Photograph of Sally Wentworth
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Beginning a New Role as President and CEO

We are proud to introduce Sally Wentworth as our new President and CEO. Sally has been with the Internet Society for 15 years. As CEO, she plans to continue working towards an Internet for everyone and deepen our connection with our community.

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AfPIF Day Three: A Record Number of Women
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AfPIF Day Three: A Record Number of Women

It’s been a record-breaking year: 97 women attended AfPIF 2019, the highest ever, showing the fruits of diversity efforts from organizers and sponsors. In the last three years, there have ...
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AfPIF Day Two: International Traffic, the Economics of Peering, and a Look Ahead to 2030

In the last five years, Africa’s international traffic patterns have changed, with international and intra regional traffic growing, according to the latest statistics from Telegeography, presented at this year’s AfPIF ...
AfPIF-10 Kicks Off in Balaclava, Mauritius
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AfPIF-10 Kicks Off in Balaclava, Mauritius

The tenth meeting of Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) kicked off in Balaclava, Mauritius, with participants celebrating the achievements and looking forward to further collaboration. Andrew Sullivan, the President ...
African Peering and Interconnection Forum 2019 Fellows Announced
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African Peering and Interconnection Forum 2019 Fellows Announced

The 10th African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF-10) has selected twenty fellows to participate in the meeting next month. The fellows are drawn from various fields such as interconnection, content, ...
Caribbean Community Gathers Together to Discuss Improving Connectivity in the Region
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Caribbean Community Gathers Together to Discuss Improving Connectivity in the Region

Cooperation has been key to expanding Internet access around the globe. Ten years ago, the African region created AfPIF, a space focused on collaboration about among regional actors on topics ...
Growing an Internet Exchange Point in Burkina Faso
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Growing an Internet Exchange Point in Burkina Faso

BFIX, the Burkina Faso Internet exchange point, was established as an association in Burkina on February 19, 2015 by Internet Service Providers (ISP), mobile telecommunication operators, and some public institutions ...
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Register for AfPIF 2019

Join us in Balaclava, Mauritius for the 10th Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) from 20-22 August 2019. AfPIF attracts ISPs, content providers, governments, and IXPs for three days of ...
IXDO Project: An Internet Exchange Point in the Dominican Republic
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IXDO Project: An Internet Exchange Point in the Dominican Republic

For more than a decade, different organizations from civil society and the private sector have been involved in efforts to establish an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in the Dominican Republic, ...