Millions of Internet addresses that were assigned to Africa have been stolen, some fraudulently. This includes insider machinations involving a former top employee at the nonprofit that issues the addresses. Many have been used to benefit spammers and scammers instead of helping Africa's internet development. Others are used to feed the Chinese gambling and pornography cravings. AFRINIC is a new nonprofit leadership that works to reclaim lost addresses. However, a Chinese businessman with deep pockets is challenging the body's legal status. Lu Heng is a Hong Kong-based arbitrage specialist. He obtained 6.2 million African addresses between 2013 and 2016, in...