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A look into the power struggle between AFRINIC and CAIGA, questioning ICANN’s neutrality and its impact on Africa’s internet governance.
Smart Africa’s CAIGA rollout raises fears of continental symbolism replacing genuine fixes for AFRINIC’s long-running failures.
Ofcom is investigating BT and Three after recent mobile outages, raising questions about network resilience and reliability.
Foldable smartphones in Europe are rising fast, with more brands, lower prices, and carriers boosting adoption through plans and displays.
Stakeholders clash over CAIGA’s future, questioning Smart Africa and ICANN’s push for a state-led governance model.
CAIGA’s AI ambitions expose deeper governance weaknesses, with enforcement gaps echoing AFRINIC’s long-running failures.
LINX Accra is now live in Ghana, hosted at Digital Realty’s ACR2 data centre, with questions remaining over uptake and impact.
CAIGA risks weakening technical independence and replacing diverse African regulations with politically shaped, centralised frameworks.
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.