AFRINIC faces potential influence from CAIGA, with implications for technical independence and policy decisions in Africa.
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This article delves into the top-down governance model, digital sovereignty, and the risks to AFRINIC’s independence.
The emergence of CAIGA could redefine the future of Africa’s internet governance, but it may also risk political overreach.
CAIGA aims to stabilise AFRINIC through continental council and political backing, critics see it as centralising power.
As CAIGA expands Smart Africa’s influence, operators and experts warn it could centralise power and sideline AFRINIC’s bottom-up processes.
The Smart Africa CAIGA initiative pursues continental internet governance coordination and AFRINIC-reform support.
The Smart Africa CAIGA initiative aims to improve continental coordination between policy and technical governance.
CAIGA promises digital sovereignty and crisis resolution, but risks replacing the multistakeholder model with political control.
CAIGA promises stability for AFRINIC, but critics warn it could replace community oversight with political authority.
CAIGA’s state-led model challenges AFRINIC’s bottom-up governance, raising uncertainty for operators and the future of Africa’s internet.
CAIGA shifts AFRINIC governance toward political endorsement over community-led processes, raising global RIR consistency concerns.
ICANN’s involvement in CAIGA could transform AFRINIC from a community-led registry into a politically mediated regime.