[rpd] Questions about IP Allocation rate

[Andrew Alston]

36 Countries with a total of 2455 /24s.

The 4 big countries are:

South Africa (23.91%)
Egypt (22.65%)
Angola (15.76%)
Algeria (10.43%)

Thanks

Andrew


On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM Noah <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:

> Thanks Andrew
>
> I will look at the graph on a pc as the image on the phone is not clear. I
> see four outstanding contries ...
>
> How many countries are those in total.? Sorry i cant see the graph clearly.
>
> Cheers,
> *.**/noah*
>
>
> On Tue, 14 Oct 2025, 12:45 pm Andrew Alston, <aa at alstonnetworks.net>
> wrote:
>
>> I've run the data downloaded from the AfriNIC stats page to create a
>> graph (attached)
>>
>> This graph shows space allocated per country and classified as
>> "Government" or "Government Entity" and is done in terms of number of /24s.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Andrew
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM Noah <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ben
>>>
>>> Yes lets get us get that data from Afrinic. It would be interesting to
>>> know how many African Govt have Internet Resources or which govt entities
>>> have internet resources in each country.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> *.**/noah*
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 14 Oct 2025, 5:41 am Ben Roberts - AfriNIC, <
>>> ben.roberts at afrinic.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Ok. What we probably need is to have IP allocation statistics by
>>>> African country. We can ask Afrinic for this to be complied. From that you
>>>> can work out how many IP addresses a country has per capita of population.
>>>>   Our policy setting needs to be guided by data and research, not rumour.
>>>>
>>>> According to this website, Eritrea has just over 5000 IP addresses.
>>>> https://lite.ip2location.com/eritrea-ip-address-ranges This is on the
>>>> extreme low side for a country of nearly 4 million population. Seychelles
>>>> on the other hand with population under 150,000 has multiple tens of IP
>>>> addresses (allocated to Seychelles registered companies) per capita.
>>>>
>>>> Countries that have very low uptake of IP addresses will likely be
>>>> mostly ones where regulators have not opened up the space to grant new ISP
>>>> licences, my example of Eritrea has only one AS number for instance. Whilst
>>>> AfrNIC can hold back some space for countries that forgot to build their
>>>> digital economies…, the regulators in these countries need to be engaged to
>>>> tell them “it’s now or never”.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>
>>>> On 13 Oct 2025, at 22:25, Noah <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> 
>>>> Ben
>>>>
>>>> There is critical structural challenge in the continents digital
>>>> landscape and you more than anyone knows this very well that we also suffer
>>>> from uneven maturity of Digital Public Infrastructure and Government
>>>> Networks (GovNet), which directly impacts the equitable deployment of
>>>> essential digital services across majority of countries across our
>>>> continent.
>>>>
>>>> Look we are talking about numbering infrastructure that would support
>>>> services like e-government, digital IDs, and public/private data exchanges,
>>>> while aligning with AFRINIC's exhaustion-phase policies.
>>>>
>>>> We can not shy away from these reality or pretend that there is lack of
>>>> foresight from actors at Afrinic and the community at large.
>>>>
>>>> Its a known fact that many of our African governments lack operational
>>>> GovNets and strategic reservations of IPv4 address space from AFRINIC could
>>>> serve as a targeted incentive to bridge these gaps.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> *.**/noah*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, 13 Oct 2025, 8:34 pm Ben Roberts - AfriNIC, <
>>>> ben.roberts at afrinic.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I think The DPI systems are normally run by state owned digital agency
>>>>> entities which are already mostly LIRs having some space. It is not quite
>>>>> as you describe being state owned LIRs that have sovereign owned IPs that
>>>>> are independent of LIRs..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>>>
>>>>> On 13 Oct 2025, at 20:01, Noah <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> 
>>>>> 54 African States are taking public services online.
>>>>>
>>>>> Digital Public infrastructure (DPI) is nolonger an idea. Its a real
>>>>> thing. DPI is critical. The private sector will tap into that
>>>>> infrastructure. Its here now.
>>>>>
>>>>> Each of the 54 African states need address space indepedent of LIR
>>>>> space in each sovereign state.
>>>>>
>>>>> These are not ideas that actors in the private sector care about or
>>>>> think about.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>> *.**/noah*
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, 13 Oct 2025, 5:52 pm Andrew Alston, <aa at alstonnetworks.net>
>>>>> 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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