<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">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..<div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On 13 Oct 2025, at 20:01, Noah <noah@neo.co.tz> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto"><div>54 African States are taking public services online.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Each of the 54 African states need address space indepedent of LIR space in each sovereign state.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">These are not ideas that actors in the private sector care about or think about. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Cheers,</div><div><b>.</b><b>/noah</b></div><div><b><br></b></div></div></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, 13 Oct 2025, 5:52 pm Andrew Alston, <<a href="mailto:aa@alstonnetworks.net">aa@alstonnetworks.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi All,<div><br></div><div>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)</div><div><br></div><div>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".</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div><div><br></div><div>Amongst other reasons, sitting with unallocated, unannounced, reserved space like this leaves the space vulnerable to hijacking and malicious use or even potential theft.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks</div><div><br></div><div>Andrew</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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