The document discusses the establishment and roles of several organizations that were created to support the development of the internet in Africa. These include AfNOG, which aims to share technical experiences among internet providers; AFRINIC, which allocates IP addresses and numbers for Africa; and the Association of African Universities, which promotes research networking through its RENU unit and annual AfREN meetings. Together these and other organizations work collaboratively in areas like infrastructure, capacity building, policies, and security to form the African internet ecosystem.
eLearning Africa 2012 attracted over 1,483 participants from 66 countries, making it Africa's largest gathering of eLearning and ICT professionals. A survey from the event found that 48% of respondents use mobile technology for teaching. The eLearning Africa Report 2014 compiled research on e-learning in Africa and how the continent's communications infrastructure impacts learning. The report found that e-learning professionals in Africa are confident about the future due to Africa's growing economy and increasing access to internet and mobile broadband. Senegal has the highest growth rate for self-paced e-learning in Africa at 30.4%.
Achievements and opportunities for the use of the Internet in education in We...Internet Society
Africa Regional Internet Development Dialogue
Kigali, Rwanda, 8-9 May 2017
By Prof Hamidou Boly, Ecowas Commissioner for Education, Science and Culture
The document summarizes the experiences of East Africa in managing cybersecurity threats as part of the East Africa Communications Organizations (EACO) region. It discusses the formation of the EACO Cybersecurity Taskforce in 2008 to coordinate a cybersecurity framework for the region. The taskforce has helped establish national computer emergency response teams in member countries and provided capacity building. However, challenges remain such as lack of policies, frameworks and awareness. Recommendations include developing policies and frameworks, establishing national response teams, and collaborating regionally and globally to manage cybersecurity threats.
Africa Regional Internet Development Dialogue
Kigali, Rwanda, 8-9 May 2017
By Aminata A. Garba, Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Internet for Education: Helping Policy Makers to Meet the Global Education Ag...Internet Society
This document discusses how policy makers can help meet global education goals by leveraging the internet. It outlines challenges to education in Africa like access, nutrition, costs, conflicts, and teacher shortages. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ensuring quality education for all by 2030 is presented. The internet can help address teacher training, access learning resources, and provide lifelong learning opportunities. However, Africa faces barriers like limited infrastructure, literacy, and educational content. Trends show growing bandwidth but uneven access. An effective policy framework is needed regarding infrastructure, teacher development, resources, equity, and monitoring to fully realize the internet's potential for education.
eLearning Africa 2012 attracted over 1,483 participants from 66 countries, making it Africa's largest gathering of eLearning and ICT professionals. A survey from the event found that 48% of respondents use mobile technology for teaching. The eLearning Africa Report 2014 compiled research on e-learning in Africa and how the continent's communications infrastructure impacts learning. The report found that e-learning professionals in Africa are confident about the future due to Africa's growing economy and increasing access to internet and mobile broadband. Senegal has the highest growth rate for self-paced e-learning in Africa at 30.4%.
Achievements and opportunities for the use of the Internet in education in We...Internet Society
Africa Regional Internet Development Dialogue
Kigali, Rwanda, 8-9 May 2017
By Prof Hamidou Boly, Ecowas Commissioner for Education, Science and Culture
The document summarizes the experiences of East Africa in managing cybersecurity threats as part of the East Africa Communications Organizations (EACO) region. It discusses the formation of the EACO Cybersecurity Taskforce in 2008 to coordinate a cybersecurity framework for the region. The taskforce has helped establish national computer emergency response teams in member countries and provided capacity building. However, challenges remain such as lack of policies, frameworks and awareness. Recommendations include developing policies and frameworks, establishing national response teams, and collaborating regionally and globally to manage cybersecurity threats.
Africa Regional Internet Development Dialogue
Kigali, Rwanda, 8-9 May 2017
By Aminata A. Garba, Assistant Professor Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University
Internet for Education: Helping Policy Makers to Meet the Global Education Ag...Internet Society
This document discusses how policy makers can help meet global education goals by leveraging the internet. It outlines challenges to education in Africa like access, nutrition, costs, conflicts, and teacher shortages. The Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ensuring quality education for all by 2030 is presented. The internet can help address teacher training, access learning resources, and provide lifelong learning opportunities. However, Africa faces barriers like limited infrastructure, literacy, and educational content. Trends show growing bandwidth but uneven access. An effective policy framework is needed regarding infrastructure, teacher development, resources, equity, and monitoring to fully realize the internet's potential for education.
Here is our presentation for technical, financial, and logistical solutions to areas of the world in crisis: No power, poverty, civil war, these issues are adressed in part by our network, consisting of Wi-Fi long range internet, VoIP phone service, solar powered batteries and lighting, video camcorders and upload capability 24/7
contact: Ted Pethick @:
tpethick@bosco-uganda.org
or:
http://www.bosco-uganda.org
The role of IXPs in bridging the Digital Divide
Presentation by Betel Hailu, Communications Coordinator, African Regional Bureau, Internet Society
8th WEST AFRICA INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM
17 November 2016
The document summarizes the work of the Internet Society in Asia-Pacific in 2018 and upcoming activities in 2019. It discusses the Society's efforts to promote an open, globally connected, secure and trustworthy internet through initiatives like supporting community networks, improving routing security through MANRS, and addressing IoT security issues. Key 2018 activities included collaborating with governments on internet policy issues, training programs, and engagement events. Planned 2019 work focuses on similar collaboration, outreach and capacity building activities across the region.
The document provides an analysis of the current state of Philippine ICT based on a presentation given on September 4, 2013. It discusses the country's declining ranking in the Network Readiness Index and provides an overview of ICT history and policies under different administrations. Key points include recommendations to improve ICT through strong leadership, public-private partnerships, improved infrastructure and skills development. Comparisons are made between the Philippines and ICT progress in Malaysia and Singapore.
Internet governance and the filtering problemsTan Tran
This document provides an overview of internet governance and filtering. It defines internet governance as the development and application of shared principles, norms, rules and procedures that shape the evolution and use of the internet. It discusses various authorities involved in internet governance like ICANN and ISOC. It then defines internet filtering and the different types of content filtered. It discusses the global status of filtering for political, social and security content. It highlights problems with internet filtering like effects on performance and ethics. It concludes there is a need for improved cooperation and standards set by an independent organization.
This session discussed ICT applications and services, focusing on emerging technologies like virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VAR).
Key points included:
- VAR has many opportunities beyond gaming in areas like education, healthcare, and business. It is attracting significant investment.
- Government representatives discussed using ICTs for e-government services, disaster management, accessibility, and green initiatives.
- An NGO discussed building their organization, SSVAR, to network VAR professionals and explore applications in sectors like education, healthcare, and industry.
- VAR was highlighted as having applications across many fields to impact topics like education, cultural heritage, and more through interactive experiences.
- Continued research and
Isoc barriers to connectivity bishkek (28 april)ISOC-KG
The document discusses barriers to internet availability and adoption. It summarizes research from the Internet Society showing that costs and lack of locally relevant content are major barriers. Costs are high due to roadblocks to infrastructure investment, while interest is low without content in local languages and about local locations. The document then discusses barriers in more depth, identifying issues with regulations, rights-of-way access, taxation, and lack of local hosting inflating costs and reducing performance of local content. Developing local internet exchange points and promoting local content hosting are recommended to lower costs and increase adoption.
The Philippines ICT sector is growing, with key areas including IT-BPO, telecommunications/networking, digital technologies, and mobile. The IT-BPO industry saw 37% revenue growth in 2011 and employs over 638,000 people. Telecom companies have rolled out newer technologies like 4G and fiber optics. The Philippines also leads in social media usage and video consumption. Emerging areas include cloud computing, software as a service, e-commerce, and tech entrepreneurship. Skills development and alignment with industry needs is important for continued growth in the ICT sector.
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an open standards organization made up of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and smooth operation of the Internet. It consists of various working groups organized by subject area that work collaboratively using a rough consensus model to develop open standards through mailing lists and meetings. The IETF is overseen by the Internet Architecture Board and the Internet Engineering Steering Group.
MIT Digital Learning Providing Quality Education at ScaleInternet Society
MIT Digital Learning aims to transform teaching and learning globally through innovative uses of digital technologies. It has provided open educational resources through MIT OpenCourseWare and MOOCs on edX that have been accessed by over 200 million people in almost every country. MIT faculty are now using these digital tools and the MITx program to provide students with rapid feedback, simulations, and flexible course delivery.
The Internet Society is an international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting an open, globally-connected and secure Internet. It works to ensure the Internet remains a force for good by advocating for open standards, addressing issues like security and privacy, and expanding infrastructure to underserved communities. It has over 100 chapters worldwide that undertake activities like educational events, policy advocacy, and networking to advance these goals locally. Membership in chapters and the global organization provides a way for individuals and organizations to support an open and accessible Internet.
Internet Society - an update on activities by Rajnesh SinghAPNIC
The Internet Society is an international non-profit organization that works to promote an open and globally connected Internet. It has over 71,500 individual members and 150 organizational members worldwide. In Asia-Pacific, the Internet Society has 20 chapters, over 13,800 chapter members, and offices in Singapore, Bangkok, Islamabad, and Manila. The organization focuses on capacity building, public policy engagement, and empowering underserved communities through projects like Wireless for Communities.
Supporting Internet Development in the AP Region - ARM2APNIC
1) APNIC was established in 1993 and has seen massive growth in the Asia Pacific region over the past 20 years, with IPv4 addresses increasing 10-fold and addresses in the Philippines growing 60-fold.
2) This growth was achieved through developments in policy, human capacity, and infrastructure that supported each stage of the region's internet development. Key policies included adjusting minimum IPv4 allocation sizes and promoting IPv6 adoption.
3) Human capacity was built through training programs that grew from 5 cities to 37 economies, focusing on practical skills in areas like routing, security, and DNS.
4) Infrastructure was enhanced by deploying over 30 root servers across the region and promoting internet exchanges to reduce costs of local
Here is our presentation for technical, financial, and logistical solutions to areas of the world in crisis: No power, poverty, civil war, these issues are adressed in part by our network, consisting of Wi-Fi long range internet, VoIP phone service, solar powered batteries and lighting, video camcorders and upload capability 24/7
contact: Ted Pethick @:
tpethick@bosco-uganda.org
or:
http://www.bosco-uganda.org
The role of IXPs in bridging the Digital Divide
Presentation by Betel Hailu, Communications Coordinator, African Regional Bureau, Internet Society
8th WEST AFRICA INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM
17 November 2016
The document summarizes the work of the Internet Society in Asia-Pacific in 2018 and upcoming activities in 2019. It discusses the Society's efforts to promote an open, globally connected, secure and trustworthy internet through initiatives like supporting community networks, improving routing security through MANRS, and addressing IoT security issues. Key 2018 activities included collaborating with governments on internet policy issues, training programs, and engagement events. Planned 2019 work focuses on similar collaboration, outreach and capacity building activities across the region.
The document provides an analysis of the current state of Philippine ICT based on a presentation given on September 4, 2013. It discusses the country's declining ranking in the Network Readiness Index and provides an overview of ICT history and policies under different administrations. Key points include recommendations to improve ICT through strong leadership, public-private partnerships, improved infrastructure and skills development. Comparisons are made between the Philippines and ICT progress in Malaysia and Singapore.
Internet governance and the filtering problemsTan Tran
This document provides an overview of internet governance and filtering. It defines internet governance as the development and application of shared principles, norms, rules and procedures that shape the evolution and use of the internet. It discusses various authorities involved in internet governance like ICANN and ISOC. It then defines internet filtering and the different types of content filtered. It discusses the global status of filtering for political, social and security content. It highlights problems with internet filtering like effects on performance and ethics. It concludes there is a need for improved cooperation and standards set by an independent organization.
This session discussed ICT applications and services, focusing on emerging technologies like virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VAR).
Key points included:
- VAR has many opportunities beyond gaming in areas like education, healthcare, and business. It is attracting significant investment.
- Government representatives discussed using ICTs for e-government services, disaster management, accessibility, and green initiatives.
- An NGO discussed building their organization, SSVAR, to network VAR professionals and explore applications in sectors like education, healthcare, and industry.
- VAR was highlighted as having applications across many fields to impact topics like education, cultural heritage, and more through interactive experiences.
- Continued research and
Isoc barriers to connectivity bishkek (28 april)ISOC-KG
The document discusses barriers to internet availability and adoption. It summarizes research from the Internet Society showing that costs and lack of locally relevant content are major barriers. Costs are high due to roadblocks to infrastructure investment, while interest is low without content in local languages and about local locations. The document then discusses barriers in more depth, identifying issues with regulations, rights-of-way access, taxation, and lack of local hosting inflating costs and reducing performance of local content. Developing local internet exchange points and promoting local content hosting are recommended to lower costs and increase adoption.
The Philippines ICT sector is growing, with key areas including IT-BPO, telecommunications/networking, digital technologies, and mobile. The IT-BPO industry saw 37% revenue growth in 2011 and employs over 638,000 people. Telecom companies have rolled out newer technologies like 4G and fiber optics. The Philippines also leads in social media usage and video consumption. Emerging areas include cloud computing, software as a service, e-commerce, and tech entrepreneurship. Skills development and alignment with industry needs is important for continued growth in the ICT sector.
The Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) is an open standards organization made up of network designers, operators, vendors, and researchers concerned with the evolution of the Internet architecture and smooth operation of the Internet. It consists of various working groups organized by subject area that work collaboratively using a rough consensus model to develop open standards through mailing lists and meetings. The IETF is overseen by the Internet Architecture Board and the Internet Engineering Steering Group.
MIT Digital Learning Providing Quality Education at ScaleInternet Society
MIT Digital Learning aims to transform teaching and learning globally through innovative uses of digital technologies. It has provided open educational resources through MIT OpenCourseWare and MOOCs on edX that have been accessed by over 200 million people in almost every country. MIT faculty are now using these digital tools and the MITx program to provide students with rapid feedback, simulations, and flexible course delivery.
The Internet Society is an international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting an open, globally-connected and secure Internet. It works to ensure the Internet remains a force for good by advocating for open standards, addressing issues like security and privacy, and expanding infrastructure to underserved communities. It has over 100 chapters worldwide that undertake activities like educational events, policy advocacy, and networking to advance these goals locally. Membership in chapters and the global organization provides a way for individuals and organizations to support an open and accessible Internet.
Internet Society - an update on activities by Rajnesh SinghAPNIC
The Internet Society is an international non-profit organization that works to promote an open and globally connected Internet. It has over 71,500 individual members and 150 organizational members worldwide. In Asia-Pacific, the Internet Society has 20 chapters, over 13,800 chapter members, and offices in Singapore, Bangkok, Islamabad, and Manila. The organization focuses on capacity building, public policy engagement, and empowering underserved communities through projects like Wireless for Communities.
Supporting Internet Development in the AP Region - ARM2APNIC
1) APNIC was established in 1993 and has seen massive growth in the Asia Pacific region over the past 20 years, with IPv4 addresses increasing 10-fold and addresses in the Philippines growing 60-fold.
2) This growth was achieved through developments in policy, human capacity, and infrastructure that supported each stage of the region's internet development. Key policies included adjusting minimum IPv4 allocation sizes and promoting IPv6 adoption.
3) Human capacity was built through training programs that grew from 5 cities to 37 economies, focusing on practical skills in areas like routing, security, and DNS.
4) Infrastructure was enhanced by deploying over 30 root servers across the region and promoting internet exchanges to reduce costs of local
Este documento presenta información sobre liderazgo y líderes destacados. Discute brevemente al profesor de piano Laureano Gómez y al expresidente Álvaro Uribe Vélez como líderes admirados. También describe características clave de un buen líder como admitir errores, elogiar a otros y seguir reglas de manera consistente. Explica la importancia de los líderes para guiar a las comunidades y el progreso de la sociedad. Finalmente, incluye frases sobre liderazgo de figuras como Jorge Elié
This document repeats the date "February 19, 2009" five times without providing any other context or information. It does not convey any events, ideas, or meaningful content beyond noting the same date in each line.
Some Of The Miracles Of The Noble Qurancahpamulang .
The document summarizes some statistical symmetries and numerical patterns found in the Holy Quran. It notes that certain words are mentioned the same number of times, and percentages of other words correspond to real-world ratios. It also describes scientific research finding that listening to recitations of the Quran can relieve tension and boost immunity, likely due to its acoustic properties and impact on the nervous system.
The NBA is the premier professional basketball league in the US. It was founded in 1946 as the BAA and later merged with the NBL to form the NBA. Some key events include the integration of black players in the 1950s, expansion across the US in later decades, and the rise of stars like Michael Jordan which increased interest in the 1980s-90s. Today the NBA has 30 teams split between the Eastern and Western conferences and follows a regular season and playoff format to crown a champion each year.
The document discusses key aspects of government budgets including:
- Budgets are financial plans that project future income and expenditures.
- Government budgets have revenue and capital receipts and expenditures.
- Revenue receipts come from taxes and other collections while expenditures go towards services and development.
- Capital receipts include loans and borrowings while expenditures go towards long-term infrastructure and assets.
- The document then provides details on the Indian economy and budget including population, growth rates, and specific tax rates and policies.
Este documento contiene información sobre varios elementos químicos, incluyendo cobre, zinc, galio, arsénico, selenio y bromo. Para cada elemento, se proporciona su número atómico, símbolo, densidad, peso atómico, punto de fusión y ebullición, año de descubrimiento y descubridor.
Thomas Paine was an influential writer during the American Revolutionary War, known for his pamphlets Common Sense and The Crisis. Common Sense inspired the Declaration of Independence, while The Crisis encouraged Revolutionary soldiers to continue fighting despite facing hardship, with the famous quote "These are the times that try men's souls." Paine advocated that war could be justified if the cause was just, and urged colonists to endure difficulties without losing sight of their goal.
Nurturing Collaboration, Creation, and Publication in the Digital AgeSteve Johnson
Steve Johnson is an educational technology consultant whose website is edtechsteve.com and Twitter handle is @edtechsteve. His email is edtechsteve@gmail.com. He believes in flexible problem solving by immersing students in tasks and allowing them to make mistakes to find multiple solutions. He also advocates for collaboration where students work together to solve problems, build things, and build shared knowledge through discovering, remaking, tinkering, and experimenting together. He advises against restricting tools and thinks students should be immersed in tasks.
El documento define lo que es un planeta según la Unión Astronómica Internacional. Para ser considerado un planeta, un cuerpo celeste debe orbitar una estrella, tener suficiente masa para alcanzar un equilibrio hidrostático esférico, y haber barrido su órbita de planetesimales. Según esta definición, el Sistema Solar contiene 8 planetas pero Plutón ahora se clasifica como un planeta enano. Los objetos que orbitan otras estrellas se denominan exoplanetas y deben cumplir con los mismos criterios.
The document discusses social networking sites and interpersonal relationships. It provides background on social networking usage globally and the top 10 most engaged social networking markets. The study aims to determine the influence of social networking sites on interpersonal relationships of students. Specifically, it seeks to understand students' social networking usage, interpersonal relationship levels, and the relationship between the two. The hypothesis is that there is no significant relationship between social networking and interpersonal relationships.
This document summarizes several important events in the evolution of technology throughout history:
1) In 1877, Berliner filed a patent for the microphone, improving telephone quality and long-distance calling.
2) In 1953, the black box flight recorder was invented in Australia to investigate plane crashes, though initially rejected for privacy reasons.
3) In 1955, the Whirlwind computer was developed, able to process data and display graphics in real time using thousands of vacuum tubes.
Tata acquired Corus, the largest steel producer in the UK, for $12 billion, creating the world's fifth largest steelmaker. This was India's largest ever foreign takeover. While the deal increased Tata's debt load, it was seen as an important opportunity for an emerging market company to gain access to European markets. The acquisition of the much larger Corus was a major step for Tata and India onto the global stage.
The document discusses how the creator attracted their target audience of teenagers and families to their video. They chose visual effects like "blur out" that teenagers would find interesting. They also selected the mysterious genre, which is a favorite of teens and families, and made it clear from the title "Effortless". The actors also helped attract the audience - the main character is extremely lazy but handsome, appealing to female viewers, and another actor portrays a lazy student, appealing to teen viewers.
The document provides an agenda and overview of a newcomers session that discusses the internet ecosystem in Africa and the role of organizations like AFRINIC. It introduces AFRINIC's mission to manage internet number resources professionally and efficiently for the African community. It outlines AFRINIC's governance structure, membership types, activities and initiatives like IPv6 training, the government working group, and public mailing lists.
ION Cape Town, 8 September 2015: The Internet Society is working toward fostering a larger and more engaged network operator community around the IETF and protocol development work. Part of that work was a survey of network operators in 2014 and an Internet-Draft about its results. We’re also interested specifically in bringing more African engineers with operational experience into the IETF, and perhaps even bringing a physical IETF meeting to the continent of Africa within the next few years. We’ll outline some of our recent work and hope to make this an interactive session to learn from the local community how to encourage more IETF participation.
The document discusses FARA's intervention through its RAILS program to build a continental online platform for sharing agricultural information and knowledge in Africa. It highlights how stakeholders are mobilized to use ICT and participate in content development. The strategy is based on four pillars - people, ICTs, process, and content. National learning teams and an online discussion group have been created in many countries. The eRAILS portal allows users to create websites and has seen increasing traffic, though developing quality content remains a challenge.
AFRICAN ASSOCIATION FOR PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT (AAPAM) AAPAMDr Lendy Spires
The African Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM) is an international professional association for public administrators and managers in Africa, committed to capacity building and excellence in public administration. AAPAM was established in 1971 and has national chapters across Africa promoting its activities. AAPAM partners with the United Nations Public Administration Network (UNPAN) by collaborating on governance programs, implementing the Charter for Public Service in Africa, and managing content on UNPAN's portal to support development of effective public administration in Africa.
The document discusses efforts to bring Internet standards development to Africa through the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It provides background on the IETF and the Internet Society (ISOC), including their missions to promote an open and globally accessible Internet. It outlines activities taken by ISOC to increase awareness of IETF in Africa, such as fellowships and workshops. While Africa's participation in IETF is currently small, the document argues for growing involvement to influence the future of Internet standards. It proposes establishing a task force to work towards hosting the first IETF meeting in Africa by 2018.
The Internet Society is an international, non-profit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet related standards, education, and policy.
This document provides an overview of the South Africa Gauteng Chapter of the Internet Society. It discusses the chapter's mission to promote an open and trusted Internet for all people in South Africa. It outlines the chapter's strategic objectives and priorities such as Internet governance, IPv6, and online identity. It also describes the chapter's activities, global presence, examples of work promoting the Internet, and importance of membership.
The document discusses a film screening and panel discussion on the topic "What is African? What Do We Know? How Do We Know It?". The event was hosted by the IROKO project to promote learning among funders about knowledge gained from supporting development in Africa. The panel featured Eric Osiakwan who discussed the evolution of Africa's telecommunications sector and how technologies are being used to address challenges facing African communities.
The document discusses ARIPO's role as a leading intellectual property hub in Africa. It outlines ARIPO's initiatives on geographical indications and its role in supporting the African Union's strategy and action plan. The document also discusses how ARIPO is building an inclusive process for Africa's transformation by establishing an intellectual property ICT hub and promoting capacity building programs.
The Innovation Africa Digital (IAD) Summit 2014 was held in The Gambia from March 25-27, 2014. The summit attracted over 255 attendees from 54 countries to discuss improving telecoms and ICT in Africa. Topics included increasing investment, improving quality assurance, and focusing on customer experience. Interactive workshops allowed delegates to explore issues in depth and make valuable connections. The summit concluded with a commitment to prioritizing service excellence to improve quality for users, providers, and Africa's position globally.
The document summarizes the landscape of open science in Africa based on a mapping conducted by the African Open Science Platform (AOSP). Some key findings include:
1) AOSP has compiled a register of Africa's data collections and services, key role players, potential partnerships, sources of content, and collaborations to inform its focus areas.
2) There are currently only 22 registered data repositories in Africa, with only one having the CoreTrustSeal for trusted data repositories. Challenges include lack of policies, incentives, skills, and coordination across the continent.
3) AOSP is working to address these challenges by developing open science policy frameworks, engaging stakeholders, building capacity through training programs, and coordin
My dotAfrica new gTLD Project Presentation in I-Week Conference which is organized by South Africa's Internet Service Providers Association "ISPA" and Uniforum SA "co.za Registry"
eLearning Africa: In Review 2018.
13th International Conference
and Exhibition on ICT for Education,
Training and Skills Development
Kigali, Rwanda
Sept 26→28
2018
Presentation on "One billion people,54 countries,one domain name" at the East...DotAfrica Initiative
This document provides an overview of the .africa domain and the vision of DotConnectAfrica, the organization sponsoring it. In 10 points, it covers: the state of Internet use in Africa; the vision for a .africa domain; the need for an Africa-specific domain; how .africa could strengthen country-code top-level domains; an introduction to DotConnectAfrica; its organizational structure and governance; achievements and challenges to date; how to get involved; and next steps.
National Innovation Networks - The Essence_04042023.pdfCharlesEmembolu
This is a presentation by Charles Emembolu to African Innovation and Startup support organisations at a Webinar organisaed by Afrilabs on 4th April, 2023 titled, "The need for a National Innovation Networks"
The Internet Society is a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 to promote an open and globally connected Internet. It has over 72,000 members in 109 chapters worldwide. In Asia-Pacific, the Internet Society has 20 chapters with over 15,900 members and works on issues like access, mobile technology, content, and participation in standards groups. It partners with organizations like ICANN, APEC, and the UN and provides grants, awards, and educational programs. The document encourages engagement with the Internet Society to help keep the Internet open and beneficial globally.
Afri nic 2nd Presentation at the Youth Engagement Summit MauritiusAdrian Hall
AFRINIC is the Regional Internet Registry for Africa and surrounding regions. It is a non-profit, membership-based organization that manages Internet number resources, develops Internet policy, and provides training and support to promote Internet development in Africa. In 2013, AFRINIC issued 3.8 million IPv4 addresses and 377 IPv6 prefixes, and served over 1,300 member organizations across Africa and surrounding regions. AFRINIC holds biannual public policy meetings and provides free training programs to support infrastructure development and expand IPv6 and security protocol adoption.
The document discusses several proposed updates and clarifications to AFRINIC's internet number resource policies. Key proposals include establishing mechanisms for IPv4 and ASN transfers between regions, clarifying policies around IPv6 and temporary resource usage, and reviewing member's IPv4 resources to identify non-compliance. Community participation is encouraged by subscribing to mailing lists and attending biannual meetings to propose policies and voice opinions.
AFRINIC is responsible for managing internet number resources like IP addresses and autonomous system numbers in Africa. It allocates these resources to members according to policies developed by the AFRINIC community through an open policy development process. To become an AFRINIC member and obtain number resources, an organization must meet criteria like being legally incorporated in Africa and having infrastructure on the continent. The membership process involves applying online, having the application evaluated, signing a registration services agreement, and paying fees before resources are allocated.
Internet development in Africa: a content use, hosting and distribution persp...AFRINIC
With increasing demand for videos, streaming media, and for services such as cloud computing in Africa, broadband performance, and specifically how users experience performance, becomes increasingly important. In order to meet a growing demand for digital content, mobile operators across the continent have extensively invested in increasing capacity by investing in undersea cables, as well as in terrestrial fibre networks. Mobile
LTE networks provision is expanding as well but remains insufficient to cover remote and rural areas.
Insight Into Africa’s Country-level LatenciesAFRINIC
This paper provides insight into the effects of cross-border infrastructure and logical interconnections in Africa on both intra-country and cross-border latency on end-to-end Internet paths, by comparing Internet performance measurements between different countries. We collected ICMP pings between countries using Speedchecker and applied a community detection algorithm to group countries based on round-trip times (RTTs) between countries. We observed three main latency clusters: East and Southern Africa; North Africa; and West and Central Africa. An interesting observation is that these clusters largely correspond to countries that share the same official languages or past colonial history. The cluster in Eastern and Southern Africa is the most strongly clustered: these countries have the lowest inter-country latency values. We also found that some countries have a much higher intra-country latency than expected, pointing to the lack of local peering or physical infrastructure within the country itself.
This finding underscores the importance of physical networking
infrastructure deployment and inter-network relationships at a
country and regional level.
Deep Diving into Africa’s Inter-Country LatenciesAFRINIC
The Internet in Africa is evolving rapidly, yet remains significantly behind other regions in terms of performance and ubiquity of access. This clearly has negative consequences for the residents of Africa but also has implications for organisations designing
future networked technologies that might see deployment in the region. This paper presents a measurement campaign methodology to explore the current state of the African Internet. Using vantage points across the continent, we perform the first large-scale mapping of inter-country delays in Africa. Our analysis reveals a number of clusters, where countries have built up low delay interconnectivity, dispelling the myth that intra-communications in Africa are universally poor. Unfortunately, this does not extend to the remainder of the continent, which typically suffers from excessively high delays, often exceeding 300ms. We find that in many cases it is faster to reach European or North American networks than those in other regions of Africa. By mapping the internetwork topology, we identify a number of shortcomings in the infrastructure, most notably an excessive reliance on intercontinental transit providers.
Studying performance barriers to cloud services in Africa's public sectorAFRINIC
Cloud computing allows individuals and organisations to remotely lease storage and computation resources as needed. For such
remote access to computational resources to work efciently, there is need for well-developed Internet infrastructure to support reliable and low-delay delivery of trac. By carrying out the month-long Internet measurement campaign, this paper investigates the hosting situation and latencies in the public sector of ve African countries. Results of the study show that a large percentage of the public sector websites across the countries are hosted in cloud-based infrastructure and are physically located in America and Europe. Analysis of delays shows signicant diferences between local and remotely hosted websites, and that latencies are signficantly lower for countries that host CDN nodes. The results also suggest higher delays for local websites that are accessed circuitously.
Routing security and implications for NRENsAFRINIC
This document discusses routing security issues for National Research and Education Networks (NRENs). It describes how the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) lacks built-in security, allowing for route hijacking and leaks. Route hijacking occurs when one network impersonates another by advertising its prefixes. Route leaks happen when a multi-homed network accidentally announces routes learned from one upstream provider to the other. The document outlines some solutions like filtering, Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI), and BGP Security (BGPSEC) but notes challenges with deployment and lack of reliable data. It emphasizes that securing an individual network does not ensure overall security and calls for mutually agreed routing security principles and global validation of routing information.
Africa has the lowest rate of Internet penetration in the world. This is set to change with Africa predicted to be a major driving force in expanding global uptake. Despite this, recent studies have observed generally poor Internet performance on the continent. This paper presents a large-scale measurement study of the African Internet. It focusses on mapping the performance and topological characteristics of intra-Africa connectivity. Our analysis discovers a series of "communities", in which countries have built up low delay interconnectivity, dispelling the myth that intra delays in Africa are universally poor. Unfortunately, this does not extend to the remainder of the continent, which typically suffers from excessively high intercountry delays, often exceeding 300ms. To explain this, we explore the intra-continental topology to discover a number of shortcomings, most notably an excessive reliance on international transit providers rather than local peering.
This document analyzes latency patterns in Africa's internet through measurements from RIPE Atlas and Speedchecker probes. The key findings are:
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This document outlines areas of potential collaboration between AFRINIC and Research ICT Africa on research related to internet infrastructure and policy in Africa. Key points of collaboration include conducting internet measurements to guide evidence-based policymaking and regulatory interventions, case studies on broadband performance and cloud computing, and future work on topics like IPv6 deployment, cybersecurity, and the African routing landscape. The document also notes that an AFRINIC/RIA workshop was held with over 70 participants where initial probes were distributed and anchor hosting was pledged, with the goal of growing an African internet measurement community.
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1. AfriNIC operates DNSSEC services for reverse DNS zones and several African ccTLDs. They migrated their signing infrastructure to a new signer while maintaining DNSSEC validation.
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Assessing Internet Freedom and the Digital ResilienceAFRINIC
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Measuring quality of Internet links in NRENsAFRINIC
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CONTENTS
CAPACITY BUILDING
AFNOG
AFRICA INTERNET SUMMIT
INTERNET NUMBERS
AFRINIC
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
AFREN
AAU
NAMES
AFTLD
INTERCONNECTION
AFPIF
CYBERSECURITY
AFRICA CERT
POLICIES AND COMMUNITY
AFGWG
AFIGF
ISOC AFRICAN CHAPTERS
AISI
AFRICANN
FIRE
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In the mid 1990s, a few African Internet pioneers grouped in
what was known as the African Internet Group (AIG) started
discussing Internet issues, including governance.
In 1998, following the International Ad Hoc Committee
(IAHC) process for specifying and implementing policies
and procedures relating to generic top level domain
names leading to the formation of the Internet Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), one of the first
African Internet governance conference was organised in
Cotonou, Benin by the AIG, with Mr Pierre Dandjinou as host.
The theme for the workshop was ‘Internet governance in
Africa’. In this workshop, many speakers including Dr Nii
Quaynor (who later became the first African recipient of the
prestigious John Postel Award) stressed the need to set up
few Key institutions that can support Internet growth in the
region.
The setting up of such organisations was visionary at a time
when Africa started developing its own Internet infrastructure
but was lacking in critical technical workforce. Africa also
needed to catch up with the rest of the world in terms of
Internet penetration and usage. It was a call for uniting the
African Internet technical community for Internet development
in Africa In the next few years, following the Cotonou meeting,
several organisations emerged within the African Internet
ecosystem. Today we identify them as the Af* (Af Star).
Each of these organisations emerged to address specific
issues relating to development, IP numbering, Countries
Domain name, access, Internet use and impact, among other
important matters. These comprise several organisations
created over the time such as AfNOG, AFRINIC, AfREN, AfTLD,
AfricaCERT, AfPIF, the Africa IGF, ISOC Africa Chapter. This
group will continue to grow as emerging organisations join
this constellation.
THE AFRICA INTERNET ECOSYSTEM
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AF* are organisations collaborately working for a better
Internet in Africa. They form key parts of the African Internet
ecosystem and include organisations working in areas such
as Internet numbers, policy, content and names, research,
infrastructure, capacity building, and security.
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African Network Operators’ Group
AfNOG, the African Network Operators Group,
is a forum that brings together the Internet
community and ISPs to share experiences
mainly relating to technical challenges
associated with setting up, building and
running IP networks. It is a platform uniting
professionals, network engineers and students
from ISPs, universities, research institutions,
and the ICT industry in Africa.
In 2000, AfNOG held its first technical
workshop in Cape Town, South Africa. AfNOG
subsequently organised technical workshops
meant to develop a critical mass of trainers
and professionals in network infrastructure and
services.
Every year, AfNOG organises a joint annual
meeting with AFRINIC in a chosen African
country. AfNOG also holds a General Assembly
to discuss technical issues.
The AfNOG training programme consists of
lab-based training workshops and technical
tutorials that usually precede the AfNOG
meetings.
The AfNOG/AFRINIC meeting takes place
around the month of May/June every year.
C A PA C I T Y B U I L D I N G
AfTLDHome of Africa’s National TLD Registries
AfTLD
African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) Secretariat
16 Boundary Road, East Legon
P.O. Box No CT 9086
Catonments, Accra
Ghana
Tel
Fax
Web
Email
: +233 277 552 308 / 20 829 1845
: +233 21 521 696
: www.afnog.org.
: sec@afnog.org, nancy@ghana.org
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2000 Cape Town South Africa
2001 Accra Ghana
2002 Lome Togo
2003 Kanpala Uganda
2004 Dakar Senegal
2005 Maputo Mozambique
2006 Nairobi Kenya
2007 Abuja Nigeria
2008 Rabat Morocco
2009 Cairo Egypt
2010 Kigali Rwanda
2011 Dar Es Salaam Tanzania
2012 Serekunda Gambia
AfNOG’s Training History
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AFRINIC is the brainchild of the African Internet pioneers namely
Dr Nii Quaynor from Ghana, Alan Barrett from South Africa, Sana
Bellamine from Tunisia and Nashwa Abdel-Baki from Egypt. They
identified the need of setting up an African Internet Number
registry as early as 1997.
Prior to 2005, Europe, North America and Asia were responsible
for the allocation of IP addresses in Africa.
In 2005, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) allowed Africa to form its own Internet
Numbers Registry and thus AFRINIC was born.
AFRINIC, the Regional Internet Registry for Africa, allocates
Internet resources to members within its service region of Africa
and the Indian Ocean. AFRINIC exists and works alongside four
The Internet Numbers Registry for Africa
AFRINIC
I N T E R N E T N U M B E R S
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other regional registries serving
North America, Latin America, Asia
Pacific, and Europe.
AFRINIC’s principal mandate is
the allocation and management
of Internet addresses (Internet
Protocol (IP) addresses and
Autonomous System Numbers
(ASN)).
AFRINIC actively contributes to
Internet development in Africa and
provides training to engineers and
network operators on managing
Internet resources and planning for
IPv6 transition.
Additionally, AFRINIC participates
in Internet governance discussions
regionally and at the international
level and focuses on and invests
in projects aimed at increasing the
Internet’s security and resilience.
African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC)
11th Floor, Raffles Tower
Cybercity
Ebene
Mauritius
Tel
Fax
Web
Email
: +230 403 5100
: +230 466 6758
: www.afrinic.net
: contact@afrinic.net
AFRINIC also engages the
community in the development of
policies relating to the allocation
and management of IP addresses
and Autonomous System Numbers.
AFRINIC uses a bottom up
approach in the management of
IP addresses. By participating in
the policy-making processes, the
community defines the allocation
and management of these
resources.
Policies on resources allocation
and management are proposed
and debated on the resource policy
discussion (rpd) mailing list and
public policy meetings held twice a
year. Anyone can propose policies
and participate in their discussion.
Membership
AFRINIC members are mostly ISPs
although individual organisations,
financial institutions, government
agencies and others are
encouraged to become members.
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The Association of African Universities (AAU)
The AAU is the apex organisation and forum
for consultation, exchange of information
and cooperation among institutions of higher
education in Africa. The organisation seeks to
be the representative voice of the African higher
education community both within and outside
Africa.
The above aims are supported by an explicit
mission statement which notes, inter alia, that
the AAU seeks to raise the quality of higher
education in Africa and strengthen its contribution
to African development by fostering collaboration
among its member institutions; providing support
to enhance teaching, learning, research and
community engagement; and facilitating critical
reflection on, and consensus-building around
issues affecting higher education and African
development.
The Research and Educating Networking Unit
(RENU) of the AAU convenes an annual meeting
on African Research and Education Networking
(AfREN). The RENU is a Unit of the Association of
African Universities (AAU) that seeks to promote
national and regional research and education
networks in Africa and ICT in higher education
in teaching, learning, research, information
dissemination, and management.
RENU’s mission is to promote the establishment
of national and regional research and educational
networks (NRENs and RRENs) in Africa.
The RENU together with AFRINIC, AfNOG
and other stakeholders collectively address
issues such as connectivity, access, as well
as enhancing capacity building and content
development in Africa.
The AAU and AFRINIC signed MoUs (Memoranda
of Understanding) in 2006 and 2009 allowing
institutions applying for Internet resources to
benefit from discounted prices and a waiver on
membership fees for the first year.
R E S E A R C H A N D E D U C AT I O N
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African Research and Education Networking
Association of African Universities
Research and Education Network Unit
P.O Box AN5744
Accra – North
Ghana
Tel
Fax
Web
Email
: +233 21 774495 / 761 588
: +233 21 774821
: www.aau.org
: renu@aau.org
Membership
AAU’s membership consists of public and private universities,
polytechnics, institutions of higher education like colleges,
universities and other institutions recognised by a country’s
authorities as higher education and research institutions.
RENU lists its principal activities as:
• Facilitating national research and education networking, and
support collective action, from increased access to cheaper
connectivity.
• Developing a ‘clearinghouse’ of information on ICT and
research and education networking initiatives, trends,
opportunities, and good practice in Africa and globally, as
well as relevant expertise and funding sources.
• Raising awareness to institutional leaders, network
members, policy-makers, donors, and NGOs, and promoting
knowledge exchange and experience sharing about issues
and trends in ICT and research and education networking.
• Developing and disseminating advocacy material on open
access to information, low cost bandwidth, and national
and sub-regional networking, as well as participating in
effective advocacy and lobbying by and on behalf of African
knowledge institutions.
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AfTlD
In 2002, Africa Top Level Domain Organisation (AfTLD)
started as a project – the ISO 3166 country-code Top-
Level Internet Domain (ccTLD) Registries in Africa
– with more than 50 ccTLDs. The African Top Level
Domains Limited was born and incorporated as a not-
for-profit organisation.
The African Top Level Domain Organisation
coordinates, formulates, develops and presents a
unified approach to issues related to the Domain
Name System.
AfTLD is an ICANN-recognised regional organisation
of country code top-level domain (ccTLD) managers
from the African Region. The AfTLD is an active
participant on the ICANN, IGF and Regional Top Level
Domain Organisation (RTLDO) with representatives
on the ccNSO council, IDN and ccNSO participation
working groups.
AfTLD is interested in policy matters that affect
ccTLDs globally and has been an active player in
forums discussing and formulating policies relating to
domain names.
AfTLDHome of Africa’s National TLD Registries
N A M E S
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Membership
All ccTLD operators in the African region are eligible
to join AfTLD. Associate membership may be given
to any individual organisation or corporate body that
operates in an Internet domain registry or in the
Internet domain space.
AfTLD C/O Kenya Network Information Centre,
CCK Centre, Opposite Kianda School,
P.O Box 1461 - 00606, Nairobi –
Kenya
Tel: +254 733 79 00 73, +254 715 275 483, +254 20-445-0057/8
Fax: +254 20-445-0087
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AfPIF
The African Peering and Interconnection
Forum (AfPIF) is an ISOC initiative aimed
at addressing key interconnection,
peering, and traffic exchange
opportunities and challenges. It provides
participants with global and regional
perspectives and seeks to maximise
opportunities that will help grow Internet
infrastructure and services in Africa.
As a multi-stakeholder forum, AfPIF
events involve discussions and ideas
on implementing efficient and cost
effective local, regional, and international
interconnection and peering strategies.
The AfPIF is an annual event held since
2010.
I N T E R C O N N E C T I O N
Internet Society
Galerie Jean-Malbuisson 15
CH-1204 Geneva,
Switzerland
1775 Wiehle Ave. Suite 201
Reston, VA 20190, USA
Tel
Fax
Web
Tel
Fax
Email
: +41 22 807 1444
: +41 22 807 1445
: www.internetsociety.org
: +1 703 439 2120
: +1 703 326 9881
: info@internetsociety.org
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AFRICA Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
AfricaCERT consists of trusted computer incident response
teams. The teams seek to cooperate in handling computer
security incidents and promoting incident prevention
programmes.
AFRINIC and AfNOG, among other organisations, have been
involved in actively promoting and supporting the CERT
programme and were critical during its inception phase.
In addition, AfricaCERT provides the necessary bullwarks
against threats to African assets and critical infrastructure
on the Internet.
The first BoF Meeting on the AfricaCERT was orgainsed in
June 2011 during an AfNOG workshop in Tanzania.
In November 2011, in Yaounde Cameroon, AfricaCERT
organised its first cybersecurity Workshop during the
AFRINIC-15 Meeting.
The AfricaCERT was formally incorporated in 2012.
C Y B E R S E C U R I T Y
: project@africacert.org,
: http://www.africacert.org
Email
Web
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AfGWG
The AFRINIC Government Working Group (AfGWG) was set up as an initiative
of AFRINIC.
AfGWG seeks to strengthening collaborations between AFRINIC and African
governments and related agencies and regulators in order to create a
dynamic framework to address general Internet governance challenges. The
focus for this framework is addressing issues related to Internet number
resources.
Since 2010, AFRINIC meetings are held bi-annually, back-to-back with
AFRINIC’s Public Policy Meetings.
Website: http://meeting.afrinic.net/afgwg/
AfIGF
The African Internet Governance Forum
(AfIGF) was formally launched in Nairobi
during the global Internet Governance
Forum in 2011. This is an initiative
currently supported by the United Nations
Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)
and a number of regional organisations.
The first AfIGF was held in 2012 in Cairo,
Egypt.
AfIGF draws representation from
governments, businesses and non-
governmental organisations.It addresses
Internet governance issues in Africa with
the aim of providing substantive input to
the global IGF process.
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AfGWG
AfGWG
P O L I C I E S A N D C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T
: afigf.uneca.org
: AfIGF@uneca.org
Web
Email
C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T
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AISI
The African Information Society Initiative (AISI)
is an action framework that has been the basis
for information and communication activities in
Africa since 1996.
AISI is interested mainly with providing Africans
with the means to improve the quality of
their lives and fight against poverty through
information access and provision.
Website: http://www.uneca.org/publications/
african-information-society-initiative-aisi-
decades-perspective
ISOC, Africa chapters
The Internet Society was officially formed in
January 1992 and deals with a wide range
of issues and activities including policy,
governance, technology and development.
The Internet Society was formed by a
number of people with many years of
active involvement in the IETF. The Internet
Society acts as a neutral and internationally
recognised body supporting Internet
administrative infrastructure.
In addition, ISOC has supported various
training programmes organised by AfNOG,
AfTLD and AFRINIC as well as INET. These
trainings have contributed greatly Internet
growth in the African region.
ISOC has also increased its global outreach
through the launch of new African chapters
as well as through the establishment of an
African Regional Bureau in Ethiopia in 2006.
iSOC, Africa Chapter
P.O. Box 3479
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
E-mail: bekele@isoc.org
Tel: +251 911 22 13 33
AfrICANN
The AfrICANN mailing provides a channel and platform
for the African Internet community, and more specifically
for those involved or willing to be involved in the ICANN
processes, to engage each other on issues affecting the
continent.
To register please go to: http://www.afrinic.net/en/
community/email-a-mailing-lists.
18. The Fund for Internet Research and Education (FIRE) is
a grants and awards programme designed to encourage
and support the development of solutions to information
and communication needs in the African Region. It
specifically emphasises the role of the Internet in the
social and economic development for the benefit of the
African community. This comes at a critical time when the
Internet and related technologies are playing an increasingly
important role in the way people communicate, work, do
business and live their lives.
The programme aims at encouraging and promoting the
development and application of innovative ideas that can
contribute not only to the solution of challenges in Africa
and the Indian Ocean region but also enhance Internet and
technological deployment, uptake and utility for the benefit of
society.
The FIRE programme is specifically aimed at:
• Supporting the development of affordable and efficient
Internet infrastructure
• Developing and promoting the adoption of innovative
applications and services
• Supporting individual rights awareness and strength
trust between organizations and individuals in the region
Launched in May 2012, the FIRE programme is a member
of the Seed Alliance, a global initiative bringing together
partners in Africa (AFRINIC), Asia Pacific (ISIF.aisa) and Latin
America (FRIDA).
www.fireafrica.org
FIRE Secretariat
c/o AFRINIC LTD
11th
floor
Raffles Tower
Cybercity
Ebene, Mauritius
www.afrinic.net
For information, please contact us on:
Tel: +230 403 51 00
Email:
fireprogramme@afrinic.net
Follow us on :
twitter.com/afrinic
C O M M U N I T Y E N G A G E M E N T
19. As the Internet continues to grow and its impact continues to be felt across the world, the Af* represents just a
number of organisations working together with others around the world to promote access, stability and use.
For example, AFRINIC works very closely with the other five Regional Internet Registries namely APNIC, RIPE
NCC, Lacnic and ARIN to promote the fair distribution and management of IP addresses. AFRINIC works very
closely with organisations like the African Union and by extension governments in Africa and the Indian Ocean,
and Commonwealth Telecommunication Organisation to advance Internet use in its service region. And all the
organisations listed herein work together with the International Telecommunication Union in promoting access and
stability.
The above thus demonstrates the interconnections created by the organisations as they work together to advance
Internet access and use. This means there is not only regional but also global cooperation as many organisations and
governments work very closely together in tandem to promote Internet access and use, stability, and security among
many other issues.
T H E B O T T O M L I N E