1. Purpose. Cloud Innovation Ltd ("CIL") has taken note of the Communiqué issued "By Order of the Receiver" of AfriNIC Ltd on 31 October 2026 (the "Communiqué"). It states that a Legal Notice of 29 October 2026 demanded that the Registrar of Companies remove CIL's name from AfriNIC's register of members, and that copies were served "for information and such action as may be considered appropriate" on the Prime Minister, the Minister of Information Technology, Communication and Innovation, the Attorney General and the State Law Office. CIL is concerned at steps taken by a court-appointed Receiver to obstruct the execution of a judgment lawfully obtained.
  2. What the Receiver is trying to achieve. In practice, the Receiver seeks to have the Registrar undo an entry made to give effect to orders of the Supreme Court, and to recast CIL as "simply a resource member" rather than a Member within the meaning of the Companies Act 2001. He does so by approaching the Registrar and the Executive instead of the Court that made the orders. CIL is aware of no order varying, staying or setting aside the Orders of 4 April 2025 and 11 June 2025.
  3. The membership question is closed. The Order of 4 April 2025 (SC/COM/PET/000275/2021) directed rectification of the register to add CIL "as its member in the category of Member" under section 91 of the Companies Act 2001, and directed the Registrar to make the corresponding entries. AfriNIC was a party to those proceedings. CIL's status as a Member, as well as a resource member, is therefore no longer a live issue and same have been confirmed by AfriNIC in a number of subsequent judicial proceedings.
  4. The Receiver's undertaking. By written undertaking dated 10 June 2025, addressed to the Court and signed by the Receiver, AfriNIC undertook "to rectify its records within 15 days from the date of any Order". CIL withdrew its objection to Prayer B on that basis, and the Court recorded the undertaking in the Order of 11 June 2025 (SC/COM/MOT/000399/2025). The 15 days expired in late June 2025 without rectification. Following that non-compliance, CIL was perfectly entitled to execute the judgment, and did so by praecipe of 2 October 2026.
  5. Separation of powers. Mauritius is a sovereign democratic State founded on a clear separation of powers (Constitution, section 1). The Executive cannot suspend, vary or neutralise an order of the Supreme Court. A party who objects to an order has one course: to apply to the Court, seek a stay, or appeal. A Receiver is an officer of the Court. By openly inviting the Executive to take "such action as may be considered appropriate" on a matter the Court has decided, he is asking the Executive to intervene in judicial matters. This is of the utmost gravity.
  6. Consequences for the Executive. CIL does not suggest that any Minister or public officer has acted improperly. The mere receipt or referral of the Receiver's notice, or the seeking of legal advice, is not an offence. CIL is confident that the authorities will decline to be drawn into a matter already decided by the Supreme Court.
  7. Verify from official documents. CIL respectfully asks every recipient of the Communiqué to confirm the position from the official documents, and not from what the Receiver asserts, namely: (a) the Order of 4 April 2025 (SC/COM/PET/000275/2021) and (b) the Order of 11 June 2025 (SC/COM/MOT/000399/2025), including paragraph C recording the undertaking.
  8. Reservation of rights. CIL will continue to act strictly within the law and through the Courts. It reserves all its rights, including as regards contempt of court, and will immediately bring the Receiver's conduct before the Court that appointed him in view of the gravity of his conduct.

Issued by Cloud Innovation Ltd

2 November 2026