The Africa bureau works with chapters to cultivate expert communities throughout Africa, collaborate with regional policy makers, and build access for unserved and underserved communities.
Regional focus
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)
Community Building & Development
(online trainings, events)
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2019 Hackathon@AIS: Testimonials from the Trainers
Events
19 June 2019
2019 Hackathon@AIS: Testimonials from the Trainers
What is Hackathon@AIS? The Internet, with its endless supply of knowledge and information, has become a strategic element in...
Turn the Internet Back On in Sudan, and Keep It On
Statements
6 June 2019
Turn the Internet Back On in Sudan, and Keep It On
The Internet Society is deeply concerned that the military transitional council of Sudan ordered the shutdown of mobile access...
Growing an Internet Exchange Point in Burkina Faso
Connecting the World
30 May 2019
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...
Register for AfPIF 2019
Connecting the World
2 May 2019
Register for AfPIF 2019
Join us in Balaclava, Mauritius for the 10th Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) from 20-22 August 2019. AfPIF...
The Internet Society’s African Chapters Join the African Union and Other Partners to Discuss IoT Security, Privacy, and Digital ID in Africa
About Internet Society
23 April 2019
The Internet Society’s African Chapters Join the African Union and Other Partners to Discuss IoT Security, Privacy, and Digital ID in Africa
In collaboration with the Africa Union Commission (AUC), the Africa Telecommunication Union (ATU), and Omidyar Network, from 8-11 April...
Save the Date: Hackathon@AIS
Events
5 April 2019
Save the Date: Hackathon@AIS
The third Hackathon@AIS will take place in Kampala, Uganda on the 19th and 20th of June 2019. The Hackathon@AIS...
Africa newsletter
Monthly highlights from ISOC Africa
Highlights from ISOC Africa – May 2019
Newsletters
6 June 2019
Highlights from ISOC Africa – May 2019
Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for May 2019
Highlights from ISOC Africa – April 2019
Newsletters
8 May 2019
Highlights from ISOC Africa – April 2019
Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for April 2019
Highlights from ISOC Africa – March 2019
Newsletters
3 April 2019
Highlights from ISOC Africa – March 2019
Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for March 2019
Highlights from ISOC Africa – February 2019
Newsletters
6 March 2019
Highlights from ISOC Africa – February 2019
Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for February 2019
Highlights from ISOC Africa – January 2019
Newsletters
7 February 2019
Highlights from ISOC Africa – January 2019
Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for January 2019
Highlights from ISOC Africa – December 2018
Newsletters
10 January 2019
Highlights from ISOC Africa – December 2018
Africa Regional Bureau Newsletter for December 2018
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 Bureau Director for Africa
Michuki Mwangi
Senior Development Manager for Africa
Kevin Chege
Internet Development Manager for Africa
Christine Saegesser Baethge
Director, Chapters and Individual Members Engagement
Verengai Mabika
Senior Policy Advisor - Africa
Betel Hailu
Communications Coordinator for the African Regional Bureau
Marsema Tariku
Logistics and Events Manager, African Regional Bureau
Victor Ndonnang
Regional Community Engagement Manager, Africa