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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Abidjan Holds a Successful AfPIF 2017
Abidjan became the third West African city to hold the annual Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF), attracting top African and global players in the Internet ecosystem.This year’s forum attracted ...
AfPIF Day Two: Identifying Challenges and Opportunities
AfPIF Day Two Summary The second day at the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) is dedicated to plenary presentations and discussions between the technical community, private sector, and government ...
ARDA 1.0: A pulse meter for Africa’s peering and interconnection landscape
Do you want to understand more about how the Internet is connected in Africa? Today we are pleased to announce the African Route-collectors Data Analyzer (ARDA) system. This new systems ...
A brochure on the use and benefits of RIPE Atlas Probes and Anchors now available
As Africa’s Internet infrastructure is expanding, it is important to understand its dynamics through network measurements and monitoring. The Atlas project provides a framework to achieve this. The more probes ...
IXPs level up in emerging Asia-Pacific
There are currently some 80 or so active Internet exchange points (IXP) operating in Asia-Pacific, according to a database maintained by Packet Clearing House. These are in various stages of ...
Building Technical Capacity in the Kyrgyz Republic
The Internet Society held a workshop on Internet Exchange Point (IXP) Best Practices in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic, together with the occasion of the formation of the local ISOC Chapter, and ...
Connecting the unconnected – walking the talk in Central Asia
rAccess to an open and inclusive Internet has been widely discussed in the framework of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the global Internet Governance Forum (IGF) over the ...
Enhancing the use of Internet Exchange Points in Nigeria
This week, the Internet Society has head out to Abuja, Nigeria to undertake a five-days workshop in partnership with the Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) on “Internet Routing Technologies ...
