for support. At the same time, some fall out of scope; however, we have narrowed down the frequently asked questions, mostly related to member account information…
PeeringDB wants input from everyone who uses our interconnection database. Our anonymous survey is now open until 23:59 UTC on 16 October 2022. We would like your feedback to help us make PeeringDB more useful to…
On Thursday, 21 July 2022, AFRINIC held a webinar to engage resource members on matters of the AFRINIC Audited Accounts 2021 at the last Annual General Members Meeting (AGMM). The webinar was attended by 62 AFRINIC…
The recently concluded Annual General Member’s meeting raised queries over the AFRINIC Audited accounts for 2021. We wrote to our Resource Members and collected several questions on the Finance audit. Out of which, a…
AFRINIC takes part in the World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC) 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda From Left: Mr Pierre Dandjinou, VP, Stakeholder Engagement - Africa- ICANN, Mr Goran Marby, President and CEO…
AFRINIC AI PresenterThe 2022 AFRINIC Annual General Members Meeting will take place on 3rd June 2022, when three Board seats and one Governance Committee seat are up for election. AFRINIC strives to ensure a free and…
ARIN recently issued a final reminder on the imminent retirement of the ARIN non-authenticated Internet Routing Registry (IRR), which is planned for Monday, 4 April 2022, at 16:00 GMT. Click here (…
For the sake of AFRINIC’s Board election, the AFRINIC Nomination Committee (NomCom) and Election Committee (E-Com) have been respectively entrusted with the tasks of the selection of candidates and the running of the…
In partnership with SmartAfrica Secretariat (SAS) , AFRINIC is a member of the Smart Africa Data Centre & Cloud for Africa Project Working Group. The Data Centre and Cloud for Africa Project was launched by SAS…
The Board of Directors is required to appoint a Nomination Committee (NomCom) every year, in terms of Article 9 of the AFRINIC's Bylaws < https://afrinic.net/bylaws#nomcom >. For the purpose of constituting the…
ICANN to enable faster, more robust connectivity in Kenya with the installation of clusters. ISTANBUL – 28 February 2022 – Internet users in Africa will soon benefit from faster access and better protection from…
Last September we asked you for input through our anonymous satisfaction survey, so we could use it to guide our product roadmap for 2022. Today, we are sharing what you told us through the survey and how we’ll be…
The AFRINIC-34 Online Meeting took place online, from 14-18 November 2021. 226 delegates from 48 countries took part in policy development discussions and plenary sessions. The meeting was organised by AFRINIC on the…
Our second webinar on securing Internet routing for 2021 is on the topic of Resource Public Key Infrastructure(RPKI). RPKI facilitates the validation of routing information by other network operators on a global scale…
Evaluate scenarios that necessitate the use of transition techniques Identify the dual-stack, tunnelling and translation components Demonstrate how dual-stack, tunnelling and translation work Configure and verify…
PeeringDB wants input from network operators, exchange operators, facility providers, content distributors, and anyone who uses our interconnection database. We are running an anonymous satisfaction survey until 23:59…
Jenga which means “Build” in Swahili, is aimed at having one on one sessions with resource members around the services offered by AFRINIC that is in line with the mission of "Serving the African Internet community by…
AFRINIC Teams had to be AGILE enough and achieve a milestone of meeting all the members in the service Region within a span of five days. He explains his role in this project and the lessons he learnt.
This video highlights the role of the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) as the Internet Registry providing service to its members in the Africa region.
Two-factor authentication (2FA), sometimes referred to as two-step verification or dual-factor authentication, is a security process in which users provide two different authentication factors to verify themselves. This…
The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) in collaboration with the Africa Network Operators Group (AfNOG) have proudly concluded the second AIS’21 virtual conference. The event took place from 31 May to 4 June…
Internet resilience is the ability of a network to maintain an acceptable level of service at all times. The Internet plays a critical role in society and the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the importance of reliable…
IPv6 Extension Headers have been a part of the core IPv6 specification as detailed in RFC8200. They offer supplementary information about IPv6 packets on how they are processed or routed, such as Hop-by-Hop Options. The…
An authoritative DNS name server is considered lame when it does not adequately respond to queries for a domain, for which it is the designated Start of Authority (SOA). For the purpose of this policy implementation, a…
AFRINIC will be participating in the virtual event OSIANE 2021 organised by the nongovernmental organisation PRATIC (Promotion, Reflection and Analysis on Information and Communication Technologies). AFRINIC CEO Eddy…
Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) is the way to cryptographically sign records that associate a Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) route announcement with the correct originating Autonomous System Number (ASN). But…
Co-authored by CAIDA’s Roderick Fanou , Postdoctoral Scholar; Ricky Mok , Assistant Research Scientist; Bradley Huffaker , Technical Manager; and Kc Claffy , Founder and Director. The underlying physical infrastructure…
PeeringDB is a freely available database of networks for interconnection data. The database facilitates the global interconnection of networks at Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), data centres, and other interconnection…
AFRINIC organised a consultative webinar on Thursday 4 March 2021 on the topic "Public persecution and Constructive criticism on AFRINIC mailing lists". The main objectives of the webinar were to: Listen to concerns on…
Playing motherland to over 50 economies, Africa is rich and diverse in its many cultures, colours, beliefs and tongues that shape the uniqueness of each country while retaining a sense of similarity that can be…
AFRINIC has a diverse membership and community. Even though English is our official language, we have at heart to support the rich diversity and inclusivity of our regional languages instead of being restricted to…
Through this course, you will build a solid foundation in IPv6 networking principles
AFRINIC has taken actions and kept its stakeholders informed about the situation, brought about infrastructural improvements on its database, reviewed its operational business rules and procedures, including but not…
AFRINIC undertook an audit of all IPv4 number resources, which consisted of verifying the rightful custodianship of those resources. The audit also verifies the processes adopted for the allocation of IPv4 number…
Effective 12 December 2020, we shall fully deprecate support for CRYPT and MD5 authentication mechanisms. The passwords will no longer work on updating other objects, except to allow an update of the maintainer object…
Eddy Kayihura was appointed in the position of the Chief Executive Officer of AFRINIC in November 2019. Ashil Oogarah, AFRINIC’s communications team leader sat down with Mr. Kayihura to get his reflects on his year…
AFRINIC has the mandate to collaborate with its stakeholders to ensure the sustainable growth of a stable, secure and robust Internet in Africa. In order to deliver on the above, it is vital that AFRINIC engages with…
On Tuesday 10 November 2020, we sent a system-generated email for the outstanding balances of our membership. We noticed that there was an error in the configuration of the system which picked the 2021 invoices, which…
PeeringDB is a freely available database of networks for interconnection data. The database facilitates the global interconnection of networks at Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), data centres, and other interconnection…
A New Experience The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) in collaboration with the Africa Network Operators Group (AfNOG) have proudly concluded their first virtual conference (AIS’20). The event took place…
he Domain Name System (DNS) is one of the most critical services for the daily functioning of the Internet. It allows names to be resolved into IP addresses and vice versa through a hierarchical system of distributed…
We are pleased to inform you that we are in the final leg of developing AFRINIC’s Strategic Plan 2021-2023. Please see the final draft here ( https://afrinic.net/strategy#2021-2023 ). English Dear Colleagues, We are…
AIS’20 Online is approaching fast. AIS staff is currently busy with the preparations for the first virtual Africa Internet Summit conference to be held from 14 to 18 September 2020 at 0900-1300 UTC. AIS’20 Online…
"The beating heart of this community is our continued dialogue: an open, respectful discussion on matters of importance to the African Internet community. Our strength comes from the range of experience, views and…
Are you an executive, manager or policymaker who wants to: Put your company, your country and this continent on the Internet development map? Help pull the country out of the digital Siberia of IPv4 and help the country…
" We are pleased to inform you that the Registration for the Elections of PDP Co-Chair and NRO NC opens today and closes at 19:59 UTC on 6 September 2020. " Election Committee English Dear colleagues, We are pleased to…
We take this matter extremely seriously and have been following due diligence processes to ensure that we have sufficient evidence for the ongoing cases described below. We welcome any additional information regarding…
Dear colleagues, Greetings, and hope you are keeping well. We are pleased to announce that we have now published the Annual Report for 2019 which captures what AFRINIC achieved during the year. The Report also contains…
AFRINIC is pleased to invite you to participate in its next webinar on 'AFRINIC Membership and the Rights and Power of Members’' The session will examine how AFRINIC manages Internet Number Resources in its service…
AFRINIC's Member Services Department is the first point of contact for many AFRINIC members or those seeking to become a member. The department has expertise in Customer Services Support and Internet Number Resource…
[ Arabic | Portuguese ] AFRINIC is pleased to announce that its RPKI now supports the RPKI Repository Delta Protocol (RFC 8182). RRDP is an alternative repository access protocol to the existing RSYNC repository. With…
[ Arabic | Portugues ] AFRINIC is pleased to announce the launch of the Africa Internet Registry and Routing Statistics (AIRRS) portal. AIRRS aims to bring registry and routing statistics closer to the African Internet…
[ Arabic | Portuguese ] Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Mauritius is currently on a national lockdown until April 2, 2020. A curfew is in place banning the movement of people – except those offering essential…
AFRINIC has received an allocation from IANA for the following block of AS Numbers: AS328704 - AS329727
AFRINIC is pleased to make the following announcements: 1. Two policies have been implemented, namely: i) Policy Clarification on IPv6 Sub-Assignments v3 ( https://afrinic.net/policy/2018-v6-002-d3#proposal ) ii) SL…
JOB DESCRIPTION Department: IT & Engineering Unit: Infrastructure Job title: Junior Systems Engineer 1. Job Background Job Purpose/Mission of Role You participate in the installation, monitoring and management of…
AFRINIC is 1.85 million /32s IPv4 away from Phase 2 of IPv4 exhaustion As of 16 October 2019, AFRINIC has 3.9 million /32s addresses in the available IPv4 pool. We are now 1.85 million /32s addresses away from the /11…
AFRINIC today awarded 28 of its employees with long service awards in a ceremony held at its headquarters in Mauritius. The awards were aimed at celebrating the AFRINIC Team and to acknowledge the hard work and…
AFRINIC's available IPv4 resource pool is gradually decreasing. AFRINIC has been delegating IPv4 resources to its Resource Members who have demonstrated needs according to IPv4 Exhaustion Phase 1 of the soft landing…
( Arabic version below ) As part of our ongoing effort to improve our services, we invited you to participate in the 2018 AFRINIC Customer Satisfaction Survey (CSS) from 05 October 2018 to 15 February 2019. The study…
JOB DESCRIPTION Department: IT & Engineering Unit: Application Job title: Software Engineer 1. Job Background Job Purpose/Mission of Role To design, develop, test and implement software solutions that result in…
Last year AFRINIC sponsored the deployment of 5 RIPE Atlas anchors in Africa. We invite you to read more about why it is important to host an anchor and help us build a better measurement infrastructure…
The independent ASO Review 2017 [1] report [2] outlined 18 recommendations which the NRO resolved to accept. 17 of these recommendations were non-controversial and deemed straightforward to implement by the NRO…
As part of our ongoing effort to improve our services, we invite you to participate in the 2018 AFRINIC Stakeholders survey, open from 16 October -31 December 2018.. The survey will seek to understand our membership and…
AFRINIC has released a new version of its Routing Registry service . This new version has removed the need for the ASN holder to authorise route or route6 objects. Previously, route and route6 objects had to be…
The policy "Lame delegations in AFRINIC reverse DNS" has been ratified on 21 March 2018. The policy ensures that lame delegations appearing in the reverse DNS are acted upon by equipping the WHOIS with automatic checks…
We are pleased to announce the publication of a guide on AFRINIC’s Internet Routing Registry. AFRINIC Members who use the RIPE NCC database and who are impacted by the upcoming changes in the out-of-region objects in…
The AFRINIC Board has made the following appointments to fill vacant seats in the Board, in terms of Article 13.14 of the AFRINIC Bylaws: Habib Youssef is appointed to seat 1 (Northern Africa); Vika William Mpisane is…
Africa needs to address the disparities that exist between individual countries in terms of internet governance in order to adequately achieve the ICT goals set out in Agenda 2063.
RIPE NCC will be making some changes to their Internet Routing Registry (IRR) which may affect AFRINIC resource holders effective September 2018
2 July 2018 - Following the ASO review consultation and the presentation by the CEO at the AIS 2018 meeting in Dakar, AFRINIC’s representatives on the ASO AC/NRO NC have been asked to lead a community process to develop…
We are pleased to inform you that our annual report 2017 is now published here.
JOB DESCRIPTION Department: IT & Engineering Unit: Infrastructure Unit Job title: Infrastructure Unit Manager 1. Job Background Job Purpose/Mission of Role Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the…
6 June 2018 - The AFRINIC Board hereby calls for expressions of interest from persons who wish to be considered for appointments to fill casual vacancies in the Board, in terms of article 13.14 of the AFRINIC Bylaws…
In September 2016, the Board published a “Strategy Document” at https://preview.afrinic.net/strategy#2016-2020-short-version , which was an extract from a Strategic Plan that the Board at that time considered to be an…
30 May 2018 - AFRINIC initiated a clean-up exercise on the quarantined resources that had reached the end of the Quarantine period in March 2018. As a reminder, we delete all related objects from the AFRINIC whois…
30 May 2019 - AFRINIC is recruiting a Software Engineer and a Junior Systems Engineer. More details about the job description can be found at https://www.afrinic.net/en/about/career/1619-software-engineer and…
The AFRINIC Board constituted a Fee Review Committee in 2017 to consider changes to AFRINIC’s fee structure. The committee presented a report to the Board on 9 May 2018, with updates on 23 May 2018. The report is…
17 May 2018 -The AFRINIC Board hereby calls for expressions of interest from persons who wish to be considered for appointments to fill casual vacancies in the Board, in terms of article 13.14 of the AFRINIC Bylaws. Any…
11 May 2018 - Following the AGMM held in Dakar, Senegal, on 10 May 2018, the AFRINIC Board held a meeting to appoint a new Chair and Vice Chair. The AFRINIC Board has appointed Dr Christian Bope as Chair, and Mr…
Please note that Tuesday 1 May 2018 is a public holiday in Mauritius. AFRINIC Offices shall be closed and will resume business on Wednesday 2 May. Any urgent issues can be addressed to: [email protected] for…
AFRINIC members and the community are hereby informed that electronic voting and appointment of proxies is now open for the AFRINIC Board and Governance Committee elections. Both services are accessible through the…
AFRINIC is pleased to announce that it will, through an agency, be offering daytime child care services for delegates intending to travel with children to AIS’18.
The IANA Numbering Services Review Committee (IANA RC) has published the 2017 IANA Numbering Services Review Committee Report following a 30-day public comment period.
Ad hoc NomCom2018 is pleased to announce the following final candidate slate for Seat 2 (Western Africa) on the AFRINIC Board: Dr. Adewale Adedokun Dr. Ousmane Moussa Tessa Full candidate information has been published…
AFRINIC will be holding its Annual General Members’ Meeting (AGMM) at the Radisson Blu, in Dakar, Senegal. This will be during the AFRINIC-28 Meeting and the Africa Internet Summit 2018.We are hereby inviting all our…
Africa Internet Summit (AIS’18) in Dakar is just a week away and we look forward to seeing you.Airport Transfers There will be airport transfers on a 30-seater bus from the Blaise Diagne International airport to the…
AFRINIC is announcing the call for applications for the 2018 FIRE Africa Innovation Award. This year, the Awards category is Internet for social inclusionSuccessfully completed IT related projects led by Female…
AFRINIC’s Member Services Team will be holding several activities during AIS'18. Resource Members Workshop on 5 May 2018 from 09h00 to 17h00 - Open to any network operator interested in learning about and becoming an…
AFRINIC is pleased to advise that the Annual Financial Statements for the financial year to December 2017 is now available at: https://www.afrinic.net/images/doc/AFS-2018.pdf Kindly take note that, at its meeting on the…
You are invited to an Internet Measurements Workshop to take place at the AIS'18
12 April 2018 - AFRINIC's Member Services OSIANE 2018 event being held in Congo Brazzaville. Member will be in attendance to provide information to AFRINIC members and any organization willing to become a Member of…
The Ad hoc Nominations Committee 2018 is pleased to announce that the AFRINIC Board Nomination process is open for Seat 2 (Western Africa). Following the resignation of Mr Sunday Folayan from the AFRINIC Board, Seat 2…
NomCom2018 is pleased to announce the following final candidate slate for the open seats on the AFRINIC: 1. Board of Directors Eastern Africa Abibu Rashid Ntahigiye Southern Africa Lucky Masilela Full candidate…
The AFRINIC Board has appointed the following people to an ad hoc Nomination Committee (NomCom) to handle the election for Board seat 2 (Western Africa), which is vacant following the resignation of Sunday Folayan…
Following the resignation of Mr Sunday Folayan from the AFRINIC Board, Seat 2 (Western Africa) is vacant. The Board as per Resolution 201803.399 resolved to hold an election for Seat 2 at the next AGMM in May 2018 in…
Registration is now open for the upcoming AFRINIC Internet Number Resources Management (INRM) and Understanding and Deploying IPv6 Workshop. Location: Dakar, Senegal Date: 5 - 7 May 2018 Register here Registration…
The application process for the Hackathon @ AIS is now open. The Hackathon@AIS is an event aimed at exposing engineers from the African region to Open Internet Standards development and is co-organized by ISOC and…
The community is hereby informed that at its meeting of 21 March 2018, the AFRINIC Board, in accordance with article 3.4.4 of the Consolidated Policy Manual (CPM), ratified the policy proposal “Lame delegations in…
AFRINIC is pleased to announce that the AFRINIC-28 fellowship selection process is now complete and the following applicants have been selected to receive a fellowship to attend AFRINIC-28 being held from 5 – 11 May in…
26 March 2018 - This is to inform you that today 26th March 2018 the Board has received a letter of resignation from Mr. Sunday Folayan from the Afrinic Board. The Board wishes to inform you further that it will take…
26 March 2018 - Sunday Folayan and Haitham El-Nakhal have stepped down from their positions as Chair and Vice Chair of the AFRINIC Board, pending the conclusion of an investigation into allegations that have been made…
This is to inform the community that the period for the Call for Nominations into the AFRINIC Board, Governance Committee (GC), Policy Development Appeal Committee and Policy Development Working Group has been extended…
ICANN 2018 Nominating Committee (NOMCOM) invites fresh and diverse candidates in Africa to apply for these open seats on the ICANN Board.Current Open seats include: 3 ICANN Board, 2 ALAC (At-Large Advisory Committee)…
AFRINIC is announcing the call for applications for the 2018 FIRE Africa Innovation Grants.
Please note that Monday 12 March 2018 is a public holiday in Mauritius. AFRINIC Offices shall be closed and will resume business on Tuesday 13 March 2018.
AFRINIC is pleased to announce that the policy IPv4 Resources Transfer within the AFRINIC service region has been implemented.
NomCom2018 is pleased to announce that the AFRINIC Board Nomination process is open for the following seats:
The AFRINIC Governance Committee is a standing committee whose purpose is to advise the AFRINIC Board, AFRINIC Membership, and the community, on matters of governance.
The AFRINIC NomCom2018 is pleased to invite nominations for 1 Co-Chair of the Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) for a 2-year term, starting from the Public Policy Meeting in AFRINIC-28 to the Public Policy Meeting…
The AFRINIC Policy Development Appeal Committee is a standing committee to adjudicate on appeals in terms of the Conflict Resolution section of the AFRINIC Policy Development Process (PDP). Any such appeal will involve…
The Call for Presentations for the Africa Internet Summit, AIS’18 is now open. We invite all individuals wishing to present during the meeting, which will be held in Dakar Senegal from 29 April to 11 May to submit their…
Please note that Tuesday 13 February and Friday 16 February 2018 are public holidays in Mauritius. In this regard, AFRINIC Offices shall be closed. Any urgent issues can be addressed to: [email protected] for…
As a result of the successful IANA Stewardship transition [1] in 2016, the IANA Numbering Services are today being managed through an SLA between ICANN and the five RIRs. IANA Numbering Services Review Committee The…
The AFRINIC Board has appointed the following people to the Nomination Committee (NomCom) for the 2018 year
The most recent ASO Review concluded with 18 recommendations, which the NRO has resolved to accept. The first 17 recommendations are well defined and practical, and can be implemented by actions of the NRO Secretariat…
29 January 2018 - AFRINIC is offering fellowships for the AFRINIC-28 Meeting to be held in Dakar, Senegal from 6 May to 11 May 2018. The fellowship is reserved for individuals representing small organisations…
January 29 2018 - Please note that Wednesday 31 January and Thursday 1 February 2018 are public holidays in Mauritius. AFRINIC Offices shall be closed and will resume business on Friday 2 February 2018. Any urgent…
22 January 2018 - The AFRINIC Board is required to appoint a Nomination Committee (NomCom) every year, in terms of article 9 of the Bylaws < https://afrinic.net/en/about/bylaws/2001-afrinic-bylaws-2016?start=8 >…
The Address Supporting Organization Address Council's (ASO AC) call for nominations for Seat 9 on the ICANN Board will close at 23:59 UTC on Sunday, 17 December 2017.
Consequent to the discussions by the PDWG community present at AFRINIC-27 during the Public Policy Meeting held on 30 November 2017 in Lagos, the following policy proposals have been moved to “Last Call”, starting today…
22 November 2017 - The Board has noted that there is no procedure for the removal of a NRO NC/ASO AC member. The Board has drafted a procedure to be considered for addition to the election guidelines . The Board calls…
On 2 October 2017 a revised RSA was published for public comments. The comment period ended on 30 October 2017. We have prepared a table summarising the comments and staff responses to the comments, as well as a revised…
31 October 2017 - Please note that Wednesday 1 November and Thursday 2 November 2017 are public holidays in Mauritius. AFRINIC Offices shall be closed and will resume business on Friday 3 November 2017.Any urgent issues…
25 October 2017 - AFRINIC is pleased to announce the FIRE Award winners 2017. 1. The EduAirBox Project EduAir (Formerly Kwiizi) from Cameroon is the concept name to offer a better education via digital with or without…
18 October 2017 - Please note that Thursday 19 October 2017 is a public holiday in Mauritius. AFRINIC Offices shall be closed and will resume business on Friday 20 October 2017. Any urgent issues can be addressed to: -…
11 October 2017 - The Number Resource Organization (NRO) has developed a proposal for ITHI risk identification and definition in response to an ongoing ICANN initiative. Each Regional Internet Registry (RIR) is…
11 October 2017 - We wish to inform you that the ASO AC is calling for nominations to the Seat 9 on the ICANN Board of Directors. The selected candidate will serve for a three-year term, which will begin at the…
2 October 2017 - AFRINIC is calling for comments on a revision to the Registration Service Agreement (RSA). The draft revised RSA may be found here . This revision to the RSA is necessary to allow transfers in…
29 September 2017 - AFRINIC is pleased to announce that the AFRINIC-27 fellowship selection process is now complete and the following applicants have been selected to receive a fellowship to attend AFRINIC-27 being held…
September 16 2017 - We are pleased to announce that AFRINIC has gone live with an “all resource” RPKI TA (trust anchor) as planned on September 14, 2017. This change has no effect on any existing RPKI validation. You…
The deployment of this new version is scheduled for overnight, on 31 August 2017 and available as from 1 September. 2017
Ebene, Mauritius, 10 th August 2017: Lagos will in November host hundreds of key players in the African and global Internet industry sector at the 27 th public policy meeting of the African Network Information Center…
7 August 2017 - We invite all individuals wishing to make presentations during AFRINIC-27, which will be held from 27 November to 2 December 2017 to submit abstracts. The meeting website is now up at…
7 August 2017 - We are pleased to inform you that registration is now open for the AFRINIC-27 Meeting, being held in Lagos Nigeria, from 27 November to 2 December 2017. You can register online at…
4 August 2017 - The application period for the FIRE Africa Grants and Awards ended on 2nd August 2017 having run for a whole month. The FIRE Award consists of a USD 3,000 cash prize plus full travel and accommodation…
August 4 2017 - We would like to inform you that, as from today Friday 4 August, AFRINIC shall report on IT related incidents and maintenance activities at https://status.afrinic.net/ This new service will allow the…
2 August 2017 - AFRINIC is offering fellowships for the AFRINIC-27 meeting to be held in Lagos, Nigeria, from 27 November to 2 December 2017. The fellowship is reserved for individuals representing small organisations…
19 July 2017 - The AFRINIC Board of Directors intends to establish an Appeal Committee to give effect to the requirements in section 3.5 of the Consolidated Policy Manual (that is, the Conflict resolution portion of the…
July 14 2017 - We are pleased to inform you that our annual report 2016 is now published. Click here to read the AFRINIC Annual Report 2016.
July 4 2017 - AFRINIC is announcing the call for applications for the 2017 FIRE Africa Innovation Grants and Awards. This year, the available types of Grants and Awards are: The FIRE Africa Grants which provides two…
AFRINIC CEO Alan Barrett and AFRALO Chair Abdelaziz Hilali signing the MoU Ebene, Mauritius 28 th June 2017: AFRINIC has signed an MoU with ICANN’s African Regional At-Large Organization ( AFRALO ) in which both…
23 June 2017 - We are pleased to inform that the Board has re-elected Mr Sunday Folayan and Mr Haitham El Nakhal as Chairman and Vice Chairman respectively, for a period of 1 year terms. The Board Standing Committees…
AFRINIC 26 Public Policy Meeting Minutes is now published here
As a result of the Elections for Board seats that took place on 1 June 2017 during the Annual General Members' Meeting (AGMM) in Nairobi, we are pleased to announce the appointment of the following candidates to the…
2 June 2017 Nairobi, Kenya - The Af* organizations, comprised of AFRINIC, AFTLD, AFNOG, AFREN, Africa CERT, and ISOC Africa, gathered at the 5th African Internet Summit, in Nairobi, Kenya, 21 May – 2 June 2017, issue…
On 1st June 2017 , the Board took the following decision with regards to LIR Membership fees and penalties. Invoice all members in the first week of November of the preceding Year The invoice will be dated 1st January…
26 May 2017 - In April 2017, AFRINIC's Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) Co-Chairs received a policy proposal, AFPUB-2017-GEN-001-DRAFT-01: "Anti-Shutdown" , authored by members of the AFRINIC community. This…
19 May 2017 - Please note that electronic voting and appointment of proxies is now open. Both services are available through the MyAFRINIC portal to members in good standing. We encourage electronic voting but paper…
AFRINIC will be holding its Annual General Members’ Meeting (AGMM) at the Boma Hotel, in Nairobi, Kenya. This will be during the AFRINIC-26 Meeting and the Africa Internet Summit 2017. We are hereby inviting all our…
15 May 2017 - The 2017 Nominations Committee is pleased to announce the following final candidate slate for the open seats on the AFRINIC Board Indian Ocean 1.Subramanian Moonesamy 2.Krishna Seeburn 3.Kaleem Ahmed…
15 May 2017 - AFRINIC’s Nominations Committee 2017 (NomCom2017) would like to announce that only one nomination was received and consequently approved towards the position of one Co-Chair of the PDWG (Policy Development…
15 May 2017 - The final candidates slates for the following elections taking place during AIS’17 are now published as follows: AFRINIC Board Elections 2017 NRO NC ASO AC Elections 2017 PDWG Elections 2017 Governance…
26 April 2017 - AFRINIC is pleased to advise that the Annual Financial Statements for the financial year to December 2016 is now available here . Kindly take note that, at its meeting on the 19th April 2017, AFRINIC…
26 April 2017 - The community is hereby informed that at its regular meeting held on 19 April 2017, the AFRINIC Board resolved to ratify the policy proposal AFPUB-2016-V4-003-DRAFT03 (IPv4 Resources Transfer within the…
5 April 2017 - The AFRINIC Board has issued the following statement on keeping the Internet open to everyone. AFRINIC believes that the Internet plays a critical role in Africa’s social and economic development. While…
3 April 2017 - On 31st March 2017,AFRINIC has approved a request for IPv4 resources that could not be fulfilled from the IPv4 address space available in the AFRINIC pool (with the exception of the final /8), triggering…
March 30 2017 - As of 27 March 2017, AFRINIC's pool of available IPv4 address space contained the equivalent of 1.03 /8s and we expect to reach the last /8 of available IPv4 space by the end of March or the first days…
March 29 2017 - AFRINIC is pleased to announce that the AFRINIC-26 fellowship selection process is now complete and the following applicants have been selected to receive a fellowship to attend AFRINIC-26, being held…
March 15 2017 - The AFRINIC NomCom 2017 is pleased to invite nominations for candidates to run for an open seat on the NRO-NC for AFRINIC region. The seat is currently held by Douglas Onyango. The term for the elected…
March 15 2017 - Call for Nominations - AFRINIC Governance Committee (GC) Members The AFRINIC Governance Committee is a standing committee whose purpose is to advise the AFRINIC Board, AFRINIC Membership, and the…
March 15 2017 - The AFRINIC NomCom2017 is pleased to invite nominations for 1 Co-Chair of the Policy Development Working Group (PDWG) for a 2-year term. June 2017 to June 2019. The Seat is currently held by Dewole Ajao…
March 14 2017 - We invite all individuals wishing to present during AIS’17, which will be held from 21 May to 2 June 2017 to submit their presentation abstract. To enrich the discussions and share knowledge with the…
March 14 2017 - NomCom2017 is pleased to announce that the AFRINIC Board Nomination process is open for the following seats: Seat 3 (Indian Ocean), currently held by Kris Seeburn; Seat 4 (Central Africa), currently held…
March 7 2017 - We are pleased to announce that the 2017 Nomination Committee (NomCom) Chair is Mr Wale Adedokun. We wish Mr Wale Adedokun all the best in his new role. Click here for more information about the 2017…
22 February 2017 - We are pleased to announce the election of Mrs Wafa Dahmani as Chair and Mr Abdalla Omari as Vice Chair of the AFRINIC Governance Committee during a meeting held on Thursday16 February 2017. We wish…
21 February 2017 - Following a call for expressions of interest, the AFRINIC Board hs appointed the following members of the Nomination Committee (NomCom) for 2017, in terms of section 9 of the AFRINIC Bylaws: John…
13 February 2017 - Further to our Call for Local Hosts for 2017 AFRINIC Training Workshops, we are pleased to announce the list of selected host countries: Central Africa East Africa West Africa South Africa North…
31 January 2016 - The AFRINIC Board is required to appoint a Nomination Committee (NomCom) every year. I hereby call for volunteers from the community to fill three open positions on the 2017 NomCom. If you are…
31 January 2017 - AFRINIC is offering fellowships for the AFRINIC-26 meeting to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 27 May to 2 June 2017. The fellowship is reserved for individuals representing small organisations…
30 January 2017 - Alan Barrett, AFRINIC CEO, and Sikiru A. Shehu, Dean NiRA Academy , signed an MoU to develop and certify skills in Internet Number Resources Management and IPv6 throughout Nigeria. The signing ceremony…
Workshop led by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) in collaboration with the Communications Authority of Kenya will explore ways to increase African Government Participation in ICANN and…
16 January 2017 - The AFRINIC IPv4 inventory will soon reach a point where the "Current Phase" will end, and "Exhaustion Phase 1" of the IPv4 Soft Landing policy will begin. This is an update on the implementation of…
AFRINIC 10 Years Anniversary Celebration Book
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) made an allocation of the equivalent of a /12 of IPv4 address space to AFRINIC and each of the other four RIRs in accordance with the "Global Policy for Post Exhaustion…
AFRINIC and the RIPE NCC are pleased to announce the installation of a RIPE Atlas anchor on AFRINIC's infrastructure in Mauritius. The installation is part of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two RIRs to…
On 20 May 2014, ICANN announced that it had begun the process of allocating the remaining blocks of IPv4 address space to the five Regional Internet Registries (RIR). The trigger for this was LACNIC's pool of IPv4…
Geneva, Switzerland, 12 May 2014 – The International Telecommunication Union today signed a letter of intent with the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) on the promotion of IPv6. The letter of intent seeks to…
ARIN, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for North America, announced on 23 April 2014 that it had entered phase 4 of its IPv4 Countdown Plan, meaning that it is now assigning space from the last /8 of IPv4 address…
