The RIPE NCC database does not synchronise with the AFRINIC database. In this regard, there is a need to register the person, maintainer & aut-num objects on the RIPE NCC database before our members can register their route objects.

AFRINIC and RIPE NCC are two different WHOIS databases. Objects in AFRINIC database will have the suffix "-AFRINIC" while in RIPE will have the suffix "-RIPE". So, the objects can't be used interchangably and you must create your own objects at each one separately.