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A QUARTERLY NEWSLETTER OFAFRI THE AFRICAN NETWORKNEWS INFORMATION CENTRE Tunisia to host AFRINIC-29 Public Policy Meeting

FRINIC is holding the 29th knowledge and discuss on relevant edition of its meetings ICT topics. Participants will learn A from 26th-30th November more about the strategies driving IPv6 deployment throughout the continent. 2018 in Hammamet, Tunisia. Technical sessions will show in depth AFRINIC-29 is unique forum how Africa is performing in Internet for the intersection of Internet infrastructure growth while ensuring development and advocacy low cost, resilient and secure Internet providing an opportunity to access as well as keeping content strengthen policies and promote and traffic local. AFRINIC-29 will hold technical discussions, ensuring plenary sessions and comprehen- an evidence-based response to sive training workshops organised by AFRINIC, on managing Internet Internet issues in Africa. Number resources and the WHOIS, AFRINIC-29 will serve as an occasion and AFRINIC’s signature IPv6 Deploya- to intensify commitments from govern- thons. Open sessions on the impor- ments, the private sector, civil society tance of keeping the Internet afford- and academia, amongst others toward able and always on are sessions to the growth of Internet in Africa. The watch out for. Part of the confer- event will consist of a comprehensive ence will enhance knowledge on fellowship programme that ensures cyber crime, DDoSs and shutdowns, small organisations are well represent- moreover very importantly, harnessing ed at the gathering. the power of the Internet to help end poverty and ensure prosperity in the The Meeting will give participants the region. opportunity to learn from peers, share

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A panel discussion at the International Telecommunication Union Annual Regional Human Capacity Building Workshop in Abuja, Nigeria.

he International Among the panellists was AFRINIC’s Telecommunication Union CEO, Mr. Alan Barrett who urged all T Annual Regional Human stakeholders to deploy IPv6 empha- sising Africa’s lagging behind the rest Capacity Building Workshop of the world in IPv6 deployment. Mr. took place in Abuja Nigeria. The Barrett explained the ecosystem of event themed, “Strengthening the number protocols, highlighting the Capacities in Internet Governance mechanisms of their distribution multi- in Africa”, addressed pressing stakeholder and policy development issues regarding Internet processes. He also highlighted the governance at a regional level. underlying technological challenges in The workshop also addressed Africa such as Internet performance, keeping Internet traffic and content the challenges associated with within the African region. the growth of the internet, and capacity development issues in ‘’With approximately 100 million IPv4 the African region. addresses for a population of 1.2 billion, Africa’s IPv4 stock is almost Annual Regional This is the second edition in a exhausted. IPv6 represents the future series of regional internet govern- of the Internet ‘’ underscored Mr. Human Capacity Building ance capacity development events Barrett. workshop organised by the ITU Telecommuni- cation Development Bureau in part- Prof. Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Abuja, Nigeria. nership with DiploFoundation and Chairman, Nigerian Communications APC’s African School on Internet Commission, in the opening address Governance, and hosted by the Digital called on stakeholders in the telecom- Bridge Institute (DBI) of Nigeria -the munication sector to put in place right training arm of the Nigerian Communi- polices to fast track digital growth in cations Commission (NCC ). Africa.

2 | AFRINIC - AFRINEWS – JULY - OCTOBER 2018 Insight into Registration and Membership Statistics 2018 he allocation statistics annual target of 160. for our membership and 42% of our new membership has T Internet number resources come from South Africa. Our global membership portfolio states a are trending upwards as we gear total of 1634 members with 28% through the last quarter of this membership from South Africa, season. followed by Nigeria 10% and Kenya 6%. SUMMIT’19 Since inception AFRINIC has allocated N more than 112 million IPv4 address- AFRINIC’s service satisfaction survey 9 2 NE 29 es and issued a total of 9,239 /32s revealed some promising statistics IPv6 prefixes with the impending IPv4 for our Customer Services Depart- exhaustion we are left with 7.3 million ment. 71 % of the service request- IPv4 addresses. AFRINIC also issued a ers are satisfied with our speed of total of 1709 ASNs since inception. response while 74% appreciated our internetsummit.africa professionalism. Furthermore 66% AFRINIC allocated 3.4 million /48 IPv6 of the same respondents find our addresses to its members since the staff accurate and 69% of them like beginning of the year additionally to our friendliness and 67% assess us over 5.9 million IPv4 addresses and caring and attentive. 127 ASNs. Interestingly this is lower than last year for the same period AFRINIC’s member contact accuracy that was around 7 million. This trend levels up to 91%, as of end of however was expected considering September, with correct admin that the soft landing policy is in force. contact updated for 1489 members out of 1634. AFRINIC welcomed 123 new members and is now slowing approaching its

The WIDER Platform Explained

IDER short for World WIDER consists of many interest- InternetData ExploreR ing features and uses datasets from W is a collaborative data- APNIC Labs for IPv6 penetration and market share, in addition to country driven web portal that provides population data from the World Bank information for analysing and AS classification data from CAIDA data such as Internet access, – Center for Applied Internet Data and infrastructure, market share and Analysis. performance. WIDER intends to become a data repository of various open internet datasets from various data meas- urement platforms. WIDER is also bestowed with the capacity to visual- ize data from bespoke measurements campaign coming from the academic community displaying longitudinal graphs showing trends of IPv6 uptake, and within the context of IPv4 deple- tion, decreases in allocation of IPv4 address blocks. AFRINIC was invited to present the online platform at AfPIF 2018. WIDER is a joint project by AFRINIC, ISOC-ZA wider.isoc.org.za and VANILLA. AfPIF 2018 took place in Cape Town South Africa.

3 | AFRINIC - AFRINEWS – JULY - OCTOBER 2018 AFRINIC Releases New Version of Internet Routing Registry

Keesun Fokeerah from AFRINIC’s Registration Services presented an update on AFRINIC’s Internet Registry at AFRINIC-26 in Nairobi Kenya.

FRINIC has released a in the associated inetnum or inet6num new version of its Routing object. The address holder is responsi- A Registry Service. This new ble for maintaining the accuracy of the route(6) objects in the AFRINIC IRR. version has removed the need for These changes have been reflected in the ASN holder to authorise route the updated version of the AFRINIC Migrate or route6 objects. Internet Routing Registry Guide. to http://bit.ly/irr-guide Previously, route and route6 objects AFRINIC had to be authorised by both the From September 2018, the RIPE holder of the IPv4 or IPv6 address NCC database no longer supports IRR space, and the holder of the ASN. the creation of route(6) and aut-num In the case that the ASN and the objects that refer to out-of-region address space were held by differ- resources. AFRINIC membership who ent organisations, then there was a were using this RIPE NCC service has process for semi-authorised objects been requested to move their route to be held for seven days pending objects in the AFRINIC IRR. complete authorisation. In the case that the ASN was not issued by Over 60 members have adopted the AFRINIC, then HostMaster staff had to AFRINIC IRR in the period August- authorise the route or route6 objects. September and 32% of the AFRINIC CHANGES membership is currently using the After discussion in AFRINIC’s database AFRINIC IRR. AHEAD working group http://bit.ly/dbwg-list, and checking AFRINIC encourages its members to the practices of other Internet Routing continue to move their route objects Registry services, AFRINIC has its IRR and give their feedback on RIPE NCC IRR decided to remove the need for the the service via the survey link they ASN holder to authorise any route or received upon resolution of their ticket. ROUTE route6 objects in the AFRINIC IRR. The route or route6 objects still need The new version of Routing Registry to be authorised by the address space Service is available here: holder, using the password associated 6 http://bit.ly/afrinic-irr with the mnt-routes or mnt-lower fields OBJECTS

4 | AFRINIC - AFRINEWS – JULY - OCTOBER 2018 Checks at AFRINIC reveal 40,000 Domain objects with Lame Delegation Record

Delegates following Policy session during AFRINIC-27 in Lagos

round 40,000 domain 21 March 2018. gations are detected, allowing them to objects have been The policy ensures that lame delega- act upon them. A identified with lame tions appearing in the reverse DNS are AFRINIC has published a manual for acted upon by equipping the WHOIS delegation record in the AFRINIC members to act on the lame delega- with automatic checks, notifications to database. However current tions. At the end of the 30-day period, admin-c, tech-c and zone-c contacts remaining lame delegations are auto- record in October shows the of domain objects and removal of lame matically removed from the WHOIS. number has slumped to 25,000 delegations after 30 days. Read the Manual here: after checks have been carried On day 1 of every month, a fresh http://bit.ly/lame-delegation out and members notified. This scan of WHOIS domain objects is follows the implementation of performed and checks made for These features have been deployed in the “Lame Delegations in the lame delegations. During the next 30 the WHOIS. days, multiple lameness checks are AFRINIC reverse DNS” policy. performed. Up to 4 notifications are sent to admin-c, tech-c and zone-c The policy “Lame delegations in contacts of domain objects with lame AFRINIC reverse DNS” was ratified on delegations as long as the lame dele-

Engagement Sought on future Address Supporting Organisation Structure

he AFRINIC community has community process to develop AFRIN- been invited to comment on IC’s response to the ASO review. T the future structure of the The feedback on the ASO Review ASO on the community-discuss report outlined 18 recommendations mailing list as part of an ASO that the NRO has resolved to accept. review consultation process. One of the recommendations instruct- ed a public consultation, involving the AFRINIC’s representatives on the ASO five RIR communities, to determine the AC/NRO NC, Fiona Asonga, Omo Noah Maina ASO AC representative for the future structure of the ASO. African region at AIS’17 in Nairobi, Kenya Oaiya and Noah Maina, have lead a

5 | AFRINIC - AFRINEWS – JULY - OCTOBER 2018 New KSK Roll Over flagged off in October

AFRINIC’s Amreesh Phokeer presenting on DNSSEC Key Rollover at SAFNOG-4 in Tanzania. KSK Rollover Flag day NS Resolver operators need to proceed with updating the configurations of their resolver software with the new key KSK- D 2017 as the rollover is scheduled for this October following its postponement last year. The new KSK-2017 has been heralded as the replacement for KSK -2010 for DNSSEC validation.

The updates can be done either sponding to DNS resolvers in those manually or automatically through networks. RFC 5011, which instructs resolvers to download the latest trust anchor to Statistics also appraise that South obtain this latest KSK. Africa has the most number of ASNs reporting trust anchor details to root Statistics for Africa reveal 102 ASN servers, followed by Nigeria, Ghana, (6.1%) in 28 countries are operat- Kenya, Egypt and Sudan. With ing at least a resolver reporting only regards to the number of unique KSK-2010. The total number of resolvers identified, Nigeria has 810, unique IP addresses reported is 1,776, Ghana has 311 and Morocco has including 7 IPv6 addresses, corre- 143. Boost Your Career with an AFRINIC IPv6 Certification

FRINIC’s renowned program, certi:6, recently A acclaimed its first awardee from Mauritius. Mr Clarel Catherine from the University of Technology Mauritius had the following to say after receiving certi the IPv6 certification award (Gold).

“I will be practising extensively on GNS3 as from today and I am looking forward to other trainings offered by AFRINIC during the course of this year. I seize the opportunity to also thank Stephen and Bashir for working with us during the one-week training. If universities get on board with IPv6, required to plan, design, configure, The Campus Numérique Francophone de the country will soon follow!” Mr. Clarel manage and troubleshoot multi-vendor Yaoundé in Cameroon partners with Catherine -University of Technology IPv6 networks. AFRINIC partners with AFRINIC to conduct the examination under AFRINIC’s IPv6 Certification Program certi:6 Mauritius several organisations to conduct these AFRINC’s certi6 program falls under examinations in Africa. the prestigious IPv6 Forum certifica- The certification has two levels, silver tion program and includes a written and gold, targeting networking security exam. The program helps engi- and system engineers. neers acquire the knowledge and skill

6 | AFRINIC - AFRINEWS – JULY - OCTOBER 2018 Fostering participation in the regional and global policy discourse through AFRINIC’s Fellowship Program

AFRINIC-27 Fellows during the AFRINIC-27 Public Policy Meeting held in Lagos, Nigeria.

FRINIC fellowship program fosters understanding and participation of the African Internet community in AFRINIC’s policy development process. Fellows use this opportunity to share and A contribute to their respective communities on what they have learnt at an AFRINIC meeting.

This year thirteen fellows from Africa The selected fellows will be travel- development, Internet governance, have been selected for the AFRINIC-29 ling to AFRINIC-29, in Hammamet internet infrastructure development and fellowship program. Tunisia from 26 to 30 November. more. The next round of the fellow- AFRINIC Fellows will be representing ship program will start next year for Andrianisa Pascal Heriliva Madagascar their respective organisations and will AFRINIC-30 to be held in Kampala be actively contributing through their Uganda. Ngassa Monkam Epse Cameroon participation. They will be exposed Fon Nsoh Sophie to relevant topics of discussion such Congratulations to AFRINIC -29 Mamothokoane Tlali Lesotho as IP address management, policy Fellows.

Caleb Olumuyi- Nigeria wa Ogundele

Yasmine Bilkis Ibrahim Sierra Leone

Eric Kimathi Mwobobia Kenya

Musafiri Fabrice Rwanda

Nitin Kelawon Sookun Mauritius

Noha Ashraf Abdel- Egypt baky Salama

Leghis Cherkaoui Morocco

Cheikh Boubey Mauritania

Abidi Souad Algeria

Serge Parfait Goma Republic of Congo

7 | AFRINIC - AFRINEWS – JULY - OCTOBER 2018 FIRE Grants and Award Winners 2018 Announced

he FIRE Africa Grants and Rosalia Health Innovation, Shule Direct Awards Program rewards and Empower youth in Technology will T projects that indicate each receive funds of USD 11,000 whereas Mashinani Hub and NetPoints the potential to bring change Limited will each be awarded USD www.fireafrica.org and empower unprivileged 15,000. communities in Africa. The FIRE Grants program received 106 submissions from 17 countries in The program endeavours to help Africa. those initiatives providing them with the knowledge, tools and contacts The 2018 FIRE Awards program has needed to advance through institution- selected the project C.L.E (Cours en al support and capacity building. Ligne à l’Ecole) from Senegal in the category ‘’Internet for Social Inclusion The projects selected this year are: and democratization of access and the use of ICT.’’ 1. Rosalia Health Innovation Team The project focuses on setting up from Tanzania for the project a distance learning system. This Linking Gender-Based Violence device set up by the Association of victims to the special services Support to Science and ICT (AASTIC) using mobile phone apps is intended for teaching and learning 2. Shule Direct from Tanzania for the activities in the context of online project Ndoto App tutoring for middle-secondary. 3. Empower youth in Technology from Uganda for the project Stimulat- The FIRE Awards recipient will be ing innovation and entrepre- receiving a $3000 cash prize and will neurship among women in ICT have flight and accommodation costs sector. covered for the IGF meeting hosted 4. Mashinani Hub from the Democrat- by the Government of France at the ic Republic of the Congo for the headquarters of UNESCO in Paris from project Mobile Solar Labs. 12 to 14 November 2018. 5. NetPoints Limited from the Demo- cratic Republic of the Congo The FIRE Awards program 2018 for the project Solar Powered received 14 applications from 9 coun- Internet Kiosk. tries in Africa. The FIRE programme is a proud member of the Seed Alliance, helping ideas to grow.

8 | AFRINIC - AFRINEWS – JULY - OCTOBER 2018 AFRINIC represented at events July – September

SAFNOG-4 24th September 2018 Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania

AfPIF 2018 SAFNOG 4 IETF 102 21 – 23 August 2018 24 – 29 September 2018 14 July to 20 July 2018

AFRINIC participated at The African AFRINIC participated actively AFRINIC participated in the Peering and Interconnection Forum at SAFNOG-4 as a bronze Number Resources Organization (AfPIF )2018 as a silver sponsor sponsor and which was held Engineering Coordination Group and made two presentations on the in Dar es Salam, Tanzania Meeting held during IETF 102. WIDER platform and the AFRINIC from 24 – 29 September 2018. The event was held in Montreal Internet Routing Registry. The event Canada from 14 July to 20 July. was held from 21 – 23 August AFRINIC intervened in several 2018 in Cape Town, South Africa. panels on the agenda that included; The Internet Engineering Task Force Dealing with the recent Routing (IETF) is a large open internation- AfPIF addresses the key interconnec- Registry Changes, DNSSEC Key al community of network designers, tion, peering, and traffic exchange Rollover, Should Africa Stop Invest- operators, vendors, and researchers opportunities and challenges on the ing In Europe, Advances From IPv4 concerned with the evolution of the continent and provides participants Brokers, Internet Number Resources Internet architecture and the smooth with global and regional insights for Update and add IPv6 Deployathon. operation of the Internet. It is open maximising opportunities that will to any interested individual. The IETF help grow Internet infrastructure and SAFNOG is a discussion forum for Mission Statement is documented in services in Africa. building and sustaining regional RFC 3935. communities for matters specific to infrastructure development in the specific sub-region.

5 & 6 September 2018, Kigali

ITU Annual Regional Workshop Capacity Africa 2018 SdNOG-5 27-29 August 2018 5 and 6 September 2018 30 SeptemberVERSION FRAN toÇAISE 4 October 2018

AFRINIC was represented by CEO AFRINIC attended the Capacity AFRINIC was a gold sponsor at Alan Barrett who presented on the Building event in Rwanda and SdNOG-5 that took place from 30 topic of ‘’Names, Numbers and met with prospective members. September to 4 October 2018 in Standards – Technical and Policy Capacity Africa 2018 took place in Khartoum Sudan. Aspects’’ at the ITU annual regional Rwanda on the 5 and 6 September. AFRINIC attended the event to meet REGISTER NOW SPONSOR SPEAK EXHIBIT BOOK A MEETING ROOM human capacity building workshop on with its members as well as prospec- “Strengthening capacities in Internet Capacity Africa is the largest whole- tive members and gave presentations governance in Africa” held in Abuja, sale telecoms event for Africa, on AFRINIC Updates and AFRINIC Nigeria, from 27-29 August 2018. connecting senior-level executives from IRR. across the continent with international SdNOG is a non-profit group that Alan Barrett made a presenta- partners and investors for the last 12 provide an open forum to be used tion on the topic of Names, years, facilitating new business oppor- by any interested member from the Numbers and Standards – Tech- tunities and establishing new connec- Internet Community in Sudan to nical and Policy Aspects. tions within the industry. The two-day exchange technical information and conference agenda delivers critical expertise in networking. The workshop was organized by the industry information into new infra- ITU Telecommunication Development structure projects and opportunities for Bureau in partnership with Diplo- innovation in data and voice services Foundation and hosted by the Digital from African and International market Bridge Institute (DBI) of Nigeria. leaders and promising newcomers.

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