NRO EC Correspondence to Mauritius Government on AFRINIC Elections

Posted: Monday, 22 September 2025

This message is posted on behalf of the Number Resource Organization:

Dr the Hon Navinchandra RAMGOOLAM, GCSK, FRCP
Prime Minister of Mauritius, Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and External Communications, Minister of Finance, Minister for Rodrigues and Outer Islands,
Treasury Building
Intendance Street
Port Louis, Republic of Mauritius
privateoffice@govmu.org

cc: Dr the Hon Avinash RAMTOHUL
Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation
Level 7, SICOM Tower
Wall Street
Ebène Cyber City
Ebène
Republic of Mauritius
mtci@go vmu.org

The Hon Gavin Patrick Cyril GLOVER, SC
Attorney-General
2nd to 6th Floor,Renganaden Seeneevassen BuildingPort Louis Republic of Mauritius
sgo@govmu.org

22 September 2025

Dear Prime Minister,

The Number Resource Organization (NRO), the coordinating body for the world’s Regional Internet Registries (RIRs), is pleased to hear of the recent AFRINIC Board elections that concluded on 12 September 2025. We welcome the election of the members of the AFRINIC Board as a positive step forward that brings increased stability and resiliency to the global Internet Number Registry System as AFRINIC works toward full restoration of its governance and activities to serve its membership and community.

We are concerned to hear that there may be efforts to restrict and challenge the AFRINIC Board’s ability to act and perform its duties in service to the AFRINIC membership as well as the overall African community. Such a restriction would bring a level of instability to the global Internet Number Registry System that would negatively impact AFRINIC’s ability to fully serve the African continent.

Along with other members of the international community, we continue to monitor the AFRINIC situation and hope that AFRINIC will be able to progress forward with a quorate Board for a stable and resilient Internet Number Registry System.

Most respectfully,

Hans Petter Holen
Chair NRO EC
Managing Director RIPE NCC

John Curran
Vice Chair/Secretary, NRO EC
President and CEO, ARIN

Jia Rong Low
Treasurer, NRO EC
Director Director, APNIC

Ernesto Majo
Member, NRO EC
Executive Director/CEO, LACNIC