AfriNIC is a non-government, not-for-profit, membership based organization based in Mauritius. Its mandate is to administer and serve African Internet Community, with its core function being the allocation and registration of Internet name and number resources. Membership in the organization is open to individuals and companies operating online on the African continent, itnewsafrica.com reported.

Participants at the 10th meetings are drawn from among the continent’s network operators, AfriNIC members, policy makers, regulators, and other regional Internet registries. The event is being hosted by the National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) of Egypt, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology of Egypt, and sponsored by NTRA, MCIT, Internet Society (ISOC), Cisco Systems Inc. (CISCO) and Google.