African Network Information Center
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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.
Key facts
- Organization.caption
- AFRINIC Office Reception area
- Organization.logo
- AFRINIC-logo.svg
- Organization.formation
- 11 October 2004
- Organization.type
- Nonprofit organization
- Organization.purpose
- Regional Internet Registry for Africa
- Organization.headquarters
- Ebene, Mauritius
- Organization.services
- Internet Number Resources Management (ASNs, IPv6 and IPv4)
- Organization.language
- English and French
- Organization.leader_title
- Chair of Board of Directors
- Organization.leader_name
- Adewale Adedokun
- Organization.leader_title2
- Vice-Chair of Board of Directors
- Organization.leader_name2
- Aziz Hilali
- Organization.leader_title3
- Chief Executive Officer
- Organization.leader_name3
- (vacant)
- Organization.affiliations
- IANA, ICANN, ASO, NRO
- Organization.name
- African Network Information Centre
- Organization.staff
- 43
- Organization.focus
- Allocation and registration of IP address space
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Research organization · ROR
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2005
- Location
- Ebene CyberCity, Mauritius
- Also known as
- AFRINIC
- Status
- Active
GRID grid.463069.e
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- regional Internet registry
- Country
- Mauritius
- Located in
- Ébène
- Headquarters
- Ébène
- Official website
- www.afrinic.net
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- IPv4 routing prefix
- 197.0.0.0/8
- IPv6 routing prefix
- 2c00:0000::/12
- inception
- 2004-10-11
- social media followers
- 10645
- Commons category
- African Network Information Centre
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Article · Nederlands
African Network Information Center (AfriNIC) is de regional Internet Registry (RIR) voor Afrika. Het hoofdkwartier van AfriNIC bevindt zich in , Mauritius. Adiel Akplogan is de CEO van AfriNIC. De organisatie heeft rond de twintig medewerkers. Voor de vorming van AfriNIC werden IP-adresblokken voor Afrika gealloceerd door , ARIN en RIPE NCC. Vanaf 2004 werd AfriNIC door ICANN erkend, sinds april 2005 is dit officieel. Anno 2011 zijn de volgende CIDR IP-adresruimtes aan AfriNIC toegekend: 41.0.0.0/8, 102.0.0.0/8, 105.0.0.0/8 and 197.0.0.0/8 en IPv6 adresblokken 2c00::/12 and 2001:4200::/23. AfriNIC is ook verantwoordelijk voor de volgende adresruimte: 196.0.0.0/8 en 154.0.0.0/8.
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