The History of the Internet in Africa
The Internet is now growing faster in Africa than any other region. But, it took a lot of time and effort of the pioneers to reach this stage. Here at the Internet Society, we believe that it is very...
View ArticleBuilding an Integrated African Internet Infrastructure by 2020
In early February, the Internet Society organized an important workshop on “Best practices for setting up Regional Internet Exchange Points and Regional Internet Carriers” for the Southern African...
View ArticleThe Internet Society Joins the Fight Against Ebola
By Dawit Belke and Sofie MaddensThe spread of Ebola and the ravages that it is leaving behind is imprinting its mark on all of us and has a very personal impact on people in the affected countries and...
View ArticleLooking ahead to an action packed week at the AIS
The Internet Society, led by its President and CEO Kathy Brown is in Tunis at the third African Internet Summit, (AIS) - by far the premier ICT event in the African continent bringing together a broad...
View ArticleAfPIF 2015: Where Business in Africa Start
The sixth African Peering and Interconnection Forum opened today. Sixth!It’s a conference I’ve seen grow and change over the past six years into somewhat of a landmark event for those in Africa and...
View ArticleTwo Busy Weeks of Internet Governance Activity In Africa: African Union,...
Africa has made huge strides in improving access to Internet connectivity in the past 6 years. Internet penetration grew from 6% in 2009 to more than 22% in 2015. This week, at the African Union...
View ArticleA new approach to Internet security comes to Cape Town
The Internet Society will present its approach to online security - Collaborative Security - at the Mobile 360 conference and people who are there to contribute their share in ensuring trust on the...
View ArticleThe Role of Regulators & Governments in Boosting Connectivity across Africa
The Internet Society invites all attendees to its panel discussion on “Examining the Role of Regulators & Governments in boosting connectivity across Africa."The panel is discussing barriers to...
View ArticleSurvey shows connectivity is the major concern for policy makers in Africa
On 23 February 2016, the Internet Society and the African Union Commission released a survey that they conducted jointly. The survey assesses African Information and Communication Technology policy...
View ArticleInternet penetration in Africa grows from 11% to 28.6% in just 5 years...
Dawit Bekele, Director of the African Regional Bureau, Internet Society highlighted the positive growth of internet in Africa in his speech at the Africa DNS Forum 2016 in Marrakech, Morocco. However,...
View ArticleInternet Engineering Task Force a model to follow, not only in Technology
Imagine a world where you would be judged by the power of your ideas and not by your title, your origin, your age, your sex or even your academic credentials. Imagine a world where ideas can be debated...
View ArticleCould the Next Google Be Happening Right Now in Africa?
Africa is home to the youngest population in the world with 200 million aged between 15 – 24 years. No one can debate the tremendous potential young people bring to a country's economy. But this...
View ArticleWorking with Universities to boost the participation of Africans in IETF
On Wednesday June 8 2016, I had a pleasure to give a presentation on the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) to staff members of the Computer Science Department of the University of Botswana in...
View ArticlePromoting Internet of Things (IoT) through IETF-Africa initiative
The Internet Engineering Task Force held its 96th meeting in Berlin from July 17- 22 2016. More than 1350 volunteers from around the world gathered to discuss the status of their works in 42 active...
View ArticleAfPIF: Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Miss It
For the last seven years, Africa’s technology players have gathered at the annual Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF). It’s a rare forum that brings together the people who are at the...
View ArticleInternet Society to Partner with Economic Community of West African States to...
The Internet Society is teaming up with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to promote the benefits of the Internet to people throughout West Africa.ECOWAS is a group of fifteen West...
View ArticleSpeech of Dawit Bekele at the Intercommunity 2016 in Praia, Cape Verde
Bom DiaYour Excellency Eng. David Gomes, Board Chairman, ANACYour Excellency, Commissioner for Telecoms and Information Technologies at the Economic Community of West African StatesDear Mr. Richard...
View ArticleIf you're at Mobile World Congress, Internet security is your business
This week the mobile industry will meet at their annual gathering in Barcelona and I am excited to be there. Mobile has changed my life as it has changed that of the 63% of the world population. For...
View ArticleAfrican Regional Internet & Development Dialogue Tackles the World of Education
Dates 8-9 May, Kigali, RwandaThe first ever African Regional Internet Development Dialogue (RIDD) was launched in Rwanda, Kigali on the 8 of May 2017, placing SDG 4 on Education at the center of the...
View ArticleInternet Society and African Union Commission Launch Internet Infrastructure...
The first ever Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa (“the Guidelines”) was launched at the African Internet Summit (AIS2017) in Nairobi, Kenya on 30 May 2017. The Guidelines are...
View ArticleInternet Shutdowns Are Not a Solution to Africa’s Challenges
Africa has made considerable gains with regards to the Internet in the last decades. It’s Internet penetration grew by more than 400%; its international bandwidth has been multiplied by 20 just in just...
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