AfriNIC is in Phase-II of its transition process

What is involved

1. Requests from Africa will be sent using unified request templates available at: http://www.afrinic.net/documents.htm
   
2. All requests must be sent directly via email to hostmaster@afrinic.net.
   
3. The AfriNIC IP analyst team will then evaluate the requests and if needed, communicate directly with the requestor.
   
4. For RIPE NCC region, the LIR portal will be disabled for African LIRs.
   
5. All requests sent to APNIC, ARIN or RIPE NCC hostmasters will be redirected to AfriNIC hostmasters.
   
6. From February 22, AfriNIC WHOIS will be online: whois.afrinic.net.
   Documentation about AfriNIC database can be found online at:      http://www.afrinic.net/documents.htm
   
7. For more information about the impact of these changes to your actual registry, please look at:
   
         RIPE NCC: http://www.ripe.net/info/resource-admin/afrinic/
         ARIN: http://www.arin.net/library/internet_info/afrinic_transition.html
   
   
8. New LIRs: all new members will have to fill the membership form available on the AfriNIC web site at:
   
   http://www.afrinic.net/documents/membership/affrm-ma200506.pdf
   
   and send it back by fax to: +230 466 6758. An on line version of the form will be available shortly.
   
9. AfriNIC will directly bill new members according to the fees schedule adopted by members in the May 2004 meeting in Dakar. The fee schedule is available on the documents page on the AfriNIC website.

This step is a very important one for us and for our community. For any inquiry about AfriNIC or the transition process, you can contact us at transition@afrinic.net or by phone on +230 466 66 16 (from 9:00am to 6:00pm local time ­ UTC+4).