<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; white-space: pre-wrap; text-align: justify;" class="">Dear Colleagues,</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="">AFRINIC in collaboration with Workonline and Teraco is organising a Deployathon in Johannesburg from 6 to 8 June 2023.</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="">AFRINIC has less than 1,32 million IPv4 addresses left in its available pool. As you can tell, from t</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">he</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="text-decoration: underline; font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); 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://stats.afrinic.net/" style="text-decoration: none;" class="">AFRINIC stats portal</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=""><a href="https://stats.afrinic.net/" class="">https://stats.afrinic.net/</a>, this is insufficient to meet Africa’s current IP address needs, making IPv6 the only sustainable way to continue growing 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="">In 2018, we designed and organised the world’s first Deployathon as a mechanism to bridge the gap between learning about IPv6 and actually implementing it. </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="">Since our inception, we’ve run 17 (e-)Deployathons supporting 83 organisations from 22 countries participating. They were able to accomplish 204 deployment milestones; among them :</span></div><br class=""><br class=""><ul style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;" class=""><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" 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;" 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="">43 valid route6 object</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" 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;" 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="">39 address plans in IPAMS</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" 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;" 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="">23 validated RPKI ROA objects</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" 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;" 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="">20 Initial address plan</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" 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;" 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="">19 advertised IPv6 prefix</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" 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;" 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="">14 IPv6 prefix PI</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" 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;" 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="">11 IPv6-enabled core</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" 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;" 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="">7 IPv6 domain objects</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" 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;" 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="">7 IPv6 from test VLAN</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" 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;" 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="">4 IPv6-enabled DNS</span></div></li><li dir="ltr" aria-level="1" 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;" 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="">2 IPv6-enabled customer</span></div></li></ul><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="">Click </span><a href="https://lookerstudio.google.com/u/0/reporting/73b1f826-a675-4dd7-91bb-08d21f430732/page/SgKBB" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">here</span></a><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=""> to view more on our deployment achievements.</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="">We invite you to register for the upcoming Deployathon in Johannesburg.</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="">If selected, you will get the same step-by-step guidance, tools, and techniques we have perfected in 17 (e-)Deployathons, and +100 helpdesk calls to help realise your IPv6 deployment project for your organisation.</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="">This is clearly a measurable step forward in 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: 6 June - 8 June 2023</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: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM local time day (UTC +2)</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><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 based in South Africa or able to travel to Johannesburg in that period.</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="">If you are an engineer who runs a network and believes that you can make one concrete visible step towards IPv6 deployment (or advance your stalled IPv6 deployment) for your organisation, apply for a spot </span><a href="https://afrinic.net/deployathon" style="text-decoration: none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">here</span></a><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=""> - <a href="https://afrinic.net/deployathon" class="">https://afrinic.net/deployathon</a> (Only 30 spots available)</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="">Deadline for application: 29 May 2023.</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="">For more information and queries about Deployathons, please contact: </span><span style="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; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="mailto:do@afrinic.net" class="">do@afrinic.net</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></div><br class=""><br class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Sincerely</span></div><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> </span></p><div style="line-height: 1.38; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Century Gothic", sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">AFRINIC Deployment Ops Team</span></div></body></html>