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Internet Society Pledges To Expand Internet Access Across Africa
In the News
10 June 2022
Internet Society Pledges To Expand Internet Access Across Africa
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The Internet Society Pledges to Expand Internet Access in Africa
Press Releases
9 June 2022
The Internet Society Pledges to Expand Internet Access in Africa
We are calling for accelerated action to further Internet development throughout the African region.
Connectivity problems in your area? The govt to help you solve them yourselves through community networks
In the News
19 May 2022
Connectivity problems in your area? The govt to help you solve them yourselves through community networks
TECHZIM
Strengthening Africa’s Domain Name System
Infrastructure and Community Development
11 May 2022
Strengthening Africa’s Domain Name System
The annual Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum has achieved a lot since it launched in 2013. Here are...
In Ethiopia: Upgrading Youth Skills to Advance the Digital Economy
Infrastructure and Community Development
11 March 2022
In Ethiopia: Upgrading Youth Skills to Advance the Digital Economy
We created a tailor-made course to train young Ethiopians on how to set up and manage networks efficiently.
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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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...
Our Members
With 24,753 members, Africa is the home to 33% of our global members. We have 36 Chapters with 13,919 Chapter members in the region. (as of Dec 2020)