Browsing: Governance Bodies

ICANN bypassed its own multistakeholder processes to adopt a document giving unprecedented power to de-recognize regional internet registries.

AFRINIC gained ICANN recognition in 2005, but without the support and resources it needed, the RIR quickly fell apart.

Afrinic’s 30% RPKI adoption lags behind global standards, leaving African networks exposed to route hijacking and security breaches.

Before AFRINIC, Africa’s IP address allocations were handled by global registries through structured, neutral processes. This article explains how Cloud Innovation lawfully received its resources and how courts later upheld those rights against efforts by AFRINIC to revoke them.

Institutional gridlock and eroding community trust AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa, is responsible for managing IP address allocations and…

AFRINIC: The catalyst that backfired As ICANN attempts to control the narrative at the UN’s WSIS+20 summit, digital sovereignty advocate…

Calls grow for an independent audit to expose AFRINIC’s financial mismanagement and restore trust in the organisation.

AFRINIC’s cancelled 2025 board election reveals deep political infighting and raises concerns over governance and institutional integrity.

The IP request process includes validation, invoicing, and allocation steps designed to support fair distribution across the African region.

The registry’s third-biggest member cites the annulment of the June 23 election as evidence that a democratic election has now become ‘unworkable’.

AFRINIC’s ongoing crisis is exposing deeper vulnerabilities in the global internet governance model, questioning the viability.

UNGA Group upgrades its grain logistics and fortified food systems across East Africa, blending local sourcing with regional distribution.