[AfrICANN-discuss] AfriNIC having been Declared

[Eberhard W Lisse]

I am taking the liberty of forwarding this email from another list, the author reading in copy.

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On Jul 19, 2025 at 00:30 +0200, Bill Woodcock via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org>, wrote:



> > On Jul 19, 2025, at 00:16, Karl Auerbach via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
> > I mention this in the context of the ongoing troubles with the African RIR, Afrinic.
> >

> …which have been brought up several times recently. There’s been a development today, probably positive.
>
> -Bill
>
> Please consider the environment before using AI to process this email.
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> ________________________________________
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> THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF MAURITIUS
> No. 59 – Port Louis : Friday 18 July 2025 – Rs. 25.00
> ––––––
> DECLARED COMPANY
> NOTICE UNDER SECTION 230 OF THE COMPANIES ACT
> WHEREAS African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC) Ltd (in receivership) (the “Company”) is a
> company limited by guarantee incorporated and based in Mauritius;
> WHEREAS the Company is the designated Regional Internet Registry for the African continent;
> WHEREAS I am reliably informed that the Company has been the object of a spate of litigation, leading
> to it being placed in receivership in or about 2024;
> WHEREAS I have taken cognizance of a Notice in the press dated 10 July 2025, whereby the Company
> is purportedly being the object of a compulsory winding-up petition;
> WHEREAS I am advised that the process leading to the Company being placed in receivership is legally
> questionable;
> WHEREAS I am informed that the 2 receivers successively appointed have failed to effectively
> discharge their mission of conducting the election of a Board for the Company within timeframes imparted
> by the Courts;
> WHEREAS I am informed that the result of the Company being placed in receivership has been
> that no new internet protocol address was able to be issued to the whole of the African continent since
> November 2024;2234 The Mauritius Government Gazette
> WHEREAS this state of affairs has caused, and is continuing to cause, serious reputational damage to
> Mauritius as a jurisdiction internationally;
> WHEREAS based on the above, I am satisfied that pursuant to section 230(b) of the Companies Act, it
> is expedient, in the public interest, that the affairs of the Company be investigated forthwith,
> NOW THEREFORE, in virtue of section 230 of the Companies Act, I hereby designate the Company to
> be a declared company.
> I ALSO ENJOIN the Registrar of Companies, pursuant to her powers under section 231(1) of the
> Companies Act to immediately require a suitably-qualified inspector to investigate the affairs of the
> Company and to make a report on his investigation in such form and manner as the Registrar may direct.
> DR. N. RAMGOOLAM, G.C.S.K., F.R.C.P.
> Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and
> External Communications, Minister of Finance,
> Minister for Rodrigues and Outer Islands
> 18 July 2025.
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