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

[Eberhard W Lisse]

Carsten

google shows me this

https://companies.govmu.org/Documents/legislation/act84.doc


It's a little off topic for this list, but I make amends by pointing to the SLD/TLD used, I seem to recall some drama about gov.MU a while back :-)-O

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On Jul 19, 2025 at 10:03 +0200, Carsten Schiefner via Internet-history <internet-history at elists.isoc.org>, wrote:
> 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>:
> >
> >
> > > > 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.
> >
> > …which have been brought up several times recently. There’s been a development today, probably positive.
> >
> > -Bill
> >
> > Please consider the environment before using AI to process this email.
> >
> > ________________________________________
> >
> > 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.
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