AfroDIG is the African Dialogue on Internet Governance, a continental platform where Africa’s many voices converge to deliberate on the governance of the Internet and to chart the future of the digital continent.
Lire la version Française On the morning of 1 March 1896, the chill of dawn clung to the mountains of Adwa. Mist rolled over the valleys as thousands of campfires
After three years of courtroom battles, annulled elections and frozen bank accounts, the African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC) has finally elected a new board. The moment offers hope that Africa’s
On September 10, 2025, the day AfriNIC’s contested board election opened, former chairman Benjamin Adzenyamebeye Eshun walked into the Financial Crimes Commission at the Réduit Triangle in Mauritius. He was
Dear Mr Dabee, When I first read your curriculum vitae, I felt a moment of relief. At last, after years of drift, we thought someone with a serious professional record
A bruising legal war over Africa’s internet registry has frozen the allocation of millions of digital addresses and exposed the fragility of Mauritius’s institutions. AfriNIC, the body meant to manage
The African Network Information Centre, better known as AfriNIC, was created to guarantee Africa’s fair share of internet resources. It was supposed to be technical, neutral, and beyond politics. Today
When in 2005, Pierre Dandjinou, Professor Nii Quaynor, Adiel Akplogan, Pierre Ouédraogo, Dr Tarek Kamel and other pioneers of Africa’s Internet governance smiled to the camera in Port Louis, they
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Justice Nicholas Ohsan Bellepeau is not the kind of judge who seeks headlines or shapes arguments with theatrical flair. He is no Johnnie Cochran. He does not need to be.