<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; text-align: justify; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Dear Colleagues,</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;" class=""><br class=""></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">AFRINIC is one of the two RIRs with</span><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">IPv4 addresses in its available pool, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(14, 16, 26); color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">1,585,824 to be specific</span><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">This available pool is grossly inadequate to meet Africa’s current IP address needs and makes IPv6 addresses the only way to sustain the growth of the Internet in Africa.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">After almost a decade of training over 6000 engineers from 50 countries on IPv6, we came up with an initiative we called a Deployathon back in 2018; a first of its kind. The main objective behind running a deployathon was to reduce the time between learning about IPv6, and deploying or implementing it on a real network. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">In 2020, we redesigned the event to allow us to run it entirely online.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Since our first Deployathon, 117 organisations from 29 countries in Africa accomplished 319 deployments KPIs. In 2021, organisations that participated in our online Deployathon were able to accomplish the following together. </span></div><br class=""><br class=""><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;" class=""><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" aria-level="1" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">27 route6 objects created</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" aria-level="1" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">25 RPKI ROA objects created</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" aria-level="1" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">17 IPv6 Prefixes were advertised</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" aria-level="1" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">13 IPv6 address plans created in IPAMs</span></div></li></ul><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">If selected, you will get the exact step by step guidance, tools and techniques we’ve perfected in 8 (e-)Deployathons and over 100 helpdesk calls towards your IPv6 deployment plans. We will help you move one measurable step forward in full accordance with your network change management processes.</span></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Date: 26 to 28 April 2022</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Time: 4 hours each day</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Location: Zoom </span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Eligibility: Qualified engineers from any country in Africa</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Main Language: English</span></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">If you are an engineer who runs a network and believes that you can make one visible concrete step toward IPv6 deployment (or advance your stalled IPv6 deployment), apply for a spot </span><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(74, 110, 224); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="https://afrinic.net/edeployathon" style="text-decoration:none;" class="">here</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> - </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(14, 16, 26); color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 14.666666984558105px; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="https://afrinic.net/edeployathon" class="">https://afrinic.net/edeployathon</a></span><span style="color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> (Only 35 spots available) </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Deadline for application: 18 April 2022</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">For more information and queries about e-Deployathons, please contact <a href="mailto:do@afrinic.net" class="">do@afrinic.net</a>. </span></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Sincerely</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(14, 16, 26); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">AFRINIC Team</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><br class=""></div></body></html>