Governance Committee

Community

The AFRINIC Governance Committee (GC) advises the AFRINIC Board, AFRINIC Membership and the community on matters of corporate governance.

The GC was called for by the AFRINIC community and was constituted for the first time following an election that took place on 30 November 2016 during the AFRINIC-25 meeting.

The GC consists of two members appointed by the AFRINIC Board, three members elected by AFRINIC Membership, one Board Member (non-voting) appointed by the Board as a liaison, the AFRINIC legal adviser (non-voting) and one or more AFRINIC staff members to perform the secretariat role (non-voting).

At AIS’17 held in Nairobi Kenya, the Governance Committee election elected Abdalla Omari for a three-year term.

The following individuals were appointed to the Governance committee.

AFRINIC Governance Committee Terms of Reference (TOR)

Name	Elected/Appointed by	Voting	Region	Country	Tenure	Duration
Isatou Jah	AFRINIC Membership	Voting	Western Africa	The Gambia	3 years	January 2017 to December 2019
Wafa Dahmani	AFRINIC Membership	Voting	Northern Africa	Tunisia	2 years	January 2017 to December 2018
Abdalla Omari	AFRINIC Membership	Voting	Eastern Africa	Kenya	3 year	January 2018 to December 2020
Mike Silber	AFRINIC Board	Voting	Southern Africa	South Africa	2 years	January 2017 to December 2018
Zeimm Auladin-Suhootoorah	AFRINIC Board	Voting	Indian Ocean	Mauritius	2 year	January 2018 to December 2019
Seun Ojedeji	AFRINIC Board	Non-Voting	-		1 year	January 2018 to December 2018
Ashok Radhakissoon	AFRINIC Board	Non-Voting	-		-	-
Guylaine Laiyra	CEO	Non-Voting	-		-	-

Call for Nomination 2018 Governance Committee