Hi Fiona, Thank you so much for the statement from the Technology Service Providers of Kenya (*TESPOK*) on AFRINIC.
Cheers, *./noah* neo - network engineering and operations On Wed, Aug 11, 2021 at 3:33 PM Fiona Asonga <tes...@tespok.co.ke> wrote: > Dear All > > TESPOK- Technology Service Providers Of Kenya has issued the following > statement regarding the current situation at AFRINIC. > > <https://www.tespok.co.ke/?p=14010>It reads: > > > 10th August 2021 > > > > *STATEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY SERVICE PROVIDERS OF KENYA (TESPOK) ON AFRINIC* > > > > Technology Service Providers of Kenya (TESPOK) is a professional non- > profit organization representing interests of Technology Service Providers > in Kenya and it runs the Kenya Internet Exchange Point. > > > > TESPOK and its 80+ members are dependent on the internet resources > acquired as members of AFRINIC, thus AFRINIC plays a crucial role as the > sole delegated administrator of critical Internet resources for the African > region as Kenya internet users rely on AFRINIC to provide and efficiently > distribute internet number resources, support internet technology usage to > be able to connect to the Internet and to conduct business online. > > > > Afrinic’s Chief Executive Officer’s communication to members regarding the > dispute between AFRINIC and Cloud Innovation Limited has left TESPOK and > its membership concerned. The dispute has led to AFRINICS accounts being > frozen thus hindering AFRINIC’s ability to operate and perform its duties. > > > > TESPOK recognizes that AFRINIC plays an important role in running critical > services for the global internet thus we at TESPOK would like to support > AFRINIC meet its operational obligations until the dispute is resolved. > > > > We thank the AFRINIC CEO, Eddy Kayihura for the constant updates and > reassurance he has provided members and we would like to humbly appeal to > AFRINIC’s Board of Directors and Senior Management to focus on its core > mandate and ensure the stability of Africa’s internet ecosystem. > > > > TESPOK hopes that AFRINIC will do everything within its ability to ensure > business continuity and that a swift amicable solution to the dispute shall > be reached. > > > > *ENDS...* > > *About TESPOK * > > *Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya (TESPOK) is a > professional, non-profit organization representing the interests of > telecommunication service providers in Kenya. Established in 1999, the > strength of the Association rests on its ability to be truly representative > of the Kenyan industry as a whole. The association has brought the issues > affecting its members into the limelight creating awareness among policy > makers and the general public as well as producing several concrete > outcomes. **More information is available > at: https://www.tespok.co.ke/?p=14010 <https://www.tespok.co.ke/?p=14010> * > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Community-Discuss mailing list > Community-Discuss@afrinic.net > https://lists.afrinic.net/mailman/listinfo/community-discuss >
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