<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="">Yes, I sincerely hope the board will take the advice contained therein.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Owen</div><div class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 11, 2021, at 07:52 , Noah <<a href="mailto:noah@neo.co.tz" class="">noah@neo.co.tz</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">Hi Fiona,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you so much for the statement from the Technology Service Providers of Kenya (<b class="">TESPOK</b>) on AFRINIC.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Cheers,<br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><b class="">./noah</b></div><div class="">neo - network engineering and operations<b class=""><br class=""></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 3:33 PM Fiona Asonga <<a href="mailto:tespok@tespok.co.ke" class="">tespok@tespok.co.ke</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div style="font-family: "times new roman", "new york", times, serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div class="">Dear All</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">TESPOK- Technology Service Providers Of Kenya has issued the following statement regarding the current situation at AFRINIC.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><a href="https://www.tespok.co.ke/?p=14010" title="TESPOK Statement on AFRINIC" target="_blank" class=""></a>It reads:</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class="">10<sup class="">th</sup> August 2021 </span></div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="text-decoration:underline" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class="">STATEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICE PROVIDERS OF KENYA (TESPOK) ON AFRINIC</span></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: center;" class=""><b class=""><span style="text-decoration:underline" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class=""><span style="text-decoration:none" class=""> </span></span></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class="">Technology Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK) is a professional non- profit organization representing interests of Technology Service Providers in Kenya and it runs the Kenya Internet Exchange Point.</span></div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.35pt;background-color:white" class="">TESPOK and its 80+ members are dependent on the internet resources acquired as members of AFRINIC, thus AFRINIC plays a crucial role as the sole delegated administrator of critical Internet resources for the African region as Kenya internet users rely on AFRINIC to provide and efficiently distribute internet number resources, support internet technology usage to be able to connect to the Internet and to conduct business online</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class="">.</span></div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class="">Afrinic’s Chief Executive Officer’s communication to members regarding the dispute between AFRINIC and Cloud Innovation Limited has left TESPOK and its membership concerned. The dispute has led to AFRINICS accounts being frozen thus hindering AFRINIC’s ability to operate and perform its duties. </span></div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class="">TESPOK recognizes that AFRINIC plays an important role in running critical services for the global internet thus we at TESPOK would like to support AFRINIC meet its operational obligations until the dispute is resolved.</span></div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;letter-spacing:0.35pt;background-color:white" class="">We thank the AFRINIC CEO, Eddy Kayihura for the constant updates and reassurance he has provided members and we would like to humbly appeal to AFRINIC’s Board of Directors and Senior Management to focus on its core mandate and ensure the stability of Africa’s internet ecosystem. </span></div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;text-align:justify" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;background-color:white" class="">TESPOK hopes that AFRINIC will do everything within its ability to ensure business continuity and that a swift amicable solution to the dispute shall be reached. </span></div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span lang="EN-US" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="">ENDS...</span></i></b></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-align: justify;" class=""><b class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="">About TESPOK </span></i></b><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""></span></i></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><i class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="">Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK) is a professional, non-profit organization representing the interests of telecommunication service providers in Kenya. Established in 1999, the strength of the Association rests on its ability to be truly representative of the Kenyan industry as a whole. The association has brought the issues affecting its members into the limelight creating awareness among policy makers and the general public as well as producing several concrete outcomes. </span></i><i class=""><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class="">More information is available at: <a href="https://www.tespok.co.ke/?p=14010" target="_blank" class="">https://www.tespok.co.ke/?p=14010</a> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""></span></div><p style="margin:0px;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif" class=""> </span></p></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span name="x" class=""></span><div class=""><span id="cid:17b35b2e2f98ff356b11"><mail_signature-01.jpg></span></div><span name="x" class=""></span><br class=""></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br class="">
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