Smart Africa Alliance

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• Smart Africa statement on AFRINIC and digital sovereignty

  Smart Africa publicly framed AFRINIC's governance crisis as a threat to Africa's digital sovereignty and listed coordinated actions involving governments, electoral nominations, reform planning and Mauritius.

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• Smart Africa AFRINIC 2025 candidate-slate statement

  Smart Africa said consultations in the African internet-governance ecosystem led to support for an eight-candidate slate for the 2025 AFRINIC board election.

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• Smart Africa CAIGA and internet-governance blueprint

  Smart Africa describes CAIGA as a coordination platform, not a regulator or replacement for existing institutions, while placing internet governance inside its digital-sovereignty agenda.

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• Defi Media interview with Lu Heng on AFRINIC and Smart Africa

  Defi Media reports Lu Heng's argument that continental digital-sovereignty initiatives around AFRINIC risk political control, fragmentation and reputational harm to Mauritius.

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• Cloud Innovation receiver judgment statement

  Cloud Innovation states that the Supreme Court of Mauritius appointed an official receiver for AFRINIC after Cloud Innovation's application and ordered elections to be organised.

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• L'Express analysis of AFRINIC declared-company intervention

  L'Express reports that AFRINIC's legal disputes with Cloud Innovation led to receivership and that Mauritius used declared-company powers amid reputational concerns.

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• Cloud Innovation public company context

  Cloud Innovation describes itself as a long-time AFRINIC stakeholder and provider of internet number-resource services.

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• Number Resource Society governance framing

  Number Resource Society presents itself as a global non-profit membership organisation focused on IP ownership, RIR governance and a unified, open internet.

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• Smart Africa internet-governance blueprint statement

  Smart Africa describes a proposed internet-governance coordination platform as facilitative rather than a regulator or replacement for existing institutions, while placing internet governance inside its digital-sovereignty agenda.

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• Smart Africa public digital-sovereignty context

  Identifies Smart Africa as the public alliance context for the digital-sovereignty framing discussed in the article.

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• Cloud Innovation public operator context

  Identifies Cloud Innovation as Lu Heng's company context for the AFRINIC governance dispute.

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• Number Resource Society governance framing

  Provides aligned public context for number-resource governance and registry-neutrality framing.

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