A personal maintainer is always recommended which may be created on the WHOIS web interface as follows:
A) Create Object > mntner
B) Fill the object as follows:
Mntner: personal_mnt
descr: my maintainer
Admin-c: XX-AFRINIC (your nic-handle)
upd-to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Auth: B-CRYTPT (hash)
Mnt-by: personal_mnt
Changed: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
source: AFRINIC
C) The plain text password of the b-crypt key should be inserted in the password field when submitting the object.
D) Use this link to generate the b-crypt hash.
E) The person object can then be updated to replace the auto-generated maintainer with the newly created maintainer.