African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 © AfriNIC Update on Operations iWeek’2006 Johannesburg - September 2006 Adiel Akplogan CEO

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 AfriNIC from a project to an Organisation About a year ago the Internet community from Africa was celebrating the accreditation and operation of AfriNIC as a Regional Internet Registry. With some challenges like: Smooth takeover of resource management RIR system awareness in our region Internet Resource Management training Financial sustainability WSIS Completed the Headquarters and the Recovery Center setup in Mauritius and Egypt.

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 … what has happened since then? We were along the past months focused on ensuring the continuity, with an acceptable service level. More 1315 requests handled during the first 12 months of operations. With an average of 50% being approved T & A principle Minimized exchanges Efficient help!

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 Impact on Resource distribution? More new-members in 2005: about 140% growth vs. 2005

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 Growth in Resource allocation we also had as an implication, a steady growth of the resources allocated.

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 IPv6 This year, we have also been focused on IPv6 awareness among the community through training and conferences. This has led to more interest in IPv6 6Mandela Project

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 How are IP Addresses Provisioned? Community Establishes Criteria Through Policy Development Process

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 OPEN TRANSPARENT‘BOTTOM UP’ NO Accreditation Inclusive Accessible Internet Community Proposes, Discusses, & Approves Policy Documented, Published & Accessible PDP, Policies, & Procedures AfriNIC PDP principle

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 AfriNIC PDP principle OPEN TRANSPARENT‘BOTTOM UP’ NO Accreditation Inclusive Accessible Internet Community Proposes, Discusses, & Approves Policy Documented, Published & Accessible PDP, Policies, & Procedures Need DiscussEvaluate Implement Consensus

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 AfriNIC PDP

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 Training We have developed a bilingual training plan which allowed us to run 10 training events in the past 12 months. In 2006, the training plan (on our website) now includes a full day of IPv6 hands on training. We now have CBT material in English and French available on CD and online (EN).

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 Staffing and HR update HostmasterRadha Ramphul Administrative AssistantManoda Marimuthu SES ManagerFrank Nnebe Registration Service ManagerErnest Byaruhanga Financial ManagerHarish Gowrisunkur Staff has grown from 4 in April to 6 today 4 Nationalities (UG,NG,BJ,MU), and an average of 30 years old We are in the process of hiring 3 more people by the end of 2006: System Administrator, Database Manager Membership Liaison and Communication Officer.

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 Financial health We can say that the we are working hard to achieve our full sustainability after the two year incubation period. The objectives were among others: to ensure one full year operation budget reserve by the end of the incubation period. we will achieve about 60% by the end of 2006 To put in place good governance processes to ensure sustainable growth. Organizational and control processes in place and accounts regularly audited) Minimize taxes: Got Tax exemption from Mauritius Government

African Network Information centre August 30, Audit Report (by Ernst&Young)

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 Cooperation with Other organisations Building Partnership and collaboration with other organisations: AfNOG (MoU signed during AfriNIC-3) Participated to AfNOG funding for 2006 meeting Funded 5 persons to attend Nairobi Meeting Ongoing discussions with Other organizations AAU (Had a very successful meeting in NBO) AfTLD AfriSPA Continue our active participation to the NRO activities through its EC, the ECG and CCG.

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 WSIS and IG AfriNIC has become a sector member of ITU-D to be able to better participate in Internet governance related discussions in our region and raise awareness among Policy makers in this area. Participate to all preparatory meeting in Africa Contribute to Africa common position (especially on IG) AfriNIC identified as one of the ARAPKE projects partner We have been able to represent the NRO at the ITU reform consultation meeting in Geneva and participate to the WTDC meeting in Doha and participate to ITU-D WSIS follow up discussions. Participate to the African Regulators Forum where AfriNIC’s presentation and intervention led to recommendation from the forum (Res.08) calling on the regulators to play a facilitator role in Internet governance issues and increase their participation to Internet governance existing fora. Now we have to follow the discussions related to the IGF, where AfriNIC and LACNIC are honored to have their CEOs (Myself and Raul Echeberia) appointed as member of the Meeting Advisory Group.

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 Other 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. 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 AfriNIC IRR (by second quarter 2007) Internet Resource Certification (RFC 3779): Setup of CA for resource certification (used along with the IRR for S-BGP and other authenticated peering agreement)

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 So… It clearly appears from above that something has changed since Due to: More awareness among Operators across the region Proximity of the RIR … Growth in Internet Business in Africa We now need to support these positive achievements by strengthening the organisation structure and our policy development process. The community participation in policy development is key to RIR success.

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 … where from here? While it seems like things are moving, we still have some challenges facing us as a young organisation and also as a community: Awareness and cooperation, work still needs to be done towards the stakeholders (public/private sector and civil society). Increase participation to our own policy development process. Strengthen the organization’s structure to handle the growth efficiently Further we need to increase our contribution to Internet development by supporting Research and Infrastructure Initiative (in the limit of our resources)

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 Next Public policy Meeting Baclava, Mauritius 27 November – 1 December Back to back with IPv6 conference, IPv6 hands on training, AftLD meeting, INET’Indian Ocean and tutorials -

African Network Information centre August 30, 2006 Thank You