AFRINIC

African Network Information Centre
Abbreviation	African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)
Formation	11 October 2004
Type	Not for Profit
Focus	Allocation and registration of IP address space
Headquarters	Ebene, Mauritius
Location	Mauritius;
Services	Internet Number Resources Management (ASNs, IPv6 and IPv4)
Official language	English and French
Chairman of Board of Directors	Benjamin Eshun
Vice-Chairman of Board of Directors	Abdalla Omari
Chief Executive Officer	(vacant at the moment)
Affiliations	IANA, ICANN, ASO, NRO
Staff	50+
Website	www.afrinic.net

AFRINIC (African Network Information Centre) is the regional Internet registry (RIR)^[3] for Africa. Its headquarters^[4] are in Ebene, Mauritius.

Before AFRINIC was formed, IP addresses (IPv6 and IPv4) for Africa were distributed by the Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC), the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN), and the RIPE NCC. ICANN provisionally recognized AFRINIC on 11 October 2004.^[5] The registry became operational on 22 February 2005. ICANN gave it final recognition^[6] in April 2005.

^ "Board of Directors". 19 October 2023. Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ "The AFRINIC Team". Archived from the original on 20 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ "RIR Governance Matrix | The Number Resource Organization". www.nro.net. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
^ "AFRINIC Contact Details". afrinic.net. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018.
^ "AFRINIC Provisional Approval by ICANN". icann.org. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019.
^ "IANA Report on Recognition of AfriNIC as a Regional Internet Registry". iana.org.