[rpd] Two more petitioners

Tue Dec 19 20:25:27 UTC 2017

Andrew,

Regardless of the actual numbers which vary according to the source, what
the statistics remind us all, is that:

- Africa still has a long way to go
- Not all states are moving at the same pace

On the other hand, a quick analysis of the data below from IPv4
perspectives  shows:

1. Actually 3 countries (South Africa, Egypt.Morocco) have 58.51% of the v4
space for  87,804,649 Internet (22.60 % of total Internet users in africa)
with a population of 185,892,860(14% of the total population in Africa).

2. Some countries have more Internet users and better penetration with far
less IPv4 addresses allocated.

As we write, AFRINIC only has the equivalent of 0.76 of /8 (12,750,684) of
free v4 (mostly from the  last /8) for which SL-BIS proposal is making a
case for fairer distribution.

One could ask;

1. Why is there any agitation in places that already have the most IPv4 and
yet can still get resources with the SL-BIS?

2. Isn’t the real threat to the African Internet industry the failure of
such more informed and capable states to prepare for a transition to IPv6
as we have known for the last decade that we were running out of IPv4?

Ref: Google IPv6 statistics, the 3 countries mentioned above show
relatively little IPv6 adoption:

South Africa: 0.22%
Egypt  0.36%
Morocco: 0%

IMHO, SL-BIS assures fair distribution of the last /8 to everyone and keeps
a dedicated /12 for IPv6 deployment

We have work to do, so let us start together.

Cheers,
Noah

On 19 Dec 2017 12:06 p.m., "Andrew Alston" <Andrew.Alston at liquidtelecom.com>
wrote:

> Ok So – Jackson – I went and did some research into actual penetration
> statistics and distribution of infrastructure.
>
>
>
> So – Firstly – the ITU estimates the internet penetration in Africa as of
> 2016 to be 25% - not sub 1%
>
> Secondly – In terms of Internet Penetration levels – South Africa is
> actually 5th on the list in Africa, being beaten out by Kenya, Mauritius,
> Morocco, and the Seychelles.
>
> Thirdly – Only 14 countries in Africa have penetration levels of less than
> 10% and only 4 have penetration levels of less than 5%
>
>
>
> So sorry mate, your “facts” – aren’t born out by the numbers.  Numbers
> don’t lie.
>
>
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
> For brevity – in the below tables – I have only taken the top 20 in each
> sorted table – if you want the full list let me know - I have also included
> a table on the lowest penetration percentages
>
>
>
> Countries ranked by Internet Penetration in Africa:
>
>
>
> *Country*
>
> *TLD*
>
> *Allocated IP *
>
> *Percent Of Total Allocation*
>
> *Internet Users*
>
> *Penetration*
>
> Kenya
>
> KE
>
> 5548288
>
> 5.21%
>
> 43,329,434
>
> 89.40%
>
> Mauritius
>
> MU
>
> 2067456
>
> 1.94%
>
> 803,896
>
> 62.70%
>
> Morocco
>
> MA
>
> 10686720
>
> 10.03%
>
> 20,535,174
>
> 58.30%
>
> Seychelles
>
> SC
>
> 7969024
>
> 7.48%
>
> 55,119
>
> 56.50%
>
> South Africa
>
> ZA
>
> 28877824
>
> 27.11%
>
> 29,935,634
>
> 54.00%
>
> Tunisia
>
> TN
>
> 6013440
>
> 5.64%
>
> 5,848,534
>
> 50.90%
>
> Cape Verde
>
> CV
>
> 28672
>
> 0.03%
>
> 256,972
>
> 48.20%
>
> Gabon
>
> GA
>
> 356352
>
> 0.33%
>
> 865,492
>
> 48.10%
>
> Nigeria
>
> NG
>
> 2502656
>
> 2.35%
>
> 91,598,757
>
> 47.70%
>
> Uganda
>
> UG
>
> 888320
>
> 0.83%
>
> 19,000,000
>
> 45.60%
>
> Algeria
>
> DZ
>
> 4791040
>
> 4.50%
>
> 18,580,000
>
> 45.20%
>
> Libya
>
> LY
>
> 371712
>
> 0.35%
>
> 2,800,000
>
> 43.70%
>
> Zimbabwe
>
> ZW
>
> 100096
>
> 0.09%
>
> 6,722,677
>
> 41.10%
>
> Botswana
>
> BW
>
> 141568
>
> 0.13%
>
> 923,528
>
> 39.40%
>
> Egypt
>
> EG
>
> 22763008
>
> 21.37%
>
> 37,333,841
>
> 39.20%
>
> Ghana
>
> GH
>
> 2236416
>
> 2.10%
>
> 9,935,286
>
> 34.70%
>
> Swaziland
>
> SZ
>
> 47360
>
> 0.04%
>
> 436,051
>
> 33.00%
>
> Namibia
>
> NA
>
> 459008
>
> 0.43%
>
> 797,027
>
> 31.00%
>
> Rwanda
>
> RW
>
> 348672
>
> 0.33%
>
> 3,724,678
>
> 30.60%
>
> Zambia
>
> ZM
>
> 1096448
>
> 1.03%
>
> 5,192,284
>
> 30.10%
>
>
>
> Countries ranked by percentage of IP allocation from AfriNIC:
>
>
>
> *Country*
>
> *TLD*
>
> *Allocated IP *
>
> *Percent Of Total Allocation*
>
> *Internet Users*
>
> *Penetration*
>
> South Africa
>
> ZA
>
> 28877824
>
> 27.11%
>
> 29,935,634
>
> 54.00%
>
> Egypt
>
> EG
>
> 22763008
>
> 21.37%
>
> 37,333,841
>
> 39.20%
>
> Morocco
>
> MA
>
> 10686720
>
> 10.03%
>
> 20,535,174
>
> 58.30%
>
> Seychelles
>
> SC
>
> 7969024
>
> 7.48%
>
> 55,119
>
> 56.50%
>
> Tunisia
>
> TN
>
> 6013440
>
> 5.64%
>
> 5,848,534
>
> 50.90%
>
> Kenya
>
> KE
>
> 5548288
>
> 5.21%
>
> 43,329,434
>
> 89.40%
>
> Algeria
>
> DZ
>
> 4791040
>
> 4.50%
>
> 18,580,000
>
> 45.20%
>
> Nigeria
>
> NG
>
> 2502656
>
> 2.35%
>
> 91,598,757
>
> 47.70%
>
> Ghana
>
> GH
>
> 2236416
>
> 2.10%
>
> 9,935,286
>
> 34.70%
>
> Mauritius
>
> MU
>
> 2067456
>
> 1.94%
>
> 803,896
>
> 62.70%
>
> Sudan
>
> SD
>
> 1328384
>
> 1.25%
>
> 11,806,570
>
> 28.00%
>
> Angola
>
> AO
>
> 1208576
>
> 1.13%
>
> 5,951,453
>
> 22.30%
>
> Zambia
>
> ZM
>
> 1096448
>
> 1.03%
>
> 5,192,284
>
> 30.10%
>
> Tanzania
>
> TZ
>
> 1046784
>
> 0.98%
>
> 7,394,079
>
> 13.00%
>
> Cote De Voir
>
> CI
>
> 903680
>
> 0.85%
>
> 6,318,355
>
> 26.50%
>
> Uganda
>
> UG
>
> 888320
>
> 0.83%
>
> 19,000,000
>
> 45.60%
>
> Cameroon
>
> CM
>
> 713984
>
> 0.67%
>
> 6,128,422
>
> 25.00%
>
> Namibia
>
> NA
>
> 459008
>
> 0.43%
>
> 797,027
>
> 31.00%
>
> Mozambique
>
> MZ
>
> 447744
>
> 0.42%
>
> 5,169,135
>
> 17.50%
>
> Malawi
>
> MW
>
> 418304
>
> 0.39%
>
> 1,758,503
>
> 9.60%
>
>
>
>
>
> Lowest Penetration by Country:
>
>
>
> *Country*
>
> *TLD*
>
> *Allocated IP *
>
> *Percent Of Total Allocation*
>
> *Internet Users*
>
> *Penetration*
>
> Eritria
>
> ER
>
> 4096
>
> 0.00%
>
> 71,000
>
> 1.30%
>
> Niger
>
> NE
>
> 39936
>
> 0.04%
>
> 931,548
>
> 4.30%
>
> Guinea-Bissau
>
> GW
>
> 6144
>
> 0.01%
>
> 84,000
>
> 4.30%
>
> Central African Republic
>
> CF
>
> 7424
>
> 0.01%
>
> 246,432
>
> 4.80%
>
> Chad
>
> TD
>
> 20992
>
> 0.02%
>
> 748,274
>
> 5.00%
>
> Madagascar
>
> MG
>
> 167680
>
> 0.16%
>
> 1,300,000
>
> 5.10%
>
> Burundi
>
> BI
>
> 34816
>
> 0.03%
>
> 617,116
>
> 5.20%
>
> DRC
>
> CD
>
> 146944
>
> 0.14%
>
> 5,107,271
>
> 6.20%
>
> Somalia
>
> SO
>
> 37120
>
> 0.03%
>
> 900,000
>
> 7.90%
>
> Comores
>
> KM
>
> 5120
>
> 0.00%
>
> 65,578
>
> 7.90%
>
> Republic of Congo
>
> CG
>
> 119296
>
> 0.11%
>
> 400,000
>
> 8.20%
>
> Liberia
>
> LR
>
> 96768
>
> 0.09%
>
> 395,063
>
> 8.40%
>
> Malawi
>
> MW
>
> 418304
>
> 0.39%
>
> 1,758,503
>
> 9.60%
>
> Guinea
>
> GN
>
> 28416
>
> 0.03%
>
> 1,302,485
>
> 9.80%
>
> Mali
>
> ML
>
> 79872
>
> 0.07%
>
> 2,212,450
>
> 11.80%
>
> Sierra Leone
>
> SL
>
> 52224
>
> 0.05%
>
> 792,462
>
> 11.80%
>
> Benin
>
> BJ
>
> 165376
>
> 0.16%
>
> 1,375,033
>
> 12.00%
>
> Tanzania
>
> TZ
>
> 1046784
>
> 0.98%
>
> 7,394,079
>
> 13.00%
>
> Togo
>
> TG
>
> 312832
>
> 0.29%
>
> 869,956
>
> 13.00%
>
> Burkina Faso
>
> BF
>
> 293888
>
> 0.28%
>
> 2,684,265
>
> 14.00%
>
>
>
>
>
> On 19/12/2017, 02:38, "Jackson Muthili" <jacksonmuthi at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
>     On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 12:55 AM, Andrew Alston
>
>     <Andrew.Alston at liquidtelecom.com> wrote:
>
>     > While I am sorely tempted to respond point to point in your email
> and give
>
>     > you a lesson in facts - I will not dignify this nonesense with such.
>
>
>
>     You are the convener of opposers. I am open to read those facts.
>
>
>
>     > I will however say this - this is the second time you have
> introduced a
>
>     > racially biased context into the PDP - and discounted the will of a
>
>     > significant portion of the member base - based of blatant
> unsubstantiated
>
>     > and inaccurate prejudice
>
>
>
>     Thank you for the comment.
>
>
>
>     The operative words in your comments are :- THE WILL OF A SIGNIFICANT
>
>     PORTION OF THE MEMBER BASE
>
>
>
>     You see this is where the crux of your argument lies and where the
> problem is.
>
>
>
>     In your other email you state this same notion that those opposing
>
>     contribute 30% of AfriNIC revenue.
>
>
>
>     - AfriNIC is a non profit company managing a critical resource (IPs)
>
>     that is the engine of the internet which the UN already declared a
>
>     basic human right.
>
>     - Because of this very nature AfriNIC cant  sell IPs to highest
>
>     bidders in an open market when those highest bidders pay the most
>
>     revenue. Otherwise yes I will state again that if this was the case
>
>     South Africa as the strongest economy (or one of the strongest) would
>
>     just buy off AfriNIC and its miniature IPs and game closed.
>
>     - You ostentatiously state that every country should be heard equally.
>
>     Thank you for ignoring the fact that the internet penetration rates
>
>     and state of the economy in South Africa (where you have convened the
>
>     largest opposition) - although it can be better - is light years ahead
>
>     of the other 53 African economies whose interests this policy proposal
>
>     is trying to protect. To burry your head in the sand and ignore these
>
>     realities does not take them away.
>
>
>
>     J
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> RPD mailing list
> RPD at afrinic.net
> https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/rpd
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <https://lists.afrinic.net/pipermail/rpd/attachments/20171219/b2500514/attachment-0001.html>