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Cloud Innovation’s call to wind up AFRINIC has sparked debate across ICANN, the NRO, ISPs, and civil society.

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 canceled its 2025 board election over one unverified proxy dispute, discarding valid votes and eroding trust in governance.

AFRINIC’s delayed election faces legal challenges, with observers warning the vote may violate the organisation’s constitution and law.

Angola IXP strengthens national internet by reducing latency and keeping traffic local, supporting faster and more sovereign digital access.

Cloud Innovation seeks AFRINIC dissolution, citing governance collapse and urging a transition to a compliant successor registry.

Cloud Innovation urges ICANN and NRO to urgently appoint a successor RIR as AFRINIC faces potential legal liquidation.

Cloud Innovation calls for AFRINIC’s court-led dissolution, urging a decentralised IP system as ICANN issues an ICP-2 warning.

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.

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