I had not finished typing ... my apologies.

... I hope AFRINIC survives and continues to serve Africans because the resources belong to Africans. The worst case scenario is that it is taken over by another RIR which means the resources will not be managed by Africans for Africans. It will also perhaps demonstrate our inability to take care and safeguard our resources.

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Prof. George Nyabuga

Department of Journalism & Mass Communication

Faculty of Social Sciences

University of Nairobi
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On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 2:29 PM George Morara Nyabuga <gnyabuga@uonbi.ac.ke> wrote:

I worked at AFRINIC and I should say the problem started when the company reclaimed some IPV4 resources held by some Asian company with deep pockets. The Asian company has employed all sorts of tactics, including of course going to court, to challenge the decision which has frustrated the work of AFRINIC. It is such a sad state of affairs. I hope AFRINIC 

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Prof. George Nyabuga

Department of Journalism & Mass Communication

Faculty of Social Sciences

University of Nairobi
Education Building
Harry Thuku Road
PO Box 30197 - 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
Tel: +254(0)20 318262 Fax: +254(0)20 2229168
Mobile: +254 (0)72151 6573
Email: gnyabuga@uonbi.ac.ke, george.nyabuga@gmail.com
www.uonbi.ac.ke

On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 2:17 PM Benson Muite via KICTANet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

This is quite sad.  Courts should generally be a last resort.  Locally
funded community driven organizations seem to be difficult to develop in
Africa, many are quite weak. Perhaps documenting good examples of strong
organizations (ideally in Africa, but also other parts of the world
where income is not high) is a good starting point. AFRINIC seems to
have a lot of infighting, and long term participation requires financial
resources that usually only large companies or governments can provide.
Much of the participation is driven by telecommunication companies,
which is different from other parts of the world.  Part of the problem
may be that not enough discussion is open and subject to external
inspection.  This allows creation of community norms and enables easy
compliance.  Maybe it is worth comparing with LACNIC?  Should KICTANET
and other organizations participate? The communications authority does
not seem to play an active role, but perhaps should.
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