The Importance of Strong Technical Communities and Partnerships in Africa
The recent outage in West Africa caused by submarine cable damage could have been a lot worse. A strong community ensured it wasn’t.
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Building Relationships To Build Access
Bratislava! It’s CEE Peering Day! Welcome to the heart of Central Europe and the cross-roads for people, Internet networks, and partners! Our team is committed to providing opportunities for people ...
Internet Exchange Point launched in Seychelles
The Seychelles Internet Exchange Point (Sey-IXP) was successfully launched on 20 February 2015 in Victoria, Seychelles. Sey-IXP was officiated by Mr. Danny Faure, Vice President and Minister of ICT of ...
Excellent progress on local Internet infrastructure connectivity and IXP development in Niger
Recently, Niger’s Constitutive General Assembly for the Niger Internet Exchange Point (IXP) met in Niamey on 23 January 2015. The Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Economy, H.E. MrAbdou Mani, ...
Gambia IXP, an Oasis in the Desert
The Serekunda Internet Exchange Point launched in Banjul, The Gambia on 12 July 2014 Gambia may be considered a small country (ranked 164th in the world) but in the Internet ...
Building cross-border Internet interconnection in the Eastern Africa Region
The Internet Society, in partnership with AfriNIC, successfully conducted the inauguration of the Regional Internet Exchange Point (RIXP) and Regional Internet Carrier (RIC) best practice workshop under the AXIS Project, ...
Building an Integrated African Internet Infrastructure by 2020
In early February, the Internet Society organized an important workshop on “Best practices for setting up Regional Internet Exchange Points and Regional Internet Carriers” for the Southern African region in ...
We Need Your Feedback: IXP Toolkit And Best Practices Guide
Imagine a world where everyone can access and develop a connected, borderless, permission-less, limitless Internet that creates opportunity and progress for all. At the Internet Society, this is our ambition ...
Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum Day Two
The Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum kicked off the non-technical segment of the meeting with a focus on increasing cooperation between public and private sector to achieve regional interconnectivity. Day ...
