[rpd] Questions about IP Allocation rate

[Andrew Alston]

Hi Madhvi,

I'm a little confused by the stats on that page.  According to the CPM
AfriNIC currently reserves as a /16 for IXP space and a /12 under soft
landing.  This accounts for a total of 1,114,112 addresses.

The stats page shows total reservations of 17509 /24s - which amounts to
roughly a /10 and another /14 in reserved space.  This is more than 4 times
the amount of reserved space that I can account for in the CPM - so what is
the rest of it and what am I missing here?

Thanks

Andrew


On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 11:03 AM Madhvi Gokool via RPD <rpd at afrinic.net>
wrote:

> Dear Sir
>
> AFRINIC publishes statistics here - https://stats.afrinic.net
>
> The graph titled “Distribution of IPv4 (/24) per year“ on the page Statistics
> Portal <https://stats.afrinic.net/ipv4/> can be referenced for yearly
> distribution, In addition, The ‘Filter by date Range’ can be used to get
> granular statistics for the IPv4 allocations.
>
> We also wish to inform you that while the page is accessible on Firefox
> and Safari browsers, we have noticed an erratic behaviour when accessed via
> Chrome browser. We are investigating this erratic behaviour at the moment.
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Madhvi Gokool
>
> AFRINIC Policy Liaison
>
>
> On 13/10/2025 18:43, Andrew Alston wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> I was wondering if there were updated statistics for the amount of space
> allocated in the last 3 years.  In addition to this information regarding
> exactly how much free space is still available in the IPv4 unallocated pool
> (excluding reservations)
>
> I ask this because depending on the allocation rate - we may wish to
> consider revising the soft-landing policy that currently reserves a /12
> worth of ipv4 space for "future uses, as yet unforeseen".
>
> I point out that the soft landing policy was ratified in 2011, and if we
> still, after 14 years, have not been able to articulate a clear reason for
> such a large reservation, I think it's time we look at most, if not all, of
> that /12 back into the main unallocated pool that can be allocated for
> African resource holders that actually need it.
>
> Amongst other reasons, sitting with unallocated, unannounced, reserved
> space like this leaves the space vulnerable to hijacking and malicious use
> or even potential theft.
>
> Thanks
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
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