Africa Internet Summit (AIS) 2018

We're All Better When Your Voice Counts 

What’s the African Internet Summit?

The African Internet Summit (AIS) is a technical event that aims to bring the information, communication and technical business, and tech community in Africa together under one roof to talk about Africa’s most pressing issues and challenges.

The 2018 summit took place 29 April – 11 May 2018 in Dakar, Senegal.

Internet Society Activities @AIS

Monday 30 April- Friday 4 May 2018
Michuki Mwangi and Kevin Chege gave training on Scalable Services Track

Saturday 5 May 2018
Michuki Mwangi gave the keynote speech at AFCHIX Tech Women Summit

Tuesday 8 May 2018
Dawit Bekele gave a keynote speech at AFNOG opening session

Tuesday 8 May 2018
ISOC Women in Tech Session

Tuesday 8 May 2018
Launch of the Privacy and Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa

Tuesday 8 May 2018
ISOC Senegal Chapter COWSHED Project Showcase

Tuesday 8 May 2018
ISOC@AIS Members Networking Cocktail

Wednesday 9 May 2018
Hackathon@AIS by ISOC & AfriNIC
More information

Thursday 10 May 2018
Hackathon@AIS by ISOC & AfriNIC

Friday 11 May 2018 08:00 – 11:00
Workshop on Promoting Multi-stakeholder IG – Enhancing Internet of Things (IoT) Security

Saturday 12 May 2018
Senegal Chapter’s project visit

Date and Time

Sunday 29 April 2018 –

Friday 11 May 2018

Location

Radisson Blu, Dakar

Route de la Corniche Ouest Fann Residence
BP 16868

Related articles

See all articles
The Internet Society and African Union Commission Launch Personal Data Protections Guidelines for Africa
Africa Internet Summit (AIS) 2018 Thumbnail
Building Trust 8 May 2018

The Internet Society and African Union Commission Launch Personal Data Protections Guidelines for Africa

The Internet Society and the African Union Commission (AUC) today launched the Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa (“the Guidelines”)...

Dawit Bekele’s Speech – Africa Internet Summit 2018
Privacy 8 May 2018

Dawit Bekele’s Speech – Africa Internet Summit 2018

On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, Dawit Bekele, our Regional Bureau Director for Africa, delivered the following speech to the AfNOG...

Internet Society and Commission of the African Union launch Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa
Improving Technical Security 30 May 2017

Internet Society and Commission of the African Union launch Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa

NAIROBI Kenya, 30 May, 2017 – The Internet Society and the African Union Commission today unveiled a new set of...

Related resources

See all resources
Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa
Privacy 8 May 2018

Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa

A joint initiative of the Internet Society and the Commission of the African Union

Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa
Building Trust 24 May 2017

Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa

The Guidelines emphasize the importance of the multistakeholder model and a collaborative security approach in protecting Internet infrastructure.

Promoting the African Internet Economy
22 November 2017

Promoting the African Internet Economy

Author: Michael Kende Michael Kende is a Senior Fellow at the Internet Society. Many thanks to Dawit Bekele for his...