AFRINIC
Sign in to saveAFRINIC (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 (AS) numbers in its service region. It also provides related technical and administrative services that support the Internet in Africa. Established in 2004, with headquarters in Ebene, Mauritius, AFRINIC is one of five regional Internet registries that coordinate a fundamental part of the technical infrastructure of the Internet.
Key facts
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- AFRINIC Office Reception area
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- 11 October 2004
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- Nonprofit organization
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- Regional Internet Registry for Africa
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- Ebene, Mauritius
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- Internet Number Resources Management (ASNs, IPv6 and IPv4)
- Organization.language
- English and French
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- Chair of Board of Directors
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- Adewale Adedokun
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- Vice-Chair of Board of Directors
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- Aziz Hilali
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- Chief Executive Officer
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- (vacant)
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- IANA, ICANN, ASO, NRO
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- African Network Information Centre
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- 43
- Organization.focus
- Allocation and registration of IP address space
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29 sectionsContents
- Technical operations and programs
- Internet numbers
- WHOIS database
- Routing security support
- Domain Name System services
- Policy development
- Capacity building and partnerships
- Organization
- Service region
- Board of directors
- Council of Elders
- Staff
- Members
- History
- Formation
- IPv4 exhaustion process
- Sexual harassment and bullying complaint in 2018
- Theft of IP address space reported in 2019
- Beginning of legal disputes with Cloud Innovation Ltd in 2020
- Lobbying
- Dissolution of the board in 2022
- Controversies and defamation cases (2023–2025)
- Court-appointed receivership (2023–2025)
- Effort at board election in June 2025
- Continued governance challenges in 2025
- Re-establishment of the board (2025)
- See also
- References
- External links
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 (AS) numbers in its service region. It also provides related technical and administrative services that support the Internet in Africa. Established in 2004, with headquarters in Ebene, Mauritius, AFRINIC is one of five regional Internet registries that coordinate a fundamental part of the technical infrastructure of the Internet.
AFRINIC is a not-for-profit organization with about 2,400 members across 56 countries in its service region. Members include Internet service providers, Internet exchange points, governments, academic institutions, and other organizations and businesses that operate networks. AFRINIC allocates IP address space to members, maintains registration databases, develops policies in consultation with members and the wider Internet community, and provides technical training for network operators. AFRINIC charges members annual fees to cover its operational costs.