Dear colleagues,

AFRINIC in collaboration with All ISPs Matter is organising a Deployathon in Johannesburg from 04 to 06 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.

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 organisation.

This is clearly a measurable step forward in accordance with your network change management processes.

Date: 04 August - 06 August 2026 Time: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM local time Main Language: English Eligibility: Qualified engineers based in Johannesburg or able to travel to Johannesburg in that period.

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 for a spot here [ https://learn.afrinic.academy/?fluent-form=78 ] - (Only 30 spots available)

Deadline for application: *27 July 2026*.

For more information and queries about Deployathons, please contact: do@afrinic.net

Sincerely,

-- Willy MANGA AFRINIC Team t: +230 403 51 00 | f: +230 466 6758 | tt: @afrinic | w: www.afrinic.net