I am taking the liberty of forwarding this email from another list, the author reading in copy.
el -- Sent from my iPhone On Jul 19, 2025 at 00:30 +0200, Bill Woodcock via Internet-history <[email protected]>, wrote: > > On Jul 19, 2025, at 00:16, Karl Auerbach via Internet-history > > <[email protected]> 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. > > -- > Internet-history mailing list > [email protected] > https://elists.isoc.org/mailman/listinfo/internet-history > - > Unsubscribe: > https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/9b6ef0621638436ab0a9b23cb0668b0b?The%20list%20to%20be%20unsubscribed%20from=Internet-history >
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