Every change the tracker has found, newest first. It covers ARIN from 2008-12-01, the RIPE NCC from 2010-04-23, APNIC from 2008-02-15, LACNIC from 2012-06-29 and AFRINIC from 2012-10-03.
2025-06-17AFRINICTransfer logMerger/acquisition or reorganizationConfirmed
Transfer log
Merger/acquisition: VIDOLU Group Pty Ltd-Web4Africa (AFRINIC) to Host Africa (Pty) Ltd (AFRINIC)
From
VIDOLU Group Pty Ltd-Web4Africa AFRINIC
To
Host Africa (Pty) Ltd AFRINIC
Inventory
No effect on AFRINIC applicant inventory
AFRINIC's transfer log records a merger, acquisition or reorganization from VIDOLU Group Pty Ltd-Web4Africa (AFRINIC) to Host Africa (Pty) Ltd (AFRINIC) on 2025-06-17 15:33 UTC. The registration changed hands; it is not a new allocation from AFRINIC.
Evidence (3) · classifier 1.4.0,
Transfer logTransfer log: MERGER_ACQUISITION on 2025-06-17 15:33 UTC, VIDOLU Group Pty Ltd-Web4Africa (AFRINIC) to Host Africa (Pty) Ltd (AFRINIC); resources moved: AS327813, 102.68.80.0/21, 102.68.96.0/22, 169.255.56.0/22, 2c0f:f598::/32source · retrieved
BeforeAFRINIC delegated statistics 2025-06-17, before the change: allocated (dated 2014-10-30)source · retrieved
AfterAFRINIC delegated statistics 2025-06-18, after the change: allocated (dated 2014-10-30)source · retrieved
Classification history for this change (4 versions)
: Merger/acquisition or reorganization, confirmed (classifier 1.3.0)
: Merger/acquisition or reorganization, confirmed (classifier 1.3.1)
: Merger/acquisition or reorganization, confirmed (classifier 1.3.2)
: Merger/acquisition or reorganization, confirmed (classifier 1.4.0) current
2014-10-30AFRINIC+ RegisteredApparent new issuanceStrong inference
Statistics
169.255.56.0/22 available on 2014-10-30, allocated on 2014-10-31
Inventory
Likely issued from AFRINIC-controlled inventory
No transfer record matches. AFRINIC's statistics show it available on 2014-10-30 and allocated (dated 2014-10-30) on 2014-10-31. It moved from AFRINIC's unissued pool to an active registration dated around that day, so it appears to be newly issued by AFRINIC.
Evidence (3) · classifier 1.4.0,
StatisticsFound by comparing AFRINIC's daily statistics: 169.255.56.0/22 available on 2014-10-30, allocated on 2014-10-31source · retrieved
BeforeAFRINIC delegated statistics 2014-10-30, before the change: availablesource · retrieved
AfterAFRINIC delegated statistics 2014-10-31, after the change: allocated (dated 2014-10-30)source · retrieved
Classification history for this change (4 versions)
: Apparent new issuance, strong inference (classifier 1.3.0)
: Apparent new issuance, strong inference (classifier 1.3.1)
: Apparent new issuance, strong inference (classifier 1.3.2)
: Apparent new issuance, strong inference (classifier 1.4.0) current
Transfer records (1)
Date (UTC)
Log
Type
Range moved
From
To
AFRINIC
Merger acquisition
169.255.56.0/22
VIDOLU Group Pty Ltd-Web4Africa AFRINIC
Host Africa (Pty) Ltd AFRINIC
Every record in the ARIN, RIPE NCC, APNIC, LACNIC and AFRINIC transfer logs that moved any part of this IPv4 range (ARIN's from 2009, the RIPE NCC's from 2012, APNIC's from 2010, LACNIC's from 2016, AFRINIC's from 2018). A transfer between two registries is in both logs.
RDAP lookups
Not looked up. The tracker queries RDAP for changes as they're reported (on first sight, after 24 hours and after seven days); older changes aren't looked up because today's RDAP says nothing about the past.