Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of gold, diamonds and even people. Digital resources have proven no different.
Millions of Internet addresses assigned to Africa have been waylaid, some fraudulently, including through insider machinations linked to a former top employee of the nonprofit that assigns the continent’s addresses. Instead of serving Africa’s Internet development, many have benefited spammers and scammers, while others satiate Chinese appetites for pornography and gambling.
New leadership at the nonprofit African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) is working to reclaim the lost addresses, but a legal challenge by a deep-pocketed Chinese businessman is threatening the body’s very existence.
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Millions of internet addresses assigned to Africa have been waylaid, some fraudulently, including through insider machinations linked to a former top employee of the nonprofit that assigns the continent s addresses. Instead of serving Africa s internet development, many have benefited spammers and scammers, while others satiate Chinese appetites for pornography and gambling.