*Africa’s vigorous growth in the IPv6 world* *“AfriNIC’s campaign pays off”*
19^th March 2012 - This year Africa steps up within the African networks with a 12% IPv6 penetration compared to the average worldwide of 13.9 %, setting 2012 as a positive milestone in today’s Internet. AfriNIC (the African Network Information Centre) in line with its vision of “spearheading Internet technology in the African region” has been encouraging the African Internet Community and its stakeholders to embrace the new protocol IPv6 as the IANA pool of IPv4 on which internet is running is depleted. As per AfriNIC’s estimation Africa will run out of the IPv4 addresses around 2013/2014 and it is vital for Africa to build a stable Internet Infrastructure for the future. Through AfriNIC’s awareness campaign the African Internet Community and stakeholders are sensitized that IPv6 is no longer an optional upgrade as is it critical for business sustainability and economical development. It is also clear with the rapid growth of Internet pushed by the 3G technologies and the recent development in the fibber industry that we in Africa will catalyze the depletion of IPv4. In line with our capacity-building strategy AfriNIC has conducted more than 100 trainings all over the region and has-set up infrastructures such as the AfriNIC’s IPv6 virtual lab to support countries in the deployment of IPv6. This year AfriNIC will also launch its African IPv6 Task Force to set the official road map of IPv6 deployment over the continent. “We are witnessing a very fast track change where the information technology is deeply affecting the way we live. We have a unique opportunity in Africa to embrace this change and become a key player. Governments and Mobile operators have to respond, we need to act quickly and be IPv6 ready, that’s where the business and the progress is.” states Adiel A. Akplogan, the CEO of AfriNIC. Please visit our website www.afrinic.net <http://www.afrinic.net>to see more on AfriNIC’s commitment to IPv6. Note: *IPv6 penetration is measured by the number of networks (IPv4 visible AS: Autonomous system) on the Internet that are also announcing an IPv6 prefixe. Internet Protocol (IP) addresses are critical resources that allows devices to communicate between them over internet. IPv4 the resources on which internet has been running for more than 30 years is exhausting and Africa has to plan and adopt the new protocol IPv6 to ensure the smoothrunning of its Internet on the global scene. -- Babusha Radhakissoon AfriNIC | 11th Floor ABC | Raffles Tower | Cybercity | Mauritius Tel: +230 403 5100 |Fax: +230 466 6758 ********************** Join us at AfriNIC-16 Gambia, 12 - 18 May 2012 **********************
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