31 January 2017 - AFRINIC is offering fellowships for the AFRINIC-26 meeting to be held in Nairobi, Kenya, from 27 May to 2 June 2017.

The fellowship is reserved for individuals representing small organisations, universities, and media who are actively involved in  Internet operations and development or ICT policies in their countries.

The fellow is expected to positively and actively contribute to IP address management awareness in the AFRINIC service region.

To qualify for the fellowship, you:

1. Must be a resident of an African nation
2. Don't need to be an AFRINIC member
3. Are involved in the Internet community.
4. Are willing to report on how this fellowship has benefited you/your Organisation/country within an agreed time frame. 

Upon selection, AFRINIC will notify the selected fellows directly and allow them seven (7) days to accept or reject the offer.

A public announcement of the fellowship awardees will be made after the acceptance by the selected candidates.

Please find hereafter the schedule for the fellowship process:

Open Call for fellowship applications: 31 January 2017

Close of applications: 24 February 2017

Notification to selected fellows: 13 March 2017

Deadline for acceptance by awarded fellow: 27 March 2017

Final announcement and publication of the fellowship list: 28 March 2017

The fellowship includes:

1. Full assistance with round-trip airfare to the meeting venue
2. Hotel accommodation for the AFRINIC event from the day before the beginning to the last day of the event

If you think you meet the criteria above, please fill in the fellowship application form here and submit it with requested information before 24 February 2017, 00:00 UTC.

Good luck and we look forward to receiving your applications!

The AFRINIC Meeting Team

13 February 2017- Further to our Call for Local Hosts for 2017 AFRINIC Training Workshops, we are pleased to announce the list of selected host countries: 

The selected hosts will be contacted individually for the next step.

Visit our website: learn.afrinic.net

21 February 2017- Following a call for expressions of interest, the AFRINIC Board hs appointed the following members of the Nomination Committee (NomCom) for 2017, in terms of section 9 of the AFRINIC Bylaws:

• John Walubengo (Eastern Africa, community volunteer),
• Mustapha Ben Jemaa (Northern Africa, community volunteer),
• Wale Adedokun (Western Africa, community volunteer)
• Lucky Masilela (Southern Africa, Board represntative).

22 February 2017 - We are pleased to announce the election of Mrs Wafa Dahmani as Chair and Mr Abdalla Omari as Vice Chair of the AFRINIC Governance Committee during a meeting held on Thursday16 February 2017.

We wish to congratulate Mrs Wafa Dahmani and Mr Abdalla Omari on their new appointment

March 7 2017 - We are pleased to announce that the 2017 Nomination Committee (NomCom) Chair is Mr Wale Adedokun.

We wish Mr Wale Adedokun all the best in his new role.

Click here for more information about the 2017 NomCom

March 14 2017 - We invite all individuals wishing to present during AIS’17, which will be held from 21 May to 2 June 2017 to submit their presentation abstract. 

To enrich the discussions and share knowledge with the technical community at AIS’17, we are seeking presentations of a wide range of issues, broadly related to access and development of the Internet in Africa. We are specifically interested in presentations focusing on: 

• Internet Governance
• E-governance
• Core Internet Infrastructure
• Access, Utility and Development
• The Internet and Economic Development
• Business Practices and Technology
• Higher Education in the Age of Technology
• Cyber Security
• Technology and Business
• Cloud Computing
• Open Data/Big Data
• Technology and Content Production
• Relations between Mobile Operators and the Internet Community
• Mobile Applications
• IPv6
• Peering and Interconnection
• DNS 
• RPKI
• IXPs

Your contribution can be in the form of a presentation during a session, a tutorial, or a live technical demonstration. 

Kindly read all information carefully before submitting your proposal. 

Speakers’ Guidelines

• Presentations should be 15 -30 minutes in length, with approximately 10-15 minutes for Q&A at the end of each presentation.
• The maximum time allotted per presentation will not exceed 45 minutes. 
• The presenter(s) will be required to upload their final presentation in PDF format, no later than five (5) days prior to the presentation date.
• Presenters are responsible for producing any handouts if required. There are usually approximately 200 delegates in each session.

Presentations with marketing and/or commercial content will not be considered.

How to submit a Presentation Proposal

1. Please register/login on the AIS’17 website at: https://internetsummitafrica.org/component/afmeeting/?view=login
2. Fill in the online form with the requested information.
3. In the Speakers section, provide your abstract, your biography and slides if available and you are done!

Important dates to note

Deadline for submitting an application –  14 April 2017 

Notification of acceptance of application – 21 April 2017 

Submission of draft presentation  –   28 April 2017

Submission of  final presentation -  23 May 2017