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AFRINIC

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1,230Stories
105Policies
28People with verified identities
133Source accounts awaiting identity resolution
79Participated in 2+ policies
28Participated in 5+ policies
32.8%Top-five discussion share
UnknownMedian effective participants
11People covering 50%

Participation concentration

Who actually shaped this RIR?

Discussion statistics are still being updated. Figures shown reflect the records processed so far.

Open a linked profile to follow that person or organisation across policies, messages and changing positions. Every figure remains tied to the stated source coverage.

Recurring people and organisations
  1. Owen DeLong20 Policies participated · 153 Discussion messages
  2. S. Moonesamy18 Policies participated · 137 Discussion messages
  3. Seun Ojedeji14 Policies participated · 91 Discussion messages
  4. Alan Barrett13 Policies participated · 33 Discussion messages
  5. Tim McGinnis12 Policies participated · 79 Discussion messages
  6. Jordi Palet Martinez11 Policies participated · 55 Discussion messages
  7. Mark Elkins11 Policies participated · 46 Discussion messages
  8. Adiel Akplogan11 Policies participated · 23 Discussion messages
  9. Fiona Asonga11 Policies participated · 12 Discussion messages
  10. Dr Paulos Nyirenda10 Policies participated · 24 Discussion messages

Policy records

Start with Policy
  1. AFPUB-2026-GEN-004-DRAFT01

    AFPUB-2026-GEN-004-DRAFT01

    Under discussion · Official status: Under Discussion
    Introduced: Oct 17, 2026 · Latest activity: Oct 17, 2026
    2Policy versions
    1Total participants
  2. AFPUB-2026-v6-001-DRAFT03

    IPv6 in Soft Landing

    Under discussion · Official status: Under Discussion
    Introduced: May 22, 2026 · Latest activity: Sep 17, 2026
    6Policy versions
    2Total participants
  3. AFPUB-2026-GEN-003-DRAFT01

    PPM Dates

    Under discussion · Official status: Under Discussion
    Introduced: Aug 29, 2026 · Latest activity: Aug 29, 2026
    2Policy versions
    1Total participants
  4. AFPUB-2026-IPv4-001-DRAFT02

    IPv4 Soft Landing

    Accepted · Official status: Ratified
    Introduced: Jun 16, 2026 · Latest activity: Jun 16, 2026
    5Policy versions
    1Total participants
  5. AFPUB-2026-IPv4-003-DRAFT01

    IPv4 Pools Exhaustion

    Under discussion · Official status: Under Discussion
    Introduced: Jun 8, 2026 · Latest activity: Jun 8, 2026
    3Policy versions
    1Discussion messages
    2Total participants
    1Effective participants
    100%Top-five discussion share

Latest stories

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A leather-bound corporate register lying open on a dark desk, with a printed routing diagram laid flat to its right and a bare gap of desk between the two documents.

Story

The register must reflect the judgment, not the Receiver’s preference

Corporate membership and routing are different. That distinction cannot excuse deleting Cloud Innovation from a register the Court ordered to include it.

Nov 10, 2026
A bound register of members open on a wooden desk beside a brass stamp and a sealed legal document, with the Port Louis harbour visible through the window behind.

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Cloud Innovation is a Member. AFRINIC must respect the judgment.

The Court settled Cloud Innovation’s membership. The Receiver’s demand for administrative removal challenges the execution of that judgment and the rights of every entitled member.

Nov 9, 2026
Empty candidate cards on a public noticeboard beside an archived stack in a prepared policy meeting room.

Story

AFRINIC set a Friday date for its Co-Chair slate. Monday’s page still has June.

The 18 November consensus selection has a venue and a timetable. The public election page has yet to name the candidates for it.

Nov 9, 2026
A dim registry operations room at dusk with printed routing ledgers on a long desk, a tied stack of court documents and one empty chair turned away from the work.

Story

AFRINIC Rebuilt Its Political Seats. The Record Stops at the Technical One.

A dissolved board, a chief executive contract that expired in November 2022, receivership from 2023, a board election halted in June 2025 and completed three months later, interim managers with a budget and an action plan, and a chief executive named to start on 1 January 2027.…

Nov 5, 2026