Africa
News
In Rwanda, Paving the Way to Keep Local Content Local
Infrastructure and Community Development
1 September 2021
In Rwanda, Paving the Way to Keep Local Content Local
IXPs are key to exchanging traffic locally and making the Internet faster and cheaper. Read how RICTA has developed...
Internet Connectivity Grows In Africa, But Only Reaches 20 Percent Of Population
In the News
31 August 2021
Internet Connectivity Grows In Africa, But Only Reaches 20 Percent Of Population
The Florida Star
A Vibrant Community Works to Make the Internet Better in Africa
Infrastructure and Community Development
27 August 2021
A Vibrant Community Works to Make the Internet Better in Africa
Africa could very well become the next incubator for Internet innovation – and IXPs have played a crucial part in...
A Partnership to Advance Digital Rights and Internet Development in Africa
About Internet Society
19 August 2021
A Partnership to Advance Digital Rights and Internet Development in Africa
The Internet Society and CIPESA have commited to work together for an open, secure, and trustworthy Internet for Africa.
Internet Society Statement on Potential Destabilization of the Internet in Africa
Statements
3 August 2021
Internet Society Statement on Potential Destabilization of the Internet in Africa
The Internet Society is closely following the current situation of the African Network Information Center (AFRINIC). We are concerned that any interruption...
Measuring IXP Success in South Africa against the 80/20 Goal
Growing the Internet
30 July 2021
Measuring IXP Success in South Africa against the 80/20 Goal
NAPAfrica wants to make the Internet more accessible across the continent. Here's how it's been playing a pivotal role...
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)