<div dir="ltr"><br>Additional Statement from AF* Organisation.<br><br><a href="https://afstar.org/updates/af-statement-on-council-of-african-internet-governance-authorities-caiga-and-afrinic-reforms/">https://afstar.org/updates/af-statement-on-council-of-african-internet-governance-authorities-caiga-and-afrinic-reforms/</a></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Nov 25, 2025 at 11:02 AM Caleb Ogundele <<a href="mailto:muyiwacaleb@gmail.com">muyiwacaleb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">Hello Everyone, </div><div dir="auto">I know there has been some conversations on this and I thought to share this with you all. </div><div class="gmail_quote" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Arthur Carindal via Members-Discuss</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:members-discuss@afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">members-discuss@afrinic.net</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2025, 6:12 am<br>Subject: Re: [members-discuss] Inquiry to the Board<br>To: Amin Dayekh <<a href="mailto:admin@megamore.ng" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">admin@megamore.ng</a>><br>Cc: AfriNIC Discuss <<a href="mailto:members-discuss@afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">members-discuss@afrinic.net</a>><br></div><br><br><div><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Dear Mr. Amin,</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:19px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Thank you for your message and for your attention to the information shared publicly.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none"><br></span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">We would like to clarify that Smart Africa signed a cooperation MoU with AFRINIC in 2020, as several other African institutions have also done. This cooperation focuses only on capacity-building and supporting African countries and organisations in the efficient management of Internet number resources, which are essential for critical infrastructure and digital transformation.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">This partnership is limited to technical collaboration, training, and support to national Internet-related initiatives. </span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:19px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">AFRINIC remains fully guided by ICP-2 principles, which define the independence and operating model of Regional Internet Registries.</span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">We also reaffirm AFRINIC’s mission: <b>“To serve the African Internet community by delivering efficient services in a global multi-stakeholder environment.” </b>As the African RIR, AFRINIC works with all relevant stakeholders across the continent, both public and private. </span></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:19px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">We wish to reassure you that </span>AFRINIC’s governance remains entirely rooted in its resource members, and SmartAfrica is not interfering in AFRINIC’s affairs. </p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;min-height:19px"><br></p><p style="margin:0px;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="font-kerning:none">Kind regards.</span></p><div>
<div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div dir="auto" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none"><div><br>_______________________________________________________________<br><br>Arthur Carindal N'guessan.<br><br>Head of Stakeholder Development, AFRINIC Ltd.<br><br>t: +230 403 5100 | f: +230 466 6758 | tt: @afrinic | w: <a href="http://www.afrinic.net" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">www.afrinic.net</a><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br><br><a href="http://facebook.com/afrinic" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">facebook.com/afrinic</a> | <a href="http://flickr.com/afrinic" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">flickr.com/afrinic</a> | <a href="http://youtube.com/afrinicmedia" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">youtube.com/afrinicmedia</a><span style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><br>_______________________________________________________________<br><br></div><div>Vision: “A secure and accessible Internet for sustainable digital growth in Africa”<br>Mission: “To serve the African Internet community by delivering efficient services in a global multi-stakeholder environment”<br>Values: EPIC (■ Excellence ■ Passion ■ Integrity ■ Community Driven)</div></div></div></div></div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 19 Nov 2025, at 12:53, Amin Dayekh <<a href="mailto:admin@megamore.ng" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">admin@megamore.ng</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi, this is to the esteemed board to answer:</div><div><br></div><div>There is a post on LinkedIn handle of AFRINIC lead me to a link here <a href="https://afrinic.net/afrinic-at-transform-africa-summit-2025-reconnecting-with-the-african-ict-community" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://afrinic.net/afrinic-at-transform-africa-summit-2025-reconnecting-with-the-african-ict-community</a></div><div><br></div><div>Following the link, I read the statement, which is not yet announced to members, but a paragraph captured my attention: Would you clarify what type of collaboration? What frameworks? Under what capacity is Smart Africa acting on AFRINIC affairs, and what does "Ally" mean? How is it translated?<br><br>"<span style="color:rgb(117,117,117);font-family:Quicksand,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify">Beyond the sessions, the Summit allowed for meaningful bilateral engagements. A key meeting between AFRINIC and Smart Africa’s Director General, Mr Lacina Koné, <b>opened the door to deeper collaboration under clearer, more structured frameworks.</b> Smart Africa has long been an ally of AFRINIC, and both sides reaffirmed the importance of coordinating technical programmes with continental flagship projects in connectivity, data governance, and peering. Strengthening this partnership offers enormous potential for AFRINIC to scale capacity-building activities and align more closely with Africa’s broader digital transformation priorities."</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(117,117,117);font-family:Quicksand,sans-serif;font-size:16px;text-align:justify"><br></span></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><b>Amin Dayekh</b></div><div dir="ltr"><b>CTO</b><br><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;color:rgb(68,68,68);width:403px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2" style="padding:10px 0px;border-top:1px solid rgb(17,13,119);width:402px;vertical-align:top;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(15,19,136)"><br></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(15,19,136);font-size:10pt"><b>MegaMore Wireless Broadband</b></span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2" style="padding:10px 0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(15,19,136);font-size:10pt"><a href="https://www.google.com/maps/search/9+Zango+Road?entry=gmail&source=g" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">9 Zango Road</a>, Gate B<br></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(15,19,136);font-size:10pt">Dakata, Kano State.<br></span><a href="http://www.megamorebroadband.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183)" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(15,19,136);font-size:10pt">www.megamorebroadband.com</span></a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" style="padding:10px 0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;vertical-align:top"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(15,19,136);font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:700">m:</span> +2347065525271<br></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(15,19,136);font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:700">t:</span> +2348152525222<br><b>customer Care</b>: 08077770470<br></span><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(15,19,136);font-size:10pt"><span style="font-weight:700">e:</span> <a href="mailto:admin@megamorebroadband.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">admin@megamorebroadband.com</a></span></td><td valign="bottom" align="right" style="padding:0px 0px 10px;line-height:0px;vertical-align:bottom;text-align:right"><span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MegaMoreBroadband" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183)" target="_blank"><img border="0" width="17" alt="facebook icon" src="https://codetwocdn.azureedge.net/images/mail-signatures/generator/road/fb.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 17px; width: 17px;"></a> </span><span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/megamore-broadband" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183)" target="_blank"><img border="0" width="17" alt="linkedin icon" src="https://codetwocdn.azureedge.net/images/mail-signatures/generator/road/ln.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 17px; width: 17px;"></a> </span><span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/megamorewireless/" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183)" target="_blank"><img border="0" width="17" alt="instagram icon" src="https://codetwocdn.azureedge.net/images/mail-signatures/generator/road/it.png" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; height: 17px; width: 17px;"></a> </span></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" colspan="2" style="padding:5px 0px 0px;border-top:1px solid rgb(17,13,119);vertical-align:top"><a href="https://www.megamorebroadband.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer noreferrer" style="background-color:transparent;color:rgb(51,122,183)" target="_blank"><img alt="banner" width="400" border="0" src="https://megamorebroadband.com/wp-content/uploads/Design-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; vertical-align: middle; width: 400px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><pre cols="72" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">****************************************************************************************
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