Cloud Innovation Network Infrastructure Profile

What to know first

IdentityCloud Innovation, CompanyHigh confidence
Registry relationship1 registry recordMedium confidence
Commercial servicesRegistry and RIR services · United Kingdom / Seychelles / GlobalHigh confidence
People and linksUnavailable: CTO AFRINIC, Unavailable: Lu Heng, No public contact coverage is recorded for this entry., AFRINIC v Cloud Innovation: the control surface nobody's instrument has closed, AFRINIC crisis: when receiver becomes legal risk +6Medium confidence

Basic information

Display nameCloud InnovationHigh confidence
Directory categoryCompanyHigh confidence
AliasesCloud Innovation LtdMedium confidence
Last updatedAug 28, 2026High confidence

Locations

Geography scopeUnited Kingdom / Seychelles / GlobalHigh confidence
Registry and RIR servicesUnited Kingdom / Seychelles / GlobalMedium confidence

What it does

Registry and RIR servicesUnited Kingdom / Seychelles / Global, Registry service entity, Cloud Innovation statement on AFRINIC election impasse — Provides an aligned doctrine source framing AFRINIC governance, election impasse and institutional continuity risk.High confidence

Other network resources

Registry recordCloud Innovation United Kingdom registry/RIR service · United Kingdom / Seychelles / GlobalHigh confidence

Registry and related records

UnavailableCTO AFRINIC · CTO AFRINIC is connected to this record. · The court judgment and Cloud Innovation release describe Cloud Innovation's application involving AFRINIC and the receiver order.Medium confidence
UnavailableLu Heng · Lu Heng is connected to this record. · Cloud Innovation is the company context for Lu Heng in this article.Medium confidence
Registry and industry relationshipRegistry record, United Kingdom / Seychelles / GlobalHigh confidence
Editorial contextAFRINIC v Cloud Innovation: the control surface nobody's instrument has closed, The dispute over Africa's internet registry has produced a stack of overlapping instruments — a restored receivership order, a terminated registration agreement, a contested register-of-members order, an interim take-down directive and an ICANN intervention — and as of the latest dated record, no single one of them is simultaneously final, served and executed. That gap, not the appeal itself, is the story.Medium confidence
Media mentionsAFRINIC crisis: when receiver becomes legal risk, AfriNIC's receivership has become a governance-risk entity because the receiver-run election process is now itself under legal challenge.Medium confidence
Media mentionsGowtamsingh Dabee the accountant running Africa’s internet, A chartered accountant now runs AfriNIC as legal disputes and election rule changes deepen its governance crisis.Medium confidence
Media mentionsAfriNIC 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.Medium confidence
Media mentionsFrom 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.Medium confidence
Media mentionsLu Heng on Smart Africa, AFRINIC neutrality and Mauritius, Smart Africa has cast AFRINIC's crisis as a digital-sovereignty issue and backed election and reform activity. Lu Heng and Cloud Innovation argue that this risks politicising a technical registry hosted in Mauritius.Medium confidence
Media mentionsData sovereignty’s practical reality: Why law matters more than localisation, Lu Heng argues data sovereignty cannot be achieved by technical localisation alone; legal frameworks and interoperability are essential.Medium confidence
Media mentionsCalls grow for overhaul of internet governance amid centralisation concerns, As global internet governance comes under scrutiny, experts highlight risks of centralised control and advocate structural change.Medium confidence

Source basis

Cloud Innovation statement on AFRINIC election impasse — Provides an aligned doctrine source framing AFRINIC governance, election impasse and institutional continuity risk.Provides an aligned doctrine source framing AFRINIC governance, election impasse and institutional continuity risk.High confidence
Smart Africa endorsed candidates for AfriNIC Board Elections 2025 — Supports the existence of a public pre-election endorsed-candidate slate linked to the AfriNIC board election.Supports the existence of a public pre-election endorsed-candidate slate linked to the AfriNIC board election.High confidence
Smart Africa welcomes AFRINIC election results — Supports the claim that seven out of eight coalition-endorsed candidates were elected in the September 2025 AfriNIC board election.Supports the claim that seven out of eight coalition-endorsed candidates were elected in the September 2025 AfriNIC board election.High confidence
The Register on the AfriNIC board election aftermath — Supports the view that electing a board did not end AfriNIC's governance and operational recovery risks.Supports the view that electing a board did not end AfriNIC's governance and operational recovery risks.High confidence
Heise on Mauritius intervention in Afrinic governance — Supports the background that AfriNIC faced legal disputes, receivership and government-level scrutiny around the annulled election and governance breakdown.Supports the background that AfriNIC faced legal disputes, receivership and government-level scrutiny around the annulled election and governance breakdown.High confidence

Related research

Primary articleAFRINIC v Cloud Innovation: the control surface nobody's instrument has closedHigh confidence
Related articleAFRINIC crisis: when receiver becomes legal riskMedium confidence
Related articleGowtamsingh Dabee the accountant running Africa’s internetMedium confidence
Related articleAfriNIC board: The Eight Who Govern Africa’s InternetMedium confidence
Related articleFrom regional registry to receivership: What AFRINIC’s collapse means for Africa’s internet developmentMedium confidence
Related articleLu Heng on Smart Africa, AFRINIC neutrality and MauritiusMedium confidence
Related articleData sovereignty’s practical reality: Why law matters more than localisationMedium confidence
Related articleCalls grow for overhaul of internet governance amid centralisation concernsMedium confidence