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Recurring people and organisations
- Seun Ojedeji8 Policies participated · 58 Discussion messages
- McTim8 Policies participated · 44 Discussion messages
- Owen DeLong8 Policies participated · 39 Discussion messages
- Alan Barrett8 Policies participated · 11 Discussion messages
- Fiona Asonga8 Policies participated · 10 Discussion messages
- Unknown7 Policies participated · 100 Discussion messages
- SM7 Policies participated · 61 Discussion messages
- Emile Milandou7 Policies participated · 16 Discussion messages
- Bope Domilongo Christian7 Policies participated · 10 Discussion messages
- Ernest - AfriNIC6 Policies participated · 8 Discussion messages
Policy records
Start with Policy- AFPUB-2026-IPv4-001-DRAFT02
IPv4 Soft Landing
Last call · Official status: Last call
Introduced: Jun 16, 2026 · Latest activity: Jun 16, 20262Policy versions234Discussion messages41Total participants12.2Effective participants55.6%Top-five discussion share - AFPUB-2026-v6-001-DRAFT02
IPv6 in Soft Landing
Under discussion · Official status: Under Discussion
Introduced: Jun 14, 2026 · Latest activity: Jun 14, 20262Policy versions1Total participants - AFPUB-2026-IPv4-003-DRAFT01
IPv4 Pools Exhaustion
Under discussion · Official status: Under Discussion
Introduced: Jun 8, 2026 · Latest activity: Jun 8, 20262Policy versions10Discussion messages5Total participants2.9Effective participants100%Top-five discussion share - AFPUB-2026-ASN-001-DRAFT02
AS-SETs Hierarchical Names
Last call · Official status: Last call
Introduced: Jun 8, 2026 · Latest activity: Jun 8, 20262Policy versions1Total participants - AFPUB-2026-GEN-001-Draft-01
PDP WG Guidelines
Under discussion · Official status: Under Discussion
Introduced: May 20, 2026 · Latest activity: May 20, 20262Policy versions1Discussion messages2Total participants1Effective participants100%Top-five discussion share
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AFRINIC Calls 122 New Members a 4% Increase. The Baseline Is Missing.
AFRINIC’s statistics portal compresses five year-to-date counts into five whole-number growth labels. The figures look self-explanatory until one asks the ordinary questions behind any percentage: compared with what, at what time, under which inclusion rules, and rounded how? The…
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AFRINIC’s ccTLD Map Counts 27. Three Require an Address Join.
AFRINIC’s new DNS surface gets the total right, but it does not show the work behind the number. Twenty-four of its 27 ccTLD rows name the registry in a delegated hostname. Somalia, Nigeria and Mali become legible only when their nameserver addresses are joined to AFRINIC’s…
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AFRINIC's Prefix Checker Can Supply the ASN From BGP. The Verdict Keeps Only the RPKI Time.
AFRINIC's Prefix Checker Can Supply the ASN From BGP. The Verdict Keeps Only the RPKI Time. intelligence summary explains the development, the public evidence available to readers, the organisations involved, the regional context, market exposure, and the infrastructure…
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AFRINIC Can Close a Support Ticket After About Ten Working Days. It Never Ranks the Risk.
A registry is right to ask who is touching its records. AFRINIC's public Contractual Obligations Check makes that defence concrete: the sender must be registered, the member must be in good standing and a signed agreement must be on file. The problem begins after a check fails.…