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AFRINIC

AFRINIC (African Network Information Centre) is the regional Internet registry (RIR) for Africa and nearby islands in the Indian Ocean, responsible for allocating and registering Internet Protocol (IP) addresses and autonomous system numbers (ASNs) in its service region. It also provides related technical and administrative services that support the…

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Headquarters
Ebene, Mauritius
Abbreviation
AFRINIC
Affiliations
IANA, ICANN, NRO, ASO
Chair of Board of Directors
Adewale Adedokun
Chief Executive Officer
(vacant)
Formation
11 October 2004

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related to Formation · 32
AFRINIC → Adiel Akplogan, Africa, African, Alan Barrett, American Registry, An, APNIC, April, ARIN, Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre, At, Barrett, Before AFRINIC, CEO, Egypt, February, Ghana, ICANN, Internet, Internet Numbers
related to Beginning of legal disputes with Cloud Innovation · 28
AFRINIC → Byaruhanga's, China Mobile, China Telecom, Cloud Innovation, Cloud Innovation Limited, Cloud Innovation's, Hong Kong, Hong Kong-based, However, In, In June, IP, IPv4, July, Larus Limited, Lu, Lu Heng, March, Mauritius, Mauritius High Court
related to Theft of IP address space · 25
AFRINIC → AFRINIC IP, As, Byaruhanga, China, Companies, Ernest Byaruhanga, Federal Bureau, Guilmette, In, In April, In March, Investigation, IP, IPs, IPv4, IPv6, Many, Mauritius, MyBroadband, Ronald Guilmette
related to Dissolution of the board · 22
AFRINIC → African, AFRINIC's, CEO, Cloud Innovation, Cloud Innovation's, Crystal Web, Group, ICANN, In, In July, Internet, IP, June, Lu's, Mauritian, Mauritius, Number Resource Organization, On, RIPE Address Policy Working, South Africa
related to Internet numbers · 18
AFRINIC → Africa, As, ASNs, Assigned Names, IANA, ICANN, Indian Ocean, Internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, Internet Corporation, Internet Protocol, IP, IPv4, IPv6, Numbers, Regional, The Internet, There
related to Court-appointed receivership · 15
AFRINIC → American, Cloud Innovation, Georgia Tech, ICANN, In February, In March, Mauritius, October, September, Supreme Court, The, The Internet Governance Project, The Number Resource Organization, This, Upon
related to Re-establishment of board and operations · 15
AFRINIC → Cloud Innovation, Cloud Innovation's, However, ICANN's, In September, Internet, IPv4, ISPs, March, May, Out, Smart Africa, Supreme Court, The, Under
related to Capacity building and partnerships · 12
AFRINIC → Africa, African Telecommunications Union, AFRINIC's, As, DNSSEC, In, Internet, IPv4, IPv6, RPKI, These, Workshops
related to Controversies and defamation cases · 12
AFRINIC → APNIC, CEO, In, In February, In May, Internet, Lu, None, NRS, Number Resource Society, The APNIC, This
related to Council of Elders · 12
AFRINIC → Christian Bope, Council, Dandjinou, Elders, In, Maimouna Ndeye Diop Diagne, Nii, Pierre, Quaynor, The, The AFRINIC Council, Viv Padayatchy

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AFRINICAbbreviationAFRINIC1.00infobox
AFRINICAffiliationsIANA, ICANN, NRO, ASO1.00infobox
AFRINICChair of Board of DirectorsAdewale Adedokun1.00infobox
AFRINICChief Executive Officer(vacant)1.00infobox
AFRINICFormation11 October 20041.00infobox
AFRINICHeadquartersEbene, Mauritius1.00infobox
AFRINICOfficial languagesEnglish (primary), French (secondary)1.00infobox
AFRINICPurposeRegional Internet registry for Africa1.00infobox
AFRINICServicesAllocation and registration of Internet numbers (IP addresses and ASNs)1.00infobox
AFRINICStaff431.00infobox
AFRINICTypeNonprofit organization1.00infobox
AFRINICVice-Chair of Board of DirectorsAziz Hilali1.00infobox
AFRINICWebsitewww.afrinic.net1.00infobox
AFRINICis anot-for-profit organization with about 20.90text
AFRINICis anon-profit0.90text

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