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AFRINIC's Visual Rebranding

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AFRINIC took the opportunity to rebrand at AFRINIC 16 held in Serekunda, The Gambia, between May 12 and 18, 2012. The rebranding encompassed the launch of AFRINIC’s new logo, and its website.

The new logo which can be seen on our website (www.afrinic.net) signifies AFRINIC’s dynamism, and the organisation’s commitment to the development of the Internet in Africa as a catalyst for change. With the impeding depletion of IPv4, the logo is also a symbol of the future of the Internet with IPv6.

Besides, the new logo is an indication of AFRINIC’s place in the global Internet community. It places the organisation at the heart of the African Internet community, and development.

The black represents AFRINIC’s place and commitment to the African Continent. The orange represents the future of the Internet in Africa with the dawn of IPv6. The dots represent Africa’s place in the global community, and the interconnections created by the Internet.

The slogan “the Link that unites us” is a metaphor that supports AFRINIC’s Mission, Vision and Core values particularly as it strives to provide fundamentally important services, infrastructures and capacity building.

The new website demonstrates AFRINIC’s continued commitment to its members, and the African Internet community. The website gives people an opportunity to access a wide range of materials on AFRINIC.

What’s more, this year our Public Policy Meeting hosted among others the first Africa Internet Summit and the sixth meeting of the African Government Working Group (AfGWG). This was thus our first Africa Internet Summit. The Annual Africa Internet Summit will be a platform where all key development issues faced by Africa will be discussed. The forum will also provide a more business-oriented structure bringing together numerous stakeholders including policy makers, operators, government, and civil society representatives among others.

Please let us know what you think about the logo and the website as we continually work to enhance services provided to members and the African Internet community.

 

Launch of the Africa Internet Summit

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The Africa Internet Summit(AIS) was officially launched on 15 May 2012 at the AFRINIC 16 meeting in Serekunda, The Gambia. The annual Africa Internet Summit is a forum where major development issues faced by Africa are discussed. The forum provides a more business-oriented structure bringing together numerous stakeholders including policy makers, operators, regulators, technical experts, Internet service providers, government, and civil society representatives among others.

 

The Africa Internet Summit combines conference, training and networking for the Internet industry. The annual summit attracts internationally renowned speakers to share the latest innovations in Internet Protocol (IP) technology coupled with the emerging topics from the Industry. The AIS is also a prime international arena for advertising Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services and products.

 

   

Making voting easier and effective

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For the past seven years AFRINIC has been conducting different elections within its community to elect its Board members, representative to the NRO-NC (Acting ASO-AC), and its policy discussion leaders. The elections have always been held during our face-to-face Public Policy meetings. Only those present were allowed vote. Members could cast their vote through Proxy (for Board election) appointed as per our Bylaws [Art 10.31-10.34].

The Proxy system has, however, been contentious during past Board elections. Besides, the average turnout has been very low (7-10% of the total membership). To remedy the situation, widen participation, and modernize the election process, the community proposed an e-voting system. This has been validated by our Legal Counsel. The e-voting system for Board election would eliminate the Proxy system, allowing members to participate directly online in the choice of their leaders.

The e-voting system is exclusively available for valid Members of AFRINIC on the member portal MyAFRINIC. The election system allows members to:

a. Appoint a proxy
b. Vote in an Election

If a member elects to exercise his/her right to vote online, the system denies such member the ability to appoint a proxy and vice-versa.

To be able to vote within MyAFRINIC, you will need to have a BPKI which authenticates voting on the portal. If you do not have you BPKI certificate yet, please contact our IP Analysts to request one.

For more information on how to vote and how the system works, please click here

 

   

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