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What happens to Africa’s IP management if AFRINIC is liquidated?
Cloud Innovation calls for AFRINIC’s court-led dissolution, urging a decentralised IP system as ICANN issues an ICP-2 warning.
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Cloud Innovation: AFRINIC’s board “Legally Void” after invalid vote
AFRINIC, Cloud Innovation, RIR, Africa Internet, Internet Registry, Election Controversy
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ICANN recognised AFRINIC, but then turned away
AFRINIC gained ICANN recognition in 2005, but without the support and resources it needed, the RIR quickly fell apart.
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AFRINIC’s chaotic election sparks calls for reform
AFRINIC’s controversial 2024 board election deepens trust crisis as disqualified candidates and legal disputes spark calls for urgent reform.
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AFRINIC’s use of RPKI to prevent hijacks
AFRINIC uses RPKI to help African networks prevent IP hijacks, secure routing, and strengthen internet resilience across the region.
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AFRINIC’s RPKI delays leave African internet vulnerable
Afrinic’s 30% RPKI adoption lags behind global standards, leaving African networks exposed to route hijacking and security breaches.
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What Africa’s internet looked like before AFRINIC
Before AFRINIC, Africa’s IP address allocations were handled by global registries through structured, neutral processes. This article explains how Cloud Innovation lawfully received its resources and how courts later upheld those rights against efforts by AFRINIC to revoke them.
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Why AFRINIC policy development is so slow
Institutional gridlock and eroding community trust AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa, is responsible for managing IP address allocations and shaping policy through its Policy Development Process (PDP). Designed to be bottom-up, open, and community-driven…
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AFRINIC’s Financial Strategy Raises Accountability Concerns
Ongoing election disputes at AFRINIC raise doubts about its governance and could destabilise internet services across Africa.
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ICANN’s ‘failure’ and ‘hypocrisy’ highlighted by expert as WSIS+20 starts
AFRINIC: The catalyst that backfired As ICANN attempts to control the narrative at the UN’s WSIS+20 summit, digital sovereignty advocate Sophia Bekele has revived long-buried evidence of systemic manipulation, exposing the organisation’s selective moralism and a legacy of…
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Could a public audit save AFRINIC from collapse?
Calls grow for an independent audit to expose AFRINIC’s financial mismanagement and restore trust in the organisation.
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How AFRINIC’s board elections became a political battlefield
AFRINIC’s cancelled 2025 board election reveals deep political infighting and raises concerns over governance and institutional integrity.
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What happens after you submit an IP request to AFRINIC
The IP request process includes validation, invoicing, and allocation steps designed to support fair distribution across the African region.
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Why AFRINIC’s fallout has global implications for internet governance
AFRINIC’s ongoing crisis is exposing deeper vulnerabilities in the global internet governance model, questioning the viability.
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How AFRINIC is helping Africa embrace IPv6
AFRINIC supports Africa’s IPv6 transition with free training, deployathons, policy guidance and government collaboration.
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AFRINIC’s Election Failures Undermine Africa’s Internet Reliability
Shady election processes and governance failures at AFRINIC risk disrupting address allocation and undermining Africa’s internet progress.
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AFRINIC instability threatens Africa’s internet future
Governance failure undermines AFRINIC’s legitimacy AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa, is once again embroiled in controversy following its most recent election process. Stakeholders say the process was riddled with irregularities—from disqualification…
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EXPOSED: The letter that reveals who was really benefitting from AFRINIC’s lawsuits
And how a simple commercial dispute blew up to become the biggest internet governance story in Africa.
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The dark side of AFRINIC IP address leasing and brokering
AFRINIC’s election halt over one proxy vote exposed weak procedures, deepening distrust in its IP leasing and brokering governance.
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Why AFRINIC needs more transparent IP resource allocation policies
AFRINIC annulled 800+ proxy votes in 2025, sparking community backlash and urgent demands for clearer IP allocation and election rules.
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