<html class="apple-mail-supports-explicit-dark-mode"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">My deepest condolences to the entire family! Rest in peace Alan 🙌🏽🙏🏼.<br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><blockquote type="cite">On 29 May 2026, at 07:07, Nikesh B. Simmandree <nikeshbs@outlook.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">
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Very sad news indeed, got the opportunity to work with him at AFRINIC. Rest In Peace Alan. My deepest condolences. Life is really short !</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 28, 2026 5:15 PM<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Very sad news: Africa has lost one of the founding fathers of AFRINIC, a great technocrat and a dear friend of the community. He will be dearly missed, may his soul rest in peace!
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Thu, 28 May 2026 at 07:42, Andrew Alston <<a href="mailto:aa@alstonnetworks.net">aa@alstonnetworks.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Dear friends and colleagues,<br>
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As some of you will already be aware, it is with immense sadness that we confirm, on behalf of his wife Kerry and the family, the passing of Alan Barrett. Alan died on May 28th in Cape Town, South Africa, following a diagnosis of late-stage cancer about a month
ago. We are sharing this notice so that the community has accurate information at a moment when Kerry and the family need space to grieve.<br>
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Alan was a friend, a willing listener, and someone who always stepped up to help when called upon. His contributions to the African Internet ecosystem were second to none, and with his passing we lose not only a friend but a giant of the industry.<br>
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In 1990, Alan helped establish the very first Internet connection to South African universities, and in 1993 he co-founded the country's first commercial Internet Service Provider. In 1997 he co-authored the proposal to create AfriNIC and subsequently served
on the steering committee tasked with bringing it into being. Alan served on the AfriNIC board from 2004 to 2009 and was a member of the NRO NC from 2004 to 2014. In 2015 he was appointed CEO of AfriNIC, a role he held until 2019.<br>
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Beyond Africa, he was a central participant in the IANA Stewardship Transition Coordination Group, and until his death served on the ICANN board on behalf of the Address Supporting Organisation.<br>
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Alan will be sorely missed by the community, his relatives and his wife, Kerry.<br>
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Kerry and the family ask for privacy at this time. We will be organising an online memorial in due course and will share details once they are available.<br>
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Andrew Alston<br>
Remco van Mook</div>
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