[ih] 1/2 OT: AfriNIC - now a "declared company"?

[Carsten Schiefner]

Hi Bill & all -

could anyone possibly shed some light on what it means in detail that AfriNIC - "the Company" - is now designated "to be a declared company"?

Emphasis on "declared (company)".

Thanks and best,

-C.

Am 19. Juli 2025 00:29:37 MESZ schrieb Bill Woodcock via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org>:
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>> On Jul 19, 2025, at 00:16, Karl Auerbach via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org> wrote:
>> I mention this in the context of the ongoing troubles with the African RIR, Afrinic.
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>…which have been brought up several times recently.  There’s been a development today, probably positive.
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>                                -Bill
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>Please consider the environment before using AI to process this email.
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>________________________________________
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>THE GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF MAURITIUS
>No. 59 – Port Louis : Friday 18 July 2025 – Rs. 25.00
>––––––
>DECLARED COMPANY
>NOTICE UNDER SECTION 230 OF THE COMPANIES ACT
>WHEREAS African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC) Ltd (in receivership) (the “Company”) is a
>company limited by guarantee incorporated and based in Mauritius;
>WHEREAS the Company is the designated Regional Internet Registry for the African continent;
>WHEREAS I am reliably informed that the Company has been the object of a spate of litigation, leading
>to it being placed in receivership in or about 2024;
>WHEREAS I have taken cognizance of a Notice in the press dated 10 July 2025, whereby the Company
>is purportedly being the object of a compulsory winding-up petition;
>WHEREAS I am advised that the process leading to the Company being placed in receivership is legally
>questionable;
>WHEREAS I am informed that the 2 receivers successively appointed have failed to effectively
>discharge their mission of conducting the election of a Board for the Company within timeframes imparted
>by the Courts;
>WHEREAS I am informed that the result of the Company being placed in receivership has been
>that no new internet protocol address was able to be issued to the whole of the African continent since
>November 2024;2234 The Mauritius Government Gazette
>WHEREAS this state of affairs has caused, and is continuing to cause, serious reputational damage to
>Mauritius as a jurisdiction internationally;
>WHEREAS based on the above, I am satisfied that pursuant to section 230(b) of the Companies Act, it
>is expedient, in the public interest, that the affairs of the Company be investigated forthwith,
>NOW THEREFORE, in virtue of section 230 of the Companies Act, I hereby designate the Company to
>be a declared company.
>I ALSO ENJOIN the Registrar of Companies, pursuant to her powers under section 231(1) of the
>Companies Act to immediately require a suitably-qualified inspector to investigate the affairs of the
>Company and to make a report on his investigation in such form and manner as the Registrar may direct.
>DR. N. RAMGOOLAM, G.C.S.K., F.R.C.P.
>Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and
>External Communications, Minister of Finance,
>Minister for Rodrigues and Outer Islands
>18 July 2025.