AFRINIC 2014 Update: Key Achievements and Future Directions
In November 2014, AFRINIC provided an overview of its activities over the year. With 36 full-time staff, it issued 9,474,816 IPv4 addresses, serving 1,132 organizations. AFRINIC organized training for over 300 engineers, hosted workshops in 7 countries, and developed several initiatives including RPKI service enhancements and DNS Anycast for ccTLDs. Furthermore, the Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE) has supported innovative projects in Africa with financial grants. Join us in celebrating AFRINIC's 10th anniversary and explore our ongoing mission.
AFRINIC 2014 Update: Key Achievements and Future Directions
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AFRINICUpdate Madhvi GOKOOL AFRINIC Ltd RIPE69 , LONDON November 2014
AFRINIC at Glance 36 full time staff 9,474,816 /32 IPv4 addresses issued in 2014 3.06 /8available in our IPv4 Pool. Serving a total of 1132organisations 415Members with IPv6 prefixes (~30 % of membership ratio but only 15 % visibility) Training Stats for 2014: +300 engineers attended 7 IPv6+INRM workshops conducted in 7 countries
Interesting projects • RPKI: Continue working on our RPKI service. • DNS Anycast service for our infrastructure and extended to ccTLDs: More than 20 ccTLDs using the service now. • WHOIS database clean up • Routing Registry & Web update • New WHOIS (Based on RIPE java code) • Extension of MyAFRINIC to fully integrate Billing. • Portal for new membership & resource requests
Development and Cooperation • The Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE) was initiated in 2007. • Grants and Awards programme designed to encourage and support the development of solutions to information and communication needs in the African region. • A financial support of USD 10 000 is granted to Innovative Projects: - Under Three funding categories: • Innovation on Access Provision • E-Development • Freedom of expression • FIRE is part of the Seed Alliance together with FRIDA (LACNIC from Latin America) and ISIF Asia (APNIC from Asia Pacific).
You are invited to our next event meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-21