On the 5th August 2025, AF* issued a statement following a consultative meeting with Smart Africa Ad-hoc Committee on AFRINIC reforms. In that statement, the AF* expressed substantive concerns about the direction of the proposed reforms and underscored the need to preserve AFRINIC’s established governance model, grounded in the multistakeholder, bottom-up, and community-driven principles that […]
On Wednesday, 31 July 2025, the leadership of AF* participated in a meeting convened by Smart AFRICA to gain insight into the work of the Ad-hoc Committee on AFRINIC reforms. During this constructive two-hour discussion, AF* leadership engaged with the technical advisor and two legal experts supporting the committee. AF* leadership articulated concerns about the
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On April 21, 2025, the Official Receiver (OR) initiated the election process by forming a Nomination Committee (NomCOM) and an Election Committee. Subsequently, directives on how to constitute the voters’ register were communicated (Communiqué N02). However, Communiqué N02 did not specify how the required documents would be validated, and the OR failed to respond to
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AF* are organisations that constitute the African Internet ecosystem. The idea to set up the AF* regrouping organisations supporting Internet development in Africa dates back to December 1998. A meeting held in Cotonou, Benin was organised where African Internet pioneers debated on the theme of Internet Governance in Africa. This was the first global meeting on Internet governance to discuss Internet governance issues in the African region.
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