Registry

AFRINIC

Regional Internet Registry

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Why tracked

Regional Internet Registry for Africa and the Indian Ocean.

Known role

Regional Internet Registry

Evidence basis

No public evidence summary has been attached yet.

Relationships

African internet operators

provides service toConfidence: 80%

Cloud Innovation

The court judgment and Cloud Innovation release describe Cloud Innovation's application involving AFRINIC and the receiver order.

litigates withConfidence: 50%

Smart Africa Alliance

Smart Africa's June 2025 candidate-slate statement is direct evidence of election-facing involvement.

otherConfidence: 86%

Mauritius

L'Express provides external public reporting on Mauritius's legal intervention and reputational concern.

otherConfidence: 80%

Supreme Court of Mauritius

The evidence is a Cloud Innovation statement summarising a court judgment; treat as party evidence until a direct non-RIR court record is attached.

otherConfidence: 76%

Cloud Innovation

Cloud Innovation is a party to the dispute; the source supports its litigating role but should not be read as neutral adjudication beyond the described judgment summary.

otherConfidence: 78%

Tanzanian Internet Service Providers Association

TISPA's statement describes its application involving AFRINIC and the receiver-manager over election process and member-rights concerns.

litigates withConfidence: 86%

Fiona Asonga

NRS and Cloud Innovation place the public board-seat signal inside a contested election and member-rights dispute.

board member

Kaleem Ahmed Usmani

NRS places the board-seat signal in a disputed election setting; this is not treated as settled operational authority.

board member

Gowtamsingh Dabee

AFRINIC and ICANN identify Dabee as receiver over AFRINIC under the Mauritius court process.

other

Gowtamsingh Dabee

The archived ICANN announcement says the Mauritius court order named Dabee receiver over AFRINIC.

operator of

Abdelaziz Hilali

AFRINIC lists Prof Abdelaziz Hilali as vice-chairman and Seat 1 director.

board member

subject6/2/2026

AFRINIC crisis: when receiver becomes legal risk

AfriNIC's receivership has become a governance-risk object because the receiver-run election process is now itself under legal challenge.

subject6/2/2026

AfriNIC board: The Eight Who Govern Africa’s Internet

AfriNIC sits at the centre of African internet-number governance, and its board legitimacy affects registry trust, policy execution and resource governance.

subject5/26/2026

From regional registry to receivership: What AFRINIC’s collapse means for Africa’s internet development

AFRINIC’s collapse raises concerns over Africa’s IP resource management, connectivity, and digital infrastructure future.

board member5/26/2026

Kayemba Laurent Ntumba is a DRC operator voice inside AFRINIC's rebuilt board

Kayemba Laurent Ntumba is a DRC internet-operator and governance figure whose public profile now sits inside AFRINIC's reconstructed board. AFRINIC candidate and board material identifies him as Microcom's managing director, ISPA-DRC president, FEC telecom-committee vice-president, a former AFRINIC Governance Committee member and the current Seat 4 director for Central Africa. The useful signal is not private control of the registry; it is the entry of a DRC access-and-interconnection operator into decisions that affect resource policy, member confidence and African internet governance.

subject5/26/2026

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