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 ---- 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. _______________________________________________ KICTANet mailing list -- kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke To unsubscribe send an email to kictanet-leave@lists.kictanet.or.ke Unsubscribe or change your options at: https://mm3-lists.kictanet.or.ke/mm/lists/kictanet.lists.kictanet.or.ke/
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