AfriNIC Update

Adiel A. Akplogan CEO, AfriNIC

RIPE 60, Prague 3-7 May 2010

AfriNIC AT GLANCE (FEB-2010)

•  17Employees(15FTEequivalent)– 7Newstaffjoinedin2009– 8moreplanedto2010

•  Servingmorethan 600Members

•  US$2.1 M Opera@ngBudgetin2010

•  Planned25% membershipgrowthin2010

•  11PublicPolicyMee@ngs

•  3Policiescurrentlyunderdiscussion

Key Orientations of 2010 Budget

•  Technicalinfrastructurereinforcement(Improvingresiliencyandredundancy,DNSSec,Rou@ngRegistry,consolidatedMonitoring)

•  DeploymentofB/RPKI•  Con@nuetoimproveAfriNICfinancialsthroughbeSercostscontrol.

•  Con@nuetopromoteandsupportIPv6adop@onbyOperatorsintheregion

•  Con@nueHumanResourcescapacityreinforcementthroughtrainingandnewhiring

•  NewTrainingPlan(e‐learning,ToT…)•  CompleteOfficeReloca@on

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03/01/10

WHAT ARE WE CURRENTLY BUSY ON?

•  Improvecommunica.onswithnon‐conven@onalstakeholders(governments,civilsociety,MobileOperators,Regulatorsetc…)–  Reactivating Associate membership category!

•  TechnicalArea–  RPKIArchitecture–  OngoingtestonRou@ngregistry–  MovingServerstoanewDataCentre

–  Migra@ngtoavirtualizedServersenvironment

–  Con@nuingandImprovingRootServerCopyProject

–  ReviewingDNSprovisioningsystemforDNSSecdeployment

•  Membershipprocess:Implementation of Audit Outcomes!–  Enhanceautoma@onforbeSerefficiency

–  Crea@onofdedicatedfrontlinesupport/liaison

POLICY ACTIVITIES

NUMBERS AT GLANCE

REPRESENTATION & COOPERATION

•  NRO:AfriNIChascon@nuedtosupportandcontributetotheNRO.– EC,ECG,CCG,PCG&RSAdHoc.

•  RegionalInvolvementwithGov:– GWGmee@ngonCybercrimeforLEA– BoothattheAUSummitonICT– ObserverintheAUCITMC

•  Con@nuecollabora@onwithotherregionalorganiza@ons:AAU,AfNOG,AfTLD

– NewMoUsignedwithAAUtomatchuptheremaining50%ofacademicandResearchIns@tu@onmembershipfees.

UPCOMING AfriNIC EVENTS

•  AfriNIC‐12:Kigali,Rwanda– 30/05/2010–04/06/2010

•  AfriNIC‐13:JOBurg,SouthAfrica– 20/11/2010–26/11/2010

•  AfriNIC‐14:VenueTBC– 30/05/2011–04/06/2011

Thank you!