BTW Media has sent a letter to ICANN’s CEO, requesting the correction of false information published by ICANN in an…
Author: James Durston
James Durston
James Durston is the Editor-in-Chief for Blue Tech Wave, and a former editor and journalist for some of the world's biggest international media organisations.
A newly adopted document grants authority to assess and de-recognise regional internet registries, bypassing expected community input.
The registry’s third-biggest member cites the annulment of the June 23 election as evidence that a democratic election has now become ‘unworkable’.
And how a simple commercial dispute blew up to become the biggest internet governance story in Africa.
AFRINIC annulled a court-backed election over one disputed proxy, discarding 800 votes and threatening Africa’s internet governance stability.
Late June 2025 in Mauritius: Hope for renewal turned into regional turbulence AFRINIC — Africa’s Regional Internet Registry — was…
AFRINIC won’t be a word many people, even in the various internet communities around the world, will recognise. But for…
A letter from the CEO of ICANN, Kurt Lindqvist, to Gowtamsingh Dabee, the Official Receiver in place at AFRINIC, the…
A member of the AFRINIC election committee broke confidentiality and non-disclosure obligations when she took a Power Of Attorney (POA)…
Hundreds of African IP address holders have complained that the premature suspension of the 2025 AFRINIC election meant their votes…
A second attempt by the Tanzanian Internet Services Providers Association (TISPA) to stop the AFRINIC board elections from taking place…
ICANN’s request to reconstitute the Nominating Committee in the run up to the AFRINIC elections has been denied by the…