Back مركز معلومات الشبكة الإفريقي Arabic আফ্রিকান নেটওয়ার্ক ইনফরমেশন সেন্টার Bengali/Bangla African Network Information Centre German AfriNIC French AfriNIC Italian AFRINIC Japanese African Network Information Center Dutch AfriNIC Russian AfriNIC Serbian AfriNIC Swahili
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| Abbreviation | African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) |
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| Formation | 11 October 2004 |
| Type | Not for Profit |
| Focus | Allocation and registration of IP address space |
| Headquarters | Ebene, Mauritius |
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| Services | Internet Number Resources Management (ASNs, IPv6 and IPv4) |
Official language | English and French |
Chairman of Board of Directors | Benjamin Eshun[1] |
Vice-Chairman of Board of Directors | Abdalla Omari |
Chief Executive Officer | (vacant at the moment)[2] |
| Affiliations | IANA, ICANN, ASO, NRO |
Staff | 50+ |
| Website | www |
AFRINIC (African Network Information Centre) is the regional Internet registry (RIR)[3] for Africa. Its headquarters[4] are in Ebene, Mauritius.
Before AFRINIC was formed, IP addresses (IPv6 and IPv4) for Africa were distributed by the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), and the RIPE NCC. ICANN provisionally recognized AFRINIC on 11 October 2004.[5] The registry became operational on 22 February 2005. ICANN gave it final recognition[6] in April 2005.
- ^ "Board of Directors". Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "The AFRINIC Team". Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- ^ "RIR Governance Matrix | The Number Resource Organization". www.nro.net. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ "AFRINIC Contact Details". afrinic.net.
- ^ "AFRINIC Provisional Approval by ICANN". icann.org.
- ^ "IANA Report on Recognition of AfriNIC as a Regional Internet Registry". iana.org.