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The Ministry of Innovation and Technology and the Internet Society Sign New Pact to Advance Digital Economy in Ethiopia
Press Releases
10 June 2021
The Ministry of Innovation and Technology and the Internet Society Sign New Pact to Advance Digital Economy in Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – 09 June, 2021 – The Ministry of Innovation and Technology (MINT) of Ethiopia and the...
The Ministry of Innovation and Technology and the Internet Society sign new pact to advance digital economy in Ethiopia
In the News
10 June 2021
The Ministry of Innovation and Technology and the Internet Society sign new pact to advance digital economy in Ethiopia
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The Ministry of Innovation and Internet Society sign new pact to advance digital economy in Ethiopia
In the News
10 June 2021
The Ministry of Innovation and Internet Society sign new pact to advance digital economy in Ethiopia
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Ethiopia ministry ties up with Internet Society to advance digital economy
In the News
9 June 2021
Ethiopia ministry ties up with Internet Society to advance digital economy
Telecompaper
Spotlight on the Kenya Education Network, an Africa Peering Community Champion
Infrastructure and Community Development
3 June 2021
Spotlight on the Kenya Education Network, an Africa Peering Community Champion
The Kenya Education Network (KENET) supports communities that build Internet infrastructure in Kenya. For nearly a decade, KENET has...
Keeping the Internet on during Benin’s Presidential Elections
Measuring the Internet
1 June 2021
Keeping the Internet on during Benin’s Presidential Elections
With protests intensifying and social media interruptions reported in the weeks leading up to Benin’s presidential elections on 11...
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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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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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Assessment of the impact of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) – empirical study of Kenya and Nigeria
This study quantifies for the first time how IXPs enable Kenya and Nigeria to save millions in telecommunications costs and raise...
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Anchoring the African Internet Ecosystem
Lessons from Kenya and Nigeria’s Internet Exchange Point Growth
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Explainer: What Is Eighty For Africa?
Like buying your food locally, and reducing how much you fly, getting your digital content locally also reduces the...
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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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