<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Dear Colleagues,<br><br>AFRINIC, in collaboration with ICT DYNAMIX, BOCRA and MASCOM, is organising a Deployathon in Gaborone, Botswana from 6th to 9th October 2026.<br><br>AFRINIC has ~623,000 IPv4 addresses left in its available pool. This, as you can tell, is grossly inadequate to meet Africa’s current IP address needs, making IPv6 the only sustainable way to continue to grow the potential of the Internet in Africa. <br><br>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.<br><br><div>Since its inception we’ve run 19 Deployathons with 246 organisations from 27 countries participating. They were able to accomplish 257 deployment milestones; among them:</div><div><br><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• 54 valid route6 object</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• 49 address plans in IPAMS</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• 34 validated RPKI ROA objects</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• 26 advertised IPv6 prefix</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• 25 Initial address plan</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• 16 IPv6 prefix PI</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• 13 IPv6-enabled core</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• 9 IPv6 from test VLAN</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• 8 IPv6 domain objects</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• 4 IPv6-enabled DNS</div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>• 3 network with IPv6 user traffic</div><div><br></div>We invite you to register for the upcoming Deployathon in Gaborone.<br><br>If selected, you will get the same step-by-step guidance, tools, and techniques we have perfected in 19 Deployathons, and +100 helpdesk calls to help realise your IPv6 deployment project for your organisation.<br><br>This is clearly a measurable step forward in accordance with your network change management processes.<br><br>Date: 06 October - 09 October 2026<br>Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM local time<br>Language: English<br>Eligibility: Qualified engineers based in Gaborone or able to travel to Gaborone in that period.<br><br><div>Application deadline: 22nd September 2026.<br><br>Click <a href="https://learn.afrinic.academy/?fluent-form=83">here</a> to apply for a spot (Only 30 spots available). </div><div><br></div><div>https://learn.afrinic.academy/?fluent-form=83<br><br>For more information and queries about Deployathons, please contact: do@afrinic.net<br><br><br>AFRINIC Team</div></div></div></div></body></html>