30 May 2018 - AFRINIC initiated a clean-up exercise on the quarantined resources that had reached the end of the Quarantine period in March 2018. As a reminder, we delete all related objects from the AFRINIC whois database for the returned or reclaimed IPv4 address space and keep it in quarantine for twelve months or as long as the space is globally routed. The clean up exercise ensured that these resources were not visible in the global routing table nor have associated objects in other Internet Routing Registry (IRR) databases at the time this article is published.

As a result, the following resources were moved from the reserved pool to available pool in April 2018.

• 618,496 /32 IPv4 addresses
• 15 /32 IPv6 prefixes
• 80 AS numbers

We shall start issuing the IPv4 resources near the end of Phase 1 of the soft-landing and until no more than a /11 of non-reserved space is available in the 102/8 block after which the Phase 2 of the soft-landing shall begin. Resource members who get these IP resources shall be notified that these are reclaimed resources.

Regards

AFRINIC Registration Services Team

30 May 2019 - AFRINIC is recruiting a Software Engineer and a Junior Systems Engineer.

More details about the job description can be found at https://www.afrinic.net/en/about/career/1619-software-engineer and https://www.afrinic.net/en/about/career/1007-junior-systems-engineer

If you wish to apply for this position, please send a letter of motivation and your CV, both in English, by email to jobs[at]afrinic.netor to the following address:

Human Resources & Administration Manager
11th Floor, Standard Chartered Tower,
Ebène Cybercity,
Ebène
Mauritius

Please indicate in the subject title of your email the job reference only.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30 June 2018

Start date: As soon as possible

Interviews will be held at AFRINIC office in Ebène and telephone interviews will be conducted for candidates outside Mauritius.

AFRINIC reserves the right to call only the best qualified candidates for an interview and not to make any appointment following this advertisement.

Regards,

AFRINIC HR Team

The AFRINIC Board constituted a Fee Review Committee in 2017 to consider changes to AFRINIC’s fee structure. The committee presented a report to the Board on 9 May 2018, with updates on 23 May 2018. The report is published at https://preview.afrinic.net/board-committees#finance-com-report. A calculator that shows both existing and proposed fees is available at <https://preview.afrinic.net/membership-cost#calculator>.

In terms of Article 4.2(ii) of the AFRINIC Bylaws, the Board invites comments on the proposed new fees for a period of 60 days. Comments should be sent to the community-discuss atafrinic.netmailing list, no later than 25 July 2018.

Best Regards,

Christian D. Bope, Ph.D

Chairman, AFRINIC Board

17 May 2018 -The AFRINIC Board hereby calls for expressions of interest from persons who wish to be considered for appointments to fill casual vacancies in the Board, in terms of article 13.14 of the AFRINIC Bylaws.  Any appointments to these vacant seats will be for a period until the next regularly scheduled AFRINIC AGMM, in June 2019.

There are currently four casual vacancies in the AFRINIC Board:

• Northern Africa (seat 1)
• Western Africa (seat 2)
• Southern Africa (seat 5)
• Eastern Africa (seat 6)

If you would like to be considered for one of these vacant seats, please complete the form at <https://registration.afrinic.net/elections/board-express-of-interest-201805>, no later than 23:59 UTC on 17 June 2018.

Anyone who expresses interest shall:

• Have at least five (5) years professional experience in an area relevant to AFRINIC activities, such as Internet Resource Management, ICT, policy development, finance, audit or HR management;
• Be available and committed to participate in Board meetings and other AFRINIC activities (face-to-face and online).

The following requirements from Article 13.10 of the AFRINIC bylaws will be strictly observed:

13.10. No person shall be appointed or hold office as a Director if he is a person who:

(i) is under 18 years of age;

(ii) is an undischarged bankrupt;

(iii) would, but for the repeal of Section 117 of the Companies Act 1984 of Mauritius, be prohibited from being a Director or promoter of, or being concerned or taking part in the management of, a company within the meaning of that Act;

(iv) is prohibited from being a director or promoter of or being concerned or taking part in the management of a company under Sections 337 or 338 of the Act;

(v) is not a natural person; or

(vi) has been adjudged to have been of unsound mind.

The Board further intends to apply the guidelines from Article 13.12 of the AFRINIC Bylaws, to the extent that they consider appropriate:

13.12 [...] the following additional conditions for the eligibility of candidates to the position of Board Directors:

(i) previous Board or organisational leadership experience;

(ii) skills in business management and leadership;

(iii) fundraising for not-for-profit organisations experience;

(iv) network operations and Internet services experience; and

(v) international Business development experience.

Best Regards,

Christian D. Bope, Ph.D

Chairman, AfriNIC Board

11 May 2018 - Following the AGMM held in Dakar, Senegal, on 10 May 2018, the AFRINIC Board held a meeting to appoint a new Chair and Vice Chair.

The AFRINIC Board has appointed Dr Christian Bope as Chair, and Mr Oluwaseun Ojedeji as Vice Chair.

Alan Barrett
CEO, AFRINIC

Please note that Tuesday 1 May 2018 is a public holiday in Mauritius.

AFRINIC Offices shall be closed and will resume business on Wednesday 2 May.

Any urgent issues can be addressed to:

•  new-member@afrinic.net for queries or clarifications regarding how to become an AFRINIC member.
• hostmaster@afrinic.net  for additional resources, any general queries related to resources management.