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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Say no to Internet shutdowns and content filtering
Internet shutdowns cause major social and economic damage. We need to help governments understand shutdowns are not the solution! Here’s...
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Learn moreAfrica news
Africa Needs Its Internet Institutions More Than Ever, Especially AFRINIC
Internet Governance
21 November 2018
Africa Needs Its Internet Institutions More Than Ever, Especially AFRINIC
At the recent African IGF in Khartoum, on November 5, participants of the workshop on “Strengthening the Institutional Capacity...
Route Leak Causes Major Google Outage
Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS)
15 November 2018
Route Leak Causes Major Google Outage
Google recently faced a major outage in many parts of the world thanks to a BGP leak. This incident...
Making the Case for Community Networks at Africa IGF
Community Networks
9 November 2018
Making the Case for Community Networks at Africa IGF
Who supplies your Internet? If you live in urban Africa, you probably get Internet access through your mobile phone...
The 2018 Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology: My Story
Women In Tech
26 October 2018
The 2018 Africa Summit on Women and Girls in Technology: My Story
October 9-11, 2018 will remain etched in the memories of the more than 250 girls and women in technology...
Senegal First African Country to Implement Recommendations of ‘Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa’
Privacy
16 October 2018
Senegal First African Country to Implement Recommendations of ‘Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa’
Last week, we have had a busy two days (11-12 October 2018) in Dakar participating in a multistakeholder workshop...
Internet Society submits comments for the revision of the Ethiopian Cybercrime law
Internet Governance
12 October 2018
Internet Society submits comments for the revision of the Ethiopian Cybercrime law
Imagine how much the Internet has changed our lives in the last few decades. Today, thanks to the Internet,...
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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
Senior Manager, Global Chapter Development
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
Chapter Development Manager, Africa