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Infrastructure
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
IXPs are traffic exchanges that let networks interconnect directly instead of making the data travel long distances internationally. IXPs, help to keep traffic local or regional, lowering costs, and improve network resilience. Internet service providers (ISPs) and Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) typically exchange Internet traffic between their networks at IXPs.
Community Networks
Half of the world’s population is not yet connected to theInternet. After more than 25 years of Internet development, traditional business models are slow to reach remote, rural, andunderserved areas. Community Networks provide alternative forms of access and break the one-way, monolithic access prerogative.
Policy
(policies around infrastructure security, avoiding Internet shutdowns, local content)
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Deutsche Welle Spotlights Tanzania’s Kondoa Community Network
Growing the Internet
20 December 2019
Deutsche Welle Spotlights Tanzania’s Kondoa Community Network
Nearly half of the world lacks Internet access. But in rural Africa, the number is much higher: 86% of...
Passion and Dedication at the 4th Summit on Community Networks in Africa
Community Networks
29 November 2019
Passion and Dedication at the 4th Summit on Community Networks in Africa
The 4th Summit on Community Networks in Africa took place in Dodoma, Tanzania from 28 October to 2 November...
New Internet Exchange Point in Democratic Republic of Congo to bring faster and more reliable Internet access to region
Press Releases
6 November 2019
New Internet Exchange Point in Democratic Republic of Congo to bring faster and more reliable Internet access to region
The Internet Society and ISPA of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) launched a new Internet Exchange Point (IXP)...
Summit Seeks to Connect Communities in Africa to the Global Internet
Press Releases
30 October 2019
Summit Seeks to Connect Communities in Africa to the Global Internet
Dodoma, Tanzania–30 October, 2019 – The Internet Society and the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) in partnership with the...
AfPIF Day Three: A Record Number of Women
Growing the Internet
22 August 2019
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...
AfPIF Day Two: International Traffic, the Economics of Peering, and a Look Ahead to 2030
Growing the Internet
22 August 2019
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...
Africa newsletter
Monthly highlights from ISOC Africa
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3 February 2020
Kilima: Highlights from ISOC Africa – January 2020
Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for January 2020
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12 December 2019
Kilima: Highlights from ISOC Africa – November 2019
Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for November 2019
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7 November 2019
Kilima: Highlights from ISOC Africa – October 2019
Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for October 2019
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7 October 2019
Kilima: Highlights from ISOC Africa – September 2019
Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for September 2019
Kilima: Highlights from ISOC Africa – August 2019
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10 September 2019
Kilima: Highlights from ISOC Africa – August 2019
Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for August 2019
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5 August 2019
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Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for July 2019
Resources
Promoting the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.
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Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa
A joint initiative of the Internet Society and the Commission of the African Union
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Supporting the Creation and Scalability of Affordable Access Solutions: Understanding Community Networks in Africa
Community networks, communications infrastructure deployed and operated by citizens to meet their own communication needs, are being increasingly proposed...
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A Case Study in Local Content Hosting: Speed, Visits, and Cost of Access
The availability of locally relevant content is increasingly seen as a limiting factor in the widespread adoption of the...
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Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa
The Guidelines emphasize the importance of the multistakeholder model and a collaborative security approach in protecting Internet infrastructure.
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Internet for Education in Africa: Helping Policy Makers to Meet the Global Education Agenda Sustainable Development Goal 4
This report reviews the potential implications of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in general, and the Internet in particular,...
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Promoting Content In Africa
The vision of the Internet Society is that the Internet is for everyone, everywhere, and to help achieve this...
Africa team
Dawit Bekele
Regional Vice President - Africa
Michuki Mwangi
Senior Expert for African Region
Kevin G. Chege
Internet Development Manager - Africa
Verengai Mabika
Senior Policy Advisor
Betel Hailu
Communications Advisor
Marsema Tariku
Logistics and Events Manager, African Regional Bureau
Victor Ndonnang
Regional Community Engagement Manager, Africa
Our Members
With 20,469 members, Africa is the home to 31% of our global members. We have 34 Chapters with 11,611 Chapter members in the region.