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The '''African Network Information Center''' '''(AFRINIC)''' is the [[Regional Internet Registry]] of Africa and the Indian Ocean.
The '''African Network Information Center''' '''(AFRINIC)''' is the [[Regional Internet Registry]] of Africa and the Indian Ocean.
==Overview==
==Overview==
All the information concerning African registered resources and domain names can be found within the AFRINIC [[Whois]] database; all this information and the AFRINIC database is available to the public for transparency purposes, but it is under copyright.<ref>[http://www.afrinic.net/db/index.htm AfriNIC General Information]</ref>
All the information concerning African registered resources and domain names can be found within the AFRINIC [[Whois]] database; all this information and the AFRINIC database is available to the public for transparency purposes, but it is under copyright.<ref>[http://www.afrinic.net/db/index.htm AFRINIC General Information]</ref>
==Board of Directors==
{| class="wikitable"
| '''Seat Number || Name || Country || Region || From || Until'''
|-
| Seat 1 || [[Habib Youssef]] ('''Vice-Chairman''') || Tunisia || Northern Africa || 20 June 2019 || June 2022
|-
| Seat 2 || [[Emmanuel Adewale Adedokun]] || Nigeria || Western Africa || 20 June 2019 || June 2022
|-
| Seat 3 || [[Subramanian Moonesamy]] ('''Chair''') || Mauritius || Indian Ocean || 18 September 2020 || June 2023
|-
| Seat 4 || [[Serge Ilunga]] || DRC Congo || Central Africa || 18 September 2020 || June 2023
|-
| Seat 5 || [[Vika William Mpisane]] || South Africa || Southern Africa || 20 June 2019 || June 2021
|-
| Seat 6 || [[Abdalla Omari]] || Kenya || Eastern Africa || 18 September 2020 || June 2022
|-
| Seat 7 || [[Seun Ojedeji]] || Nigeria || Non-Regional Africa || 20 June 2019 || June 2022
|-
| Seat 8 || [[Benjamin Eshun]] || Ghana || Non-Regional Africa || 18 September 2020 || June 2023
|-
| Seat 9 || [[Eddy Kayihura]] ('''Appointed CEO of AFRINIC''') || || || ||
|}<ref>[https://afrinic.net/board AFRINIC Current Board]</ref>
== The Creation of AFRINIC==
== The Creation of AFRINIC==