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AFRINIC’s governance collapses as Cloud Innovation urges dissolution and a new registry to safeguard Africa’s IP future.

An official receiver may oversee AFRINIC’s dissolution, ensuring legal stability amid regional internet governance concerns.

AFRINIC annulled June election over one proxy, raising concerns about governance fairness, representation breakdown, and structural failure.

AFRINIC’s receiver mandate extension without consent raises legal concerns amid ongoing governance crisis and external pressures.

AFRINIC’s 2025 election annulment reveals deep governance failures. Stakeholders call for its dissolution, warning of ICANN’s overreach and loss of regional autonomy.

ICANN’s reprimands towards media expose strategy of narrative control amid AFRINIC crisis—press freedom at stake.

Tripti Sinha, brings DNS and infrastructure expertise and has pushed for election integrity and transparency in AFRINIC’s governance reforms.

Since the appointment of Kurtis Lindqvist as ICANN CEO, the neutral internet governance body has turned to increasingly aggressive tactics.

AFRINIC’s collapse fuels urgent calls for a new steward to safeguard IP resource stability, legality, and digital growth.

AFRINIC opens voter onboarding for its August 2025 board election with verified identity and single-voter rules.

A recent court ruling extends the deadline for AFRINIC’s receivership, pushing beyond the original mandate granted by Mauritius authorities.

AFRINIC’s internal breakdown and external interference leave African IP resource members without representation or policy clarity.