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Policy records

01Policy records
02Policy evolution
03Entities
04Sources and coverage

Coverage: Partial

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: Oct 14, 2026, 11:30 PM

Earliest captured: Aug 4, 2004Known gaps: www.afrinic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · www.afrinic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · afrinic-rpd: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · www.afrinic.net: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · afrinic-africann: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · afrinic-afripv6-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · afrinic-announce: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · afrinic-community-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · afrinic-dbwg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · afrinic-dnssec-ops: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · afrinic-measurement-wg: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached. · afrinic-rpki-discuss: Source coverage is incomplete. · The source boundary has not yet been reached.

Freshness: Stale · Last refresh: Oct 14, 2026, 11:30 PM

98Policies

23People with verified identities

94Source accounts awaiting identity resolution

59Participated in 2+ policies

19Participated in 5+ policies

37.3%Top-five discussion share

UnknownMedian effective participants

9People covering 50%

Participation concentration

Who actually shaped this RIR?

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

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Recurring people and organisations

Owen DeLong16 Policies participated · 117 Discussion messages
Seun Ojedeji14 Policies participated · 91 Discussion messages
Mark Elkins11 Policies participated · 36 Discussion messages
Alan Barrett11 Policies participated · 34 Discussion messages
S. Moonesamy10 Policies participated · 103 Discussion messages
Tim McGinnis9 Policies participated · 71 Discussion messages
Adiel Akplogan9 Policies participated · 20 Discussion messages
SM8 Policies participated · 59 Discussion messages
Jackson Muthili8 Policies participated · 18 Discussion messages
Bope Domilongo Christian8 Policies participated · 11 Discussion messages

Policy

Policy records

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Policy records

Who actually shaped this RIR?

Policy records

Regional Internet Registry Privacy | AFPUB-2012-GEN-002-DRAFT-02

Policy Development Process in the AfriNIC service region - AFPUB-2008-GEN-001

IPv6 Allocations to Non-Profit Networks - AFPUB-2009-v6-001

IPv6 Provider Independent (PI) Assignment for End-Sites | AFPUB-2007-v6-001

Provider-Independent (PI) IPv6 Assignments for End-User-Organizations

Mandatory requirements for registering assignments and sub-allocations

afpub-2026-gen-001-draft02-diff

Policy Development Process - AFPUB--2004-GEN-001

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Limited Out of Region Allocation of IPv4 Resources - AFPUB-2011-v4-003-draft-02

IPv6 PI Clarification

Chairs Elections Process (Draft-2) | Expired

Proposal for IPv6 ULA-central - AFPUB-2007-v6-003

Policy to Change the IPv6 HD Ratio from 0.8 to 0.94 | AFPUB-2007-v6-002

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Policy to Change Criteria for ASN Assignments in AFRINIC Region | AFPUB-2006-ASN-001

Policy for Temporary Assignments/ Allocations | AFPUB-2006-GEN-002

Policy for End User Assignments in AfriNIC service region | AFPUB-2006-GEN-001