[Community-Discuss] [members-discuss] Joint statement on the current AFRINIC situation from the African Regional RENs

[Omo Oaiya]

On Thu, 5 Aug 2021, 12:11 Noah, <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:


> Hi Len

>

> The community acknowledges TENET position and endorsement on the matter

> under the South Africa ISPA-ZA umbrella.

>

> What is equally more important to the wider NREN is that regional research

> and education networks interconnecting national research and education

> networks (NRENs) across the continent spoke in support  of AFRINIC.

>


For information, there are currently 38 of such NRENs and counting, with 22
of them currently interconnected by these regional research networks.

These RRENs are working with partners across Africa and elsewhere in their
AfricaConnect3[1] to establish these national infrastructures which are key
for development where they don't yet exist and interconnect them all.    We
certainly are not going to stand by and see the scant resources that are
available ripped off.

Omo

1: https://africaconnect3.net/






> Cheers

> Noah

>

>

> On Thu, 5 Aug 2021, 10:35 Paul Wollner, <paul.wollner at africaoncloud.net>

> wrote:

>

>> Hello Len,

>>

>> Thank you for the clarification on the statement.

>>

>> Regards

>> Paul

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>> ---- On Wed, 04 Aug 2021 15:03:35 +0200 Len Lotz<len at tenet.ac.za> wrote

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>> Dear All

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>> A recent statement on the AfriNIC members-discuss mailing list, in which the UbuntuNet Alliance and the other two African regional research and education networks purport to act "as representatives of the African REN community", was issued without consultation by UbuntuNet with TENET, and does  not reflect TENET's position on the issue. TENET endorses without reservation the statement on this matter by the South African Internet Service Providers Association (https://ispa.org.za/press_releases/ispa-statement-on-recent-afrinic-developments/) which was issued by ISPA after consultation with its members, of which TENET is one.

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>> Regards

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>> Len

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>> --

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>> *Len Lotz*

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>> Excutive Officer

>> Tertiary Education & Research Network of South Africa NPC

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