Browsing: Afrinic

AFRINIC’s delayed election faces legal challenges, with observers warning the vote may violate the organisation’s constitution and law.

Cloud Innovation seeks AFRINIC dissolution, citing governance collapse and urging a transition to a compliant successor registry.

Cloud Innovation urges ICANN and NRO to urgently appoint a successor RIR as AFRINIC faces potential legal liquidation.

Cloud Innovation calls for AFRINIC’s court-led dissolution, urging a decentralised IP system as ICANN issues an ICP-2 warning.

AFRINIC gained ICANN recognition in 2005, but without the support and resources it needed, the RIR quickly fell apart.

AFRINIC’s controversial 2024 board election deepens trust crisis as disqualified candidates and legal disputes spark calls for urgent reform.

Afrinic’s 30% RPKI adoption lags behind global standards, leaving African networks exposed to route hijacking and security breaches.

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.

Institutional gridlock and eroding community trust AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa, is responsible for managing IP address allocations and…

Calls grow for an independent audit to expose AFRINIC’s financial mismanagement and restore trust in the organisation.

AFRINIC’s cancelled 2025 board election reveals deep political infighting and raises concerns over governance and institutional integrity.

The IP request process includes validation, invoicing, and allocation steps designed to support fair distribution across the African region.