Summary

  • AFRINIC's cumulative transfer export records the same two IPv4 ranges, 2c0f:f5b0::/32 and AS327984 moving from Skyfi Internet solutions (PTY) Ltd to Fibre Stream PTY Ltd on 12 October 2020, then from Fibre Stream to The Ribeiro Group on 8 January 2026.
  • The two IPv4 ranges hold 12,288 addresses together. Four current RDAP objects name The Ribeiro Group as registrant, completing the public three-name, two-transfer registration chain.

One transfer row tells you who received a resource. Two rows can tell you whether the recipient was only the middle of the story. AFRINIC's cumulative transfer export has a 12 October 2020 MERGER_ACQUISITION entry from Skyfi Internet solutions (PTY) Ltd to Fibre Stream PTY Ltd. It lists 102.176.192.0102.176.223.255, 196.32.96.0196.32.111.255, 2c0f:f5b0::/32 and AS327984. A second MERGER_ACQUISITION entry, dated 8 January 2026, names Fibre Stream as the source and The Ribeiro Group as the recipient. Its four resource identifiers are the same. The first recipient becomes the second source.

The two IPv4 pieces are not token decorations in the file. 102.176.192.0/19 contains 8,192 addresses; 196.32.96.0/20 contains 4,096. Together they amount to 12,288. Neither row lists an extra IPv4 range or a smaller cut from either piece. The IPv6 range and AS327984 also recur with the same endpoints and number. The four-identifier bundle appears intact at both dated handovers.

AFRINIC's resource-transfer guide describes mergers and acquisitions as a route for requesting registration changes for number resources and says transfer logs are published. The log here gives an administrative category, parties, resource intervals and timestamps: 12:04:48 UTC in 2020 and 12:01:09 UTC in 2026. The public file does not attach the corporate instruments for either event. Those documents would establish the legal structure. The registry still gives enough to reconstruct the resource trail without borrowing a corporate narrative.

The current database closes the loop one identifier at a time. The first IPv4 /19 RDAP object is ALLOCATED PA and names ORG-TRG1-AFRINIC, The Ribeiro Group, for 102.176.192.0–223.255. The second /20 is also ALLOCATED PA under the same registrant. The IPv6 /32 object is ALLOCATED-BY-RIR under that registrant, and AS327984 points to the same organisation. These four live answers align with the second transfer recipient. They say who is registered now; the dated rows say how that registration arrived here.

The middle name matters because it prevents a misleading jump from Skyfi straight to Ribeiro. A search for only the latest row starts in 2026 and loses the 2020 source. A current RDAP lookup starts at Ribeiro and loses both handovers. The two dated rows make Fibre Stream visible as a recipient and then a source, with the same four identifiers on both sides. That is the continuity a registry should preserve: the resource stays traceable as names and administrative roles change.

The published record gives a sharp statement. Four exact identifiers crossed AFRINIC's books twice. Today's four registrations agree on the endpoint. The middle holder was real in the ledger, even though it has disappeared from the current answer.