AfriNIC is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa. A Regional Internet Registry (RIR) is an organization overseeing the registration of numbering resources for a certain region of the world. ... A satellite composite image of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. ...
AfriNIC, headquartered in Cyber City, Mauritius, was provisionally recognised by ICANN on October 11, 2004 and became functionally operational on February 22, 2005. It was recognised by ICANN in April 2005. ICANN (pronounced I can) is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years). ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Previously, IP addresses for Africa were distributed by APNIC, ARIN, and the RIPE NCC. [1] An IP address (Internet Protocol address) is a unique number that devices use in order to identify and communicate with each other on a network utilizing the Internet Protocol standard. ... The office building that houses APNIC in Brisbane, Australia. ... The American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) is the United States, Canada, Bermuda, the Bahamas, parts of the Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa. ... RIPE NCC logo The RIPE Network Coordination Centre is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Europe, the Middle East, and Central Asia. ...
The AfriNIC organizational structure is set to encourage a bottom-up self governance management model where policies and other organizational functions are determined by the community in general and members who elect representatives that sit on the Board of Directors.
AfriNIC also submitted a comprehensive, multi-phase transition plan, which was endorsed by the ICANN Board when it gave provisional recognition in September 20054.
AfriNIC has developed and implemented a comprehensive set of policies and procedures to ensure that the information it collects in the registration process will be kept in strict confidence, and used for registration purposes only.
AfriNIC CEO Adiel Akplogan was pleased with the progress thus far and the positive response from the Africa region.
We commend AfriNIC staff and board for their efforts, and look forward to welcoming AfriNIC as a full member of the RIR community." Reflecting the value of cooperative regional integration, AfriNIC has centres of Technical and Administrative Operations in four African countries: Mauritious, Ghana, South Africa, and Egypt.
AfriNIC members will determine regional policy for the distribution of IP addresses to their region's Internet providers and AfriNIC has already adopted some rules that are specific to the Africa region to address the unique needs of Africa's Internet communities.
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