[afnog] [members-discuss] Notice of Appointment of Receiver (pursuant to Section 187 of the Insolvency Act 2009) - Ref: AFRINIC Board Election Process and Compliance with Bylaws

[Amin Dayekh]

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On Wed, Aug 27, 2025 at 11:49 PM Seun Ojedeji <seun.ojedeji at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Noah,
>
> I will just make one long general comment. Please see inline.
>
> ----
> Sent from my mobile
> kindly excuse typos
>
> On Wed, 27 Aug 2025, 4:49 pm Noah, <noah at neo.co.tz> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> *PS: *To set the record straight, the ongoing election process is not
>> consistent with the spirit of the Bylaws in our humble opinion.  PLEASE
>> TAKE NOTE.
>>
>> NOTE: The underlying problem statement that led our RIR - AFRINIC to be
>> put under receivership was that the company lacked a board and a CEO.  In
>> fact it had directors but they were not enough in terms of numbers to
>> quorate a board. The Bylaws as is, can fix this problem statement without
>> constitutional violations.
>>
>
> SO: It is not practical and actually impossible for any process to be 100%
> inline with the bylaw in the current situation. As per the bylaw there are
> actually no director at the moment for AFRINIC since they already served
> their respective "indicative" terms. I was a strong proponent that the
> stargardness of the seat could be fixed even with this current election but
> nomcom seem to believe otherwise which is okay.
>
> I also find the idea of NOMCOM regionalising nomination process to be
> strange and uncalled for because on the Board there is no regionalisation.
> However, since the bylaw allows them to determine election/nomination
> guidelines, and the idea is not actually destructive, I can live with that
> so that we can move forward.
>
> Unless there are other "devil in the details" that I am not aware of but
> so long as the current process of nomination and election is transparent
> enough and makes sense, I believe we should proceed. I expect that the new
> board once constituted will call for sgmm or AGMM as the case may be to
> address any outstanding issues especially that of term Staggering. We
> cannot continue to go in circles, the world may soon get tired of our
> nagging!
>
> Regards
>
>
>> Cheers,
>> *Noah Maina*
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Feb 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM AFRINIC Communication via Announce <
>> announce at afrinic.net> wrote:
>>
>>> *AFRICAN NETWORK INFORMATION CENTRE (AfriNIC) Ltd (In Receivership)*,
>>> previously represented by the Official Receiver and having its registered
>>> office at 11th Floor, Standard Chartered Tower, Ebene, Mauritius
>>> (the Company)
>>>
>>> I, Mr. Gowtamsingh DABEE ACA FCCA ADIT MBA, a registered insolvency
>>> practitioner, of GD RICHES Chartered Accountant 5th Floor Green Cross
>>> Building Belle Rose Quatre Bornes, give notice that on 12th February 2025
>>> at 1430, I have been appointed Receiver of the above Company in lieu and
>>> instead of the Official Receiver pursuant to a Court Order issued by
>>> the Bankruptcy Division of the Supreme Court in application bearing cause
>>> number SC/COM/MOT/000082/2025 having as aim mandate to secure the assets of
>>> the Company *and to see to it that the Company’s board is reconstituted
>>> in accordance with its Bylaws. *
>>>
>>> Gowtamsingh Dabee
>>>
>>> Registered Insolvency Practitioner
>>>
>>> Tel:52579194
>>>
>>> E: gdabee at gdriches.mu
>>>
>>> This 14th February 2025
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