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AFRINIC Archive

Welcome to our Archives page. On this page you will find a total of 1244 of our articles broken down into Months and Years.
Research ARC
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Policy Compliance Dashboard (Internship@AFRINIC)

AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) which allocates public Internet number resources (IP prefixes and AS numbers) to network operators in Africa. Resources are allocated based on prescribe... read more..

Research
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Africa Internet Measurement (AIM)

Benefits of this joint effort Credit system - The probes work on a credit system. When you connect your probe to the network, your RIPE Atlas account is credited and the more the probes rema... read more..

Research
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AFRINIC Research Collaborations (ARC)

AFRINIC collaborates with research institutions in Africa to conduct technical and policy-based research. We focus our research on the various challenges that network operators and end-users in A... read more..

Completed
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Africa Content Use and Hosting Distribution

Internet development in Africa: a content use, hosting and distribution perspective. This study seeks to untangle the complexity of content use, hosting and distribution in Africa. More specifically... read more..

Completed
10939

Studying connectivity latency in the African region

Revealing latency clusters in Africa. In this study, we ask a simple question: What is the inter-country delay in Africa, and how is this impacted by topology and interconnection strategies? Our ... read more..

Completed
11189

DNSSEC Signer Switchover

Migrating an OpenDNSSEC signer. The goal of this article is to share with the community AFRINIC's experience in migrating a signer from an older version to a newer version of OpenDNSSEC. This, witho... read more..

Completed
11656

Lame delegation Study

DNS Lame delegations: A case-study of public reverse DNS records in the African Region. The DNS, as one of the oldest components of the modern Internet, has been studied multiple times. It is a know... read more..

Completed
10521

Survey of Anti-Spam Mechanisms and their Usage from an RIR’s Perspective

This study deals with the different policies and technical frameworks at a Regional Internet Registry (RIR) level in terms of anti-spam measures. It also exposes the issue of spam from an Internet reg... read more..

News
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AFRINIC appoints a new CEO

The search for the AFRINIC’s next chief executive officer is over. Mr. Eddy Mabano Kayihura has been selected to be next CEO after a rigorous recruitment process. Mr. Kayihura will join AFRINIC on 04 ... read more..

News
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Update on AFRINIC CEO Recruitment Process

Cybercity, Ebene, Mauritius, 17 October 2019 After the resignation of AFRINIC’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO), it was announced during the 2019 Annual General Members’ Meeting (AGMM) that took place ... read more..

News
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IPv4 Exhaustion: Phase 2 is Imminent

AFRINIC is 1.85 million /32s IPv4 away from Phase 2 of IPv4 exhaustion As of 16 October 2019, AFRINIC has 3.9 million /32s addresses in the available IPv4 pool. We are now 1.85 million /32s addresses... read more..

News
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Message of Condolences to the family and friends of Dr Tarek Kamel

(Arabic version below)   We have learnt with profound shock and sadness the untimely death of Dr Tarek Kamel, one of AFRINIC’s founding members. Dr Kamel served as a Provisional Board of Truste read more..

News
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Announcement of AFRINIC-31 Fellows

AFRINIC is pleased to announce that the AFRINIC-31 fellowship selection process is now complete and the following applicants have been selected to receive a fellowship to attend AFRINIC-31 to be held ... read more..

News
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Congratulatory Message to Mr Adiel Akplogan for being inducted into the 2019 Internet Hall of Fame

Cybercity, Ebene, Mauritius, 28 September 2019 - We are delighted to learn that Mr Adiel Akplogan, one of the founders of AFRINIC and the first Chief Executive Officer, has been inducted into the 2019... read more..

News
11598

AFRINIC Honours Staff

AFRINIC today awarded 28 of its employees with long service awards in a ceremony held at its headquarters in Mauritius. The awards were aimed at celebrating the AFRINIC Team and to acknowledge the h read more..

Policy Archive
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AFRINIC Number Resources Transfer Policy (Draft-2)

Details Proposal Revision History AFRINIC Policy Impact Assessment Details AFRINIC Number Resources Transfer Policy ID: AFPUB-2019-GEN-002-DRAFT02 Date Submitte read more..

News
10447

Power Outage at AFRINIC Headquarters

Arabic Version   We would like to notify you of scheduled electrical maintenance at the AFRINIC headquarters, Standard Chartered Tower, on Sunday, 22 September 2019. The power outage will part... read more..

Research
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AFRINIC Measurement Working Group (MWG)

Purpose The AFRINIC Measurement Working Group (MWG) serves as an open platform for Internet researchers, network operators, social scientists and other groups in Africa and beyond to discuss topics r... read more..

News
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Maxim Nyansa IT Solutions is the 2019 FIRE Award winner

Maxim Nyansa IT Solutions of Accra, Ghana, is this year’s FIRE Africa Award winner. The organisation beat 53 others to emerge the winner for this prestigious award. FIRE Award winners receive a cash ... read more..

News
11746

Communique from AFRINIC Board of Directors

(Arabic version)   Cybercity, Ebene, Mauritius   The AFRINIC Board of Directors held a Board Retreat in Mauritius from 19-26 August 2019 in Mauritius during which they discussed a number read more..

News
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2019/09/09 - Announcement of Public Holiday

Please note that Monday, 9 September 2019, is a public holiday in Mauritius. AFRINIC Offices shall be closed and will resume business on Tuesday, 10 September 2019. Any urgent issues can be addresse... read more..

News
10143

Call for Presentations for AFRINIC-31 is Now Open

The Call for Presentations for the AFRINIC-31 is now open. We invite all individuals wishing to present during the meeting, which will be held in Luanda, Angola from 2-6 December 2019, to submit their... read more..

News
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2019/09/03 - Announcement of Public Holiday

Please note that Tuesday, 3 September 2019, is a public holiday in Mauritius. AFRINIC Offices shall be closed and will resume business on Wednesday, 4 September 2019. Any urgent issues can be addres... read more..

News
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Policy Proposals Ratified by the AFRINIC Board

We are pleased to notify you that the AFRINIC Board ratified the following policies during its meeting on 26 August 2019: SL Update “SL Update” (AFPUB-2018-v4-001-DRAFT-01) https://afrinic.net... read more..

Events
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Fellowship Program

The AFRINIC Fellowship Programme is a critical initiative that aims to increase capacity and promote knowledge sharing in the field of Internet technology in Africa. The program is intended to give read more..

News
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Join us for the AFRINIC Board Webinar on 26 August 2019 as from 09:00 am UTC

(Arabic version)   The AFRINIC Board of Directors invites all interested community members to a webinar on Monday, 26 August 2019 from 09:00 am-10:00 am UTC. The webinar will discuss a number o read more..

News
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AFRINIC approaches IPv4 Exhaustion, Soft-landing Phase 2

AFRINIC's available IPv4 resource pool is gradually decreasing. AFRINIC has been delegating IPv4 resources to its Resource Members who have demonstrated needs according to IPv4 Exhaustion Phase 1 of t... read more..

News
11657

Revised Timelines for AFRINIC's CEO Search

We have revised the timelines for the search and appointment of AFRINIC’s Chief Executive Officer to allow for more applications. The new deadline for application is Friday, 23 August 2019. The new t... read more..

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News
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AFRINIC-31 Call for Fellowships Opens

AFRINIC is offering fellowships for the AFRINIC-31 meeting to be held in Luanda, Angola, on 2-6 December 2019. The fellowship is reserved for individuals representing small organisations, universities... read more..

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