Cloud Innovation Ltd loses appeal against AFRINIC

TL;DR — AFRINIC has won. A dramatic legal battle that started in March of last year, can be probably said to be concluded now.

Linux User Group of Mauritius meets Luboš Kocman

We did not have physical meetups for perhaps longer than a year. So, when Luboš told me that he is visiting Mauritius and will be glad to meet up local openSUSE, Linux & FOSS people, I was thrilled. Not to mention he'd bring some openSUSE goodies....

The Developers Conference 2022 has been postponed

DevCon is sadly not happening in February. 😔

Sylvio Almada Cabral appointed as AFRINIC Board director

AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa. AFRINIC Board consists of nine members, six of whom are elected to represent sub-regions, two are from independent regions and one seat is occupied by the CEO.

My thoughts on the Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Bill

TL;DR — Downloading movies, music and pirated software becomes a crime under this Bill. Failing to moderate online content will also become a crime. Service providers can be compelled to provide access to data and forced not disclose anything....

AFRINIC regains access to its banks accounts

A legal battle has been going on for months between AFRINIC and one of its resource members, Cloud Innovation Ltd. The latter has initiated several cases against AFRINIC. In one of them it requested the Court to freeze AFRINIC's bank accounts.

FlaskCon by Python enthusiasts

The Python Mauritius User Group (PyMUG) has been around for quite a while. One of its founding members who has been an active community member has put efforts into orgnising a virtual conference about the Flask micro framework.

Why is it important to have a public IP address?

The biggest ISP on the island made big announcements on its Internet offers recently. However, among those big announcements also came some subtle changes which many, including myself, did not notice.

AFRINIC Court Case — Disappointment!

AFRINIC CEO, Eddy Kayihura, informed Resource Members that their request to unfreeze the organisation's bank accounts was rejected by the Mauritian court.

The Tanzania ISP Association (TISPA) issues a statement & reminds everyone about the critical services of AFRINIC

The Supreme Court of Mauritius has ordered that the bank accounts of AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry for Africa and Indian Ocean region, be temporarily frozen, following a dispute between AFRINIC and one of its Resource Member, Cloud...

The bank account of the African Regional Internet Registry, AFRINIC, has been frozen

In an on-going legal battle between Cloud Innovation Ltd and AFRINIC, the latest update is that AFRINIC's bank accounts have been frozen. In an email sent to the members list, the Chair of the AFRINIC Board of Directors, informed the members about...