Browsing: Governance Bodies

A new governance debate highlights concerns that giving registries enforcement powers may threaten neutrality and global internet stability.

How IPv4 address exhaustion is reshaping ISP business models and network investment amid slow IPv6 adoption and premium address pricing.

New US tariffs targeting Chinese legacy chips are postponed until 2027, drawing sharp criticism from Beijing and industry watchers.

Lu Heng outlines why mandatory portability of number resources in the ICP-2 revision is essential for resilience and network autonomy.

Member responses to an independent verification raise new doubts about the accuracy of AFRINIC’s voter register ahead of board elections.

Lu Heng criticises APNIC governance, calling for leadership accountability and a clean break from past structures.

AFRINIC’s fierce response to basic factual questions reveals deeper governance anxieties, as NRS presses for transparency amid disputed board elections.

CAIGA claims to improve cross-border cooperation, but critics warn it risks entrenching ICANN’s overreach and worsening Africa’s internet governance crisis.

CAIGA’s emergence raises urgent questions about its impact on Africa’s multistakeholder internet governance.

Lu Heng, CEO at Cloud Innovation, argues that Smart Africa’s attempt to force a single centralised Internet policy on a continent as diverse and fractious as Africa is dangerous and ultimately impossible.

Stakeholders fear CAIGA may deepen AFRINIC’s failures by replacing community governance with state control, backed by ICANN support.

Critics warn CAIGA could turn technical governance into a political instrument — a “paid‑access” model that undermines regional autonomy and sets a dangerous precedent.