Seven ISPs in Uganda have already been assigned the IPv6 space, with Infocom being the first to implement its use. Infocom, a broadband company, was the first to be issued with IPv6 space as early as May 2009. However, the company is only currently rolling out its IPv6 at the service provider level and has had a 96% migration as indicated in the statistics page found at http://www.sixxs.net/tools/grh/dfp/all/?country=ug . IPv6 always touted as the 'second internet' is an internet protocol aimed at replacing the currently widely used IPv4. An internet protocol is what enables electronic gadgets connected over a network to communicate with each other and these could range from computers to hand held phones. Each gadget on the network must have a uniquely identifiable number if it is to communicate with others on the network. The reason for the change from IPV4 to IPV6 is to cater for the ever increasing number of users and electronic gadgets on the internet. Currently with close to 2 billion internet users globally according to www.internetworldstats.com, and an ever increasing number of gadgets using the internet, the number of addresses available for use in the IPV4 range have become insufficient, hence the need to migrate to IPV6 which theoretically has an inexhaustible number of addresses.

In Africa, AFRINIC, the regional registry for Internet Number resources in Africa assigned IPV6 address blocks to most ISPs operatin gin its member countries. However, few have bothered to implement and start making the much needed migration.
However, in East Africa, Kenya with four out of the twenty two assigned providers already being compliant is leading the pack in absolute numbers followed by Tanzania at three and Uganda with one. Rwanda and Burundi are yet to make the move.