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Advancing Digital Africa: Empowering Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in Benin, Malawi, and Rwanda
Internet Exchange Points
8 January 2024
Advancing Digital Africa: Empowering Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in Benin, Malawi, and Rwanda
In an age where connectivity is a cornerstone of progress and development, the need for quality Internet infrastructure cannot...
How Internet Exchange Points are Expanding and Improving Internet Access in Morocco
Internet Exchange Points
8 November 2023
How Internet Exchange Points are Expanding and Improving Internet Access in Morocco
If you needed to send a letter to your neighbor, you wouldn’t choose to send it via airmail across...
An Internet Champion for Africa: Remembering Pierre Ouédraogo
Community
17 July 2023
An Internet Champion for Africa: Remembering Pierre Ouédraogo
On 13 July 2023, the African Internet technical community lost one of its stars, Pierre Ouédraogo, fondly known by...
Coalition for Digital Africa Announces Internet Exchange Point Initiative
Press Releases
1 February 2023
Coalition for Digital Africa Announces Internet Exchange Point Initiative
Istanbul – 1 February 2023 – The Coalition for Digital Africa announced another major initiative aimed at strengthening the...
Accelerating digital transformation with IPv6 migration offers Kenya huge potential
In the News
30 September 2022
Accelerating digital transformation with IPv6 migration offers Kenya huge potential
The Exchange
Resources
Promoting the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.
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)
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)