<div dir="ltr">To that point, AfriNIC is the last group with IPv4 addresses to give out in the world, yet getting them from local ISPs is extremely difficult.<div><br></div><div>However, I don't think this is an issue of providers being intentionally obstructionist but rather that they don't understand their responsibilities to redistribute IPs assigned to them by the regional network information centers. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Another problem is bureaucratic. Getting sufficient paperwork to form a Kenyan corporation in order to get IPs directly from AfriNIC is very difficult.</div><div><br></div><div>Setting up a US Corporation costs about $300 (or less if you do it in a more simplistic way) and takes about 3 days and can be done entirely online. Apparently setting up a Rwandan corporation is even easier. Setting up a Kenyan corporation takes about 2-6 weeks and costs about $800 and if you're founding a subsidiary/branch, requires you to follow regulations that don't even make sense...</div>
<div><br></div><div>-Adam</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>--</div><div>Kili.io - OpenStack for Africa: <a href="http://kili.io" target="_blank">kili.io</a></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:small">Musings:<a href="https://twitter.com/varud" target="_blank"> twitter.com/varud</a></span></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 1:03 AM, Bob Omondi <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:omondibob@gmail.com" target="_blank">omondibob@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div><div>Dear Listers,<br><br></div>Allow me to
refer you back to the just concluded Summit in Kigali - Transform
Africa2013, I am sure most of you followed keenly, physically and
remotely.<br><br></div>One of the very many topics for panel discussions was coined as: "<b>Developing Smart infrastructure: Developing Ubiquitous, Secure and Sustainable ICT Infrastructure"</b> I must say the discussions were led by eminent panelists!<br>
<br></div>But
it is interesting to note that the critical resources of the Internet
(Domains, IP - Addresses, AS numbers) continue to elude many people as
part of the entire ICT infrastructure. Not many people gave this a
thought, yet Africa is lagging behind in the uptake of some of these
resources. It is widely assumed that Infrastructure is limited to
Broadband Infrastructure! We need to step up this awareness as and
industry.<br><br></div>my 2 cents<br><br></div>Bob Ochieng.<br></div>ICANN.<br><br></div>
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