AFRINIC

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Non-profit organization Regional Internet Registry

AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry responsible for allocating and managing IP address resources across the African region.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
AFRINIC canonical	9
AFRINIC Whois	1
African Network Information Centre	1
Regional Internet Registry for Africa	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T306787 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: AFRINIC
Context triple: [Regional Internet Registries, includes, AFRINIC]

A. ARIN
ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) is a Regional Internet Registry responsible for managing and distributing IP address space and related resources in North America and parts of the Caribbean.
B. APNIC
APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry responsible for allocating and managing IP address resources in the Asia-Pacific region.
C. RIPE NCC
RIPE NCC is the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia, responsible for allocating and registering IP address space and related Internet number resources.
D. Regional Internet Registries
Regional Internet Registries are organizations responsible for allocating and managing IP address space and related Internet number resources within specific geographic regions.
E. ISOC
ISOC is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: AFRINIC
Target entity description: AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry responsible for allocating and managing IP address resources across the African region.

A. ARIN
ARIN (American Registry for Internet Numbers) is a Regional Internet Registry responsible for managing and distributing IP address space and related resources in North America and parts of the Caribbean.
B. APNIC
APNIC is the Regional Internet Registry responsible for allocating and managing IP address resources in the Asia-Pacific region.
C. RIPE NCC
RIPE NCC is the Regional Internet Registry for Europe, the Middle East, and parts of Central Asia, responsible for allocating and registering IP address space and related Internet number resources.
D. Regional Internet Registries
Regional Internet Registries are organizations responsible for allocating and managing IP address space and related Internet number resources within specific geographic regions.
E. ISOC
ISOC is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Non-profit organization ⓘ Regional Internet Registry ⓘ
abbreviation	AFRINIC self-link ⓘ
coordinatesWith	Internet Assigned Numbers Authority ⓘ Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ⓘ
fullName	AFRINIC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: African Network Information Centre
governsResourceType	Autonomous System Numbers ⓘ Public IP address space ⓘ
hasFunction	Maintenance of WHOIS database for its region ⓘ Policy development facilitation ⓘ Registration of IP address blocks ⓘ Resource certification support ⓘ
hasRole	AFRINIC self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Regional Internet Registry for Africa
hasService	Policy development forums ⓘ Resource registration services ⓘ Training and workshops ⓘ WHOIS database ⓘ
hasStakeholder	Academic networks in Africa ⓘ Enterprises using IP resources in Africa ⓘ Government networks in Africa ⓘ Internet service providers in Africa ⓘ Network operators in Africa ⓘ
implementsPolicy	Community-developed number resource policies ⓘ
industry	Internet infrastructure ⓘ
memberOf	Number Resource Organization ⓘ
operatesInLanguage	Arabic ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
regionServed	Africa ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ surface form: Indian Ocean region
responsibleFor	Autonomous System Numbers allocation ⓘ IP address allocation ⓘ IPv4 address allocation ⓘ IPv6 address allocation ⓘ Reverse DNS services ⓘ
scope	Management of Internet number resources in Africa ⓘ
supportsActivity	Capacity building ⓘ Internet development in Africa ⓘ Internet governance participation ⓘ Technical training ⓘ
worksInCollaborationWith	APNIC ⓘ ARIN ⓘ LACNIC ⓘ RIPE NCC ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Regional Internet Registries → includes → AFRINIC ⓘ

RIPE NCC → coordinatesWith → AFRINIC ⓘ

APNIC → cooperatesWith → AFRINIC ⓘ

AFRINIC → fullName → AFRINIC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: African Network Information Centre

AFRINIC → abbreviation → AFRINIC self-link ⓘ

AFRINIC → hasRole → AFRINIC self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Regional Internet Registry for Africa

LACNIC → coordinatesWith → AFRINIC ⓘ

ARIN → peer → AFRINIC ⓘ

AFRALO → collaboratesWith → AFRINIC ⓘ

RIPE Database → comparableTo → AFRINIC ⓘ

this entity surface form: AFRINIC Whois

Number Resource Organization → foundedBy → AFRINIC ⓘ

Number Resource Organization → hasMember → AFRINIC ⓘ

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Statements (45)

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Referenced by (12)

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