1. African Network Information centre March 2 nd, 2007 © AfriNIC - 2006 AfriNIC Update Hisham Rojoa Membership and Comms, AfriNIC APNIC-23 Bali, 2 Mar 2007

2. African Network Information centre 2 March 2007 Financial Health We are working hard to achieve our full sustainability after the two year incubation period. The objectives are among others: To have one full year operation budget reserve. we achieved about 75% by the end of 2006 To put in place good management processes to ensure sustainable growth. Organisational and control processes in place (and accounts regularly audited) Minimise taxes: Got Tax exemption from Mauritius Government 2007 is the first year that AfriNIC will operate as a fully sustainable organisation

3. African Network Information centre 2 March 2007 Membership Growth More new-members in 2006: about 140% growth in 2005 & 2006 vs. 2004

4. African Network Information centre 2 March 2007 Impact on Resource Allocation A steady growth in resources allocated has resulted.

5. African Network Information centre 2 March 2007 IPv6 Last year, we have been focusing on IPv6 awareness among the community through training and conferences. This has led to more interest in IPv6 Countries where IPv6 training are conducted who have an IPv6 prefix allocation.

6. African Network Information centre 2 March 2007 Policy Development Discussion IPv6 Provider Independent Assignment for End- Sites Discussion Proposal to change the allocation and assignment period to 12 months Discussion Changes to IPv6 Address Allocation and Assignment Policy Discussion IPv6 PI Policy Proposal Discussion IPv6 PI Assignments for Critical Infrastructure StatusPolicy

7. African Network Information centre 2 March 2007 Cooperation with Other Organisations Building Partnership and collaboration with other organisations: AfNOG (MoU signed during AfriNIC-3) Participated to AfNOG funding for 2006 meeting Fellowship to 5 people to attend Nairobi Meeting - with the support of ISOC With Other organisations AAU AfTLD AfrISPA Continue our active participation to the NRO activities through its EC, the ECG and CCG.

8. African Network Information centre 2 March 2007 Some Projects Beside our core activity which is Internet Resource management we are working on some other projects of interest for the community: MyAfriNIC: a portal to allow LIRs to easily interact with AfriNIC and manage their resources. Beta testing starting soon Service Fee Analysis Routing Information and statistics: A tool to evaluate the routing status of resources allocated by AfriNIC and overall statistics on Internet resources in our region Activation of IRR for AfriNIC region - before end of 2007 Internet Resource Certification (RFC 3779): Workshop organised with Stephen Kent at AfriNIC office in Pretoria in August 2006. We are following the work being done by RIPE and APNIC

9. African Network Information centre 2 March 2007 Last Public Policy Meeting Balaclava, Mauritius 27 Nov – 1Dec 2006 - Back to back with IPv6 conference, IPv6 hands on training, AfTLD and INET Africa meeting Real picture from the hotel where the meeting took place. IPv6 Training and Conference Policy Discussions Anti-Spam Working Group 6Mandela Project Presentation

10. African Network Information centre 2 March 2007 Next Public Policy Meeting Abuja, Nigeria 23 April – 4 May 2007 - Back to back with IPv6 conference, IPv6 hands on training, AfTLD AfREN, AfNOG and INET Africa meeting

11. African Network Information centre 2 March 2007 Thank You