We are happy to inform you of the continued interest we keep receiving from various Stakeholders / organizations keen on hosting our L-Root server instances in Africa. During ICANN 51, Fadi Chehade in his opening address noted the importance of keeping our L-Root copies actively growing, especially in Africa.
 
Over the last year, we received close to eight requests from interested potential hosts and we are happy to report that 3 more L-Root copies have since been fully commissioned in 3 countries in Africa (Seychelles, Tanzania and Mauritius), all in the last three months.
 
This brings to 12 in total, the number of L-Root copies in Africa and we are hopeful that by ICANN 55 in Marrakesh, we should have added more!  This will significantly reduce the response time to resolve queries to the DNS root zone, enhancing Internet experience for users and, of course, strengthening Internet's critical infrastructure in Africa while demonstrating ICANN’s strong commitment to enhancing the stability & resiliency of the Internet globally.