AFRINIC promotes and supports IPv6 deployment in Africa through outreach, education, statistics and information. Over the coming months, we'll be updating this portal with information on IPv6 for ISPs, network operators, governments, businesses and journalists. The charts below offer an overview of IPv6 allocation data for the African region.
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IPv6 allocation range (nb. /32)
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Map showing the amount of IPv6 addresses allocated by AFRINIC to AFRINIC members, per country.
Hover over each country for an overview of IPv6 addresses allocated. Click on a country find out how many ASNs are announcing IPv6 prefixes
This bar chart shows the amount of IPv6 addresses allocated by AFRINIC to AFRINIC members per year since 2004
The total amount of IPv6 addresses are shown as number of /32s. Hover over each bar to see a breakdown of IPv6 allocation sizes over the year
This pie chart shows the number of IPv6 prefixes allocated by AFRINIC to AFRINIC members per country (regardless of prefix size)
Hover over a country to see a breakdown of IPv6 allocation sizes.
About AFRINIC
The African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) is the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for Africa. A non-governmental, not-for-profit, membership- based organisation headquartered in Mauritius, AFRINIC's core activity is to assign and allocate Internet number resources (IPv4, IPv6 and ASNs) to its members and provides related services, including RPKI and managing the Reverse DNS (RDNS) zones for the Internet number resources it allocates and assigns.
AFRINIC's IPv6 Programme promotes and supports Africa's IPv6 deployment through outreach, education, statistics and information. AFRINIC's IPv6 Training Workshops offer information on IPv6 addressing basics, how to get an IPv6 allocation, current best practices and IPv6 transition mechanisms.
