Dear Colleagues,
AFRINIC in collaboration with All ISPs Matter is organising a Deployathon in Johannesburg from 4th-6th August 2026. AFRINIC has 662,272 IPv4 addresses left in its available pool. This, as you can tell, is grossly inadequate to meet Africa’s current IP address needs, making IPv6 the only sustainable way to continue to grow the potential of the Internet in Africa.In 2018, we designed and organised the world’s first Deployathon as a mechanism to bridge the gap between learning about IPv6 and actually implementing it.
Since its inception we’ve run 17 (e-)Deployathons with 224 organisations from 26 countries participating. They were able to accomplish 241 deployment milestones; among them:
50 valid route6 object
45 address plans in IPAMS
32 validated RPKI ROA objects
24 advertised IPv6 prefix
21 Initial address plan
16 IPv6 prefix PI
12 IPv6-enabled core
9 IPv6 from test VLAN
8 IPv6 domain objects
4 IPv6-enabled DNS
3 IPv6-enabled customer
We invite you to register for the upcoming Deployathon in Johannesburg.
Date: 04 August - 06 August 2026
Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM local time
Main Language: English
Deadline for application: 27 July 2026.
Eligibility: Qualified engineers based in Johannesburg or able to travel to Johannesburg in that period.
Register Here - (Only 30 spots available).
If selected, you will get the same step-by-step guidance, tools, and techniques we have perfected in 17 (e-) Deployathons, and +100 helpdesk calls to help realise your IPv6 deployment project for your organization. This is clearly a measurable step forward in accordance with your network change management processes.
If you are an engineer who runs a network and believes that you can make one concrete visible step towards IPv6 deployment (or advance your stalled IPv6 deployment) for your organisation, apply to book your spot here.
For more information and queries about Deployathons, please contact:
Kind Regards,
AFRINIC Communications.