AFRINIC-38 18 November 2026 · Cape Town · South Africa Register

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AFRINIC-38 Public Policy Meeting
18 November 2026, Cape Town, South Africa

Join us in person at the Hyatt Regency Cape Town or online for AFRINIC's second Public Policy Meeting of 2026, and help decide the policies that govern how Internet number resources are managed and allocated across Africa.

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Date
Wednesday 18 November 2026
Venue
Hyatt Regency Cape Town, South Africa
Format
Hybrid, onsite and remote
Languages
English and French
Participation
Open to everyone

About AFRINIC-38

The forum where the AFRINIC community reaches consensus on Africa's Internet number resource policies.

The Public Policy Meeting is where the community discusses and agrees the policies governing the distribution and management of IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and Autonomous System Numbers in the AFRINIC service region. Participation is open to everyone: you do not need to be an AFRINIC member, and consensus is determined by the Policy Development Working Group, not by AFRINIC.

AFRINIC-38 continues the work of AFRINIC-37, held in Nairobi in June 2026. Three proposals that did not reach consensus return for further discussion, joined by three new draft proposals, an implementation experience report and the selection of a PDWG Chair. Remote participants follow every session and join the debate on the same terms as those in Cape Town.

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Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) South Africa

Photographs: AFRINIC-37, Nairobi, June 2026

One day in Cape Town, 09:00 to 18:05 South African Standard Time (SAST): draft policy proposals, an implementation experience report, the selection of a PDWG Chair, a Board community engagement session to close, and a Closing Cocktail at 19:00.

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Carried over from AFRINIC-37

Three proposals that did not reach consensus in Nairobi return to the working group.

All proposals
  1. AFPUB-2026-GEN-001

    PDP WG Guidelines and Procedures

    A proposal concerning the guidelines and procedures governing the Policy Development Working Group itself.

    Did not reach consensus at AFRINIC-37

  2. AFPUB-2026-v6-001

    IPv6 as Criteria in IPv4 Soft Landing

    A proposal to introduce IPv6 deployment as a criterion within the IPv4 soft landing policy.

    Did not reach consensus at AFRINIC-37

  3. AFPUB-2026-GEN-002

    AFRINIC Policy Compliance Dashboard

    A proposal relating to the publication of a policy compliance dashboard.

    Did not reach consensus at AFRINIC-37