ICANN, NCC, IXPN, ISOC rally support for 2025 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum - ITREALMS

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The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) through the African Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO) is supporting the 2025 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series is organised by ITREALMS Media and hosted under DigitalSENSE Africa (DSA), an At-Large Structure certified ICANN, in collaboration with other stakeholders.

The Lead Consulting Strategist, DigitalSENSE Africa and Group Executive Editor, ITREALMS Media, Ogbuefi Remmy Nweke revealed this and said that the upcoming Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) holding on Thursday, June 19, 2025, at the prestigious Welcome Centre Hotels, MM International Airport Road, Lagos.

ISOC study: Nigeria rakes in USD40m from IXPN services - ITREALMS

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The recent study by the Internet Society (ISOC) has rated the Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) high, especially for saving the country some United States Dollars (USD) to the tune of 40 million, reports ITREALMS.

As at the time of this report, USD40m is about N31,200,000,000.

Caleb Ogundele, Ramanou Biaou join global ISOC board of trustees - ITREALMS

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The President, Internet Society (ISOC) Nigeria chapter, Mr Caleb Ogundele has been elected into the global ISOC Board for Trustees (BoT) a three-year term, reports ITREALMS.

Ogundele was elected under the chapter alongside Ramanou Biaou, former president, ISOC Benin.

ISOC decries Canadian News Act, says 'It'll restrict innovation & growth in digital space' - ITREALMS

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The Internet Society (ISOC) has decried the Canadian News Act, describing it as instrument to stifle freedom of expression, restrict innovation and growth of digital economy, reports ITREALMS.

ISOC in an Internet Impact Brief co-authored by its Canadian chapter and made available to 

ITREALMS by the Director, Government Affairs and Advocacy, Callum Voge, the brief arose from a technical perspective, using their Internet Impact Assessment Toolkit to identify how the Act may positively or negatively impact the Internet.

Twitter ban ruling against FG: ISOC Nigeria applauds ECOWAS court, CSOs - ITREALMS

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The Internet Society (ISOC) Nigeria chapter, has commended the ECOWAS Court of Justice on its ruling over the ban on Twitter and warned the Federal Government never to repeat such action against the citizenry, reports ITREALMS.

President, ISOC Nigeria, Mr. Caleb Ogundale gave this commendation in a reaction to the court judgment on Friday, July 14, 2022,
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Internet Society Foundation offers $300,000 in grants - ITREALMS

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The new set up Internet Society Foundation (ISOCF) has issued its first set of medium and large grants (ranging from $12,000 to USD $30,000 each) to 13 ground-breaking projects that seek to spread the benefits of the Internet around the world, reports ITREALMS.

The Internet Society established the Internet Society Foundation to fund projects that will improve the quality of people’s lives everywhere. The Foundation awards grants to Internet Society Chapters as well as non-profit organizations and individuals dedicated to providing meaningful access to an open, globally connected and trusted Internet for everyone.

Of the more than 40 applications received this year, 13 projects were selected by a committee that evaluated projects based on criteria that included originality and innovation, community impact and sustainability and technical feasibility, among others.

The projects in Africa selected for grants are:

• $30,000 to create Wi-Fi access points and an off-the-grid Media Center within the Mamaila Tribal Authority, South Africa. The project will also build community capacity through training on cybersecurity, content development, entrepreneurship, and the construction, operation and maintenance of community networks. This aims to empower unemployed youth to organize themselves into cooperatives to advance their socio-economic aspirations and expand the planned network infrastructure.
• $12,322 will go towards creating community networks for 5,000 people in three remote farming communities and awareness-raising in Madagascar. The project will also provide technical training and basic Internet skills to a group of people who will train others to use the Internet to capture practical information for their economic development (such as on weather forecasts that can impact harvests and the prices of the agricultural products they sell).
• $30,000 to generate reliable statistical data on Internet use in Mali, in particular on the use/misuse of social media, which has become popular in both rural and urban areas. Most existing data has been produced by telecoms operators, for commercial ends, and results have not been made widely accessible. The results of this project, however, will be widely available through its publication and dissemination.

The Internet Society Foundation provides grants to the Internet community, Internet Society Chapters, non-profits and individuals working on one or more of the following program areas:

• Initiatives that build community capacity to access and benefit from the Internet (including digital literacy skills, reaching unconnected populations, awareness-raising and local content-production);
• Initiatives that respond to natural disasters;
• Opportunities for research across technical, economic and public policy topics;
• Initiatives that demonstrate innovative techniques to advance an Internet for all; and Local and regional projects supported by ISOC’s nearly 140 Chapters Beyond the Net.

The Internet Society Foundation will launch its next call for grant applications in early 2020. 

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ISOC says community networks key to connecting Africa - ITREALMS

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As Internet access continues to grow in Africa, with over 450 million people now connected to the Internet, more than 60 percent of the population still remains offline. Community Networks are a key way to address this connectivity gap, says the Internet Society (ISOC) reports ITREALMS.

ISOC is a global non-profit dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet. 

Community Networks are communications infrastructure built, managed and used by local communities. They provide a sustainable solution to address the connectivity gaps that exist in underserved urban, remote, and rural areas around the world. In Africa, where these gaps are more prevalent, a recent survey was able to identify 37 community networks initiatives in 12 African countries, of which 25 are considered active.

The Internet Society in partnership with the Association for Progressive Communications (APC) (https://www.APC.org) and Zenzeleni Networks (http://Zenzeleni.net)will hold the third Africa Community Networks Summit in the Eastern Cape, South Africa from 3-7 September, 2018.  The Summit aims to promote the creation and growth of Community Networks, increase collaboration between community network operators in the region, and to provide an opportunity for them to engage with other stakeholders including content producers, regulators and policymakers.

Particpants from 13 countries in Africa (Kenya, Uganda, South Africa, DRC, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, Cameroon, Tanzania, Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia) will be attending the summit in addition to attendees representing Community Networks in Spain, Germany, Argentina, India and the United States.

The conference sessions will cover topics ranging from how Community Networks can close the connectivity gap in Africa to strategies to support local access.  Discussions will also include how local networks can be used to improve delivery of basic services and inspire creation of locally relevant content and services, as well as how to create policies and regulations that enable Community Networks in Africa.

Access to spectrum is critical for Community Networks.  Policy makers and regulators can play a key role in ensuring innovative approaches to making spectrum available by working with Community Networks.  An Internet Society report (https://www.internetsociety.org/policybriefs/spectrum) examines the various ways that Community Networks can gain access to spectrum, including the use of unlicensed spectrum, sharing licensed spectrum, and innovative licensing.

“Enabling communities to actually connect themselves is a new way of thinking,” explains Michuki Mwangi, Senior Development Manager for Africa at the Internet Society.  “Policy makers and regulators should recognize that connectivity can be instigated from a village or a town and that they can help communities to connect themselves by providing an enabling environment with innovative licensing and access to spectrum.”

The Africa Community Networks Summit (https://bit.ly/2oCxh6Z) will conclude with a visit to communities served by Zenzeleni Networks, South Africa’s first telecommunications organization that is owned and run by a rural cooperative.  Zenzeleni Networks installs and maintains its own telecommunications infrastructure to deliver affordable voice and data services.  All revenues stay in the community and the residents together decide what is done with the proceeds.

The cost to deploy Community Networks can be low. Often, the technology required to build and maintain the network is as simple as a (inexpensive, locally available) wireless router. The networks can range from WiFi-only to mesh networks and mobile networks that provide voice and SMS services.  While they usually serve communities under 3,000 people, some serve more than 50,000 users.

“These networks not only provide affordable access in areas where operators don’t find it commercially viable to provide similar services,  but, by being built and operated by people from within the community, they bring many other benefits to the areas where they operate.  They are key to enabling the unconnected connect themselves in Africa,” explains Carlos-Rey Moreno, Community Access Project Coordinator for APC.

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ISOC, AFIX conclude partnership on Africa peering, interconnection

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The Internet Society  (ISOC) and African IXP Association (AFIX) have concluded partnership in support of the 9th annual Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) slated for Cape Town, South Africa in August this year, reports ITRealms.

The forum, ITRealms gathered will be hosted by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA) between August 21 and 23, 2018 in conjunction with iWeek, South Africa’s leading Internet industry conference, which will run from 20-24 August 2018.

AfPIF is an annual event that serves as a platform to expand and develop the African Internet. It connects infrastructure, service, and content providers with policymakers in order to identify and discuss ways to improve network interconnection, lower the cost of connectivity, and increase the number of users in the region. Over 200 participants attended last year’s AfPIF in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire including providers of international, regional, and sub-regional transport, transit, and content as well as more than 20 IXPs from Africa and beyond.

This year’s event will be hosted in South Africa, home to the oldest Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Africa, the highest density of IXPs per city in Africa, and the largest carrier neutral data center in Africa. As a thriving terrestrial infrastructure market and the continent’s most mature peering ecosystem, South Africa will provide a unique opportunity for attendees to learn from its remarkable experiences and explore a growing number of opportunities in the region.

“The African IXP Association has been absolutely amazed by South Africa’s rapid development and is proud to host this year’s AfPIF in Cape Town. We all benefit from their innovation and continued success, and hope that our collective presence will provide additional momentum” said Kyle Spencer, Co-Coordinator of the African IXP Association.

“We are delighted to be hosting AfPIF at iWeek for the very first time. This is a fantastic example of the kind of pan-African ICT cooperation envisioned by the Abuja and OR Tambo declarations of the 1990s," said ISPA Chair, Graham Beneke.

“The first AfPIF was held in 2010 by the Internet Society from the realization that most of African Internet traffic is exchanged outside the continent, and the region could save costs by exchanging the Internet traffic locally. The target is to have at least 80% of the Internet traffic consumed in Africa being locally accessible, and only 20% sourced outside the continent by the year 2020. We are getting closer to that target every year thanks to AfPIF and many activities that promote interconnection and hosting in Africa”, says Dawit Bekele, Regional Bureau Director for Africa at Internet Society.

Internet Peering is a business relationship whereby two network operators agree to provide access to each other’s network at no cost. Internet users throughout Africa benefit from Peering as it enables faster, more affordable, and more reliable access to content.

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ISOC highlights benefits of Internet economy for Africa

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The latest Internet Society (ISOC) study, has highlighted some benefits of the Internet economy to the African continent, reports ITRealms.

The Africa Region Bureau Director for the Internet Society, Dr. Dawit Bekele, gave this insight, noted that many African countries have made significant progress towards creating an Internet sector, with broad reforms that focus on increasing broadband availability. 

He said, there have been further successes within countries in developing online platforms, fostering growth of local companies and increasing the incentive to go online, saying that a new report launched today by the Internet Society, a global non-profit dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet.

ISOC in a study titled “Promoting the African InternetEconomy” which also highlighted how greater use of the Internet and digitization of the traditional economy will spur economic growth in Africa.

Further, Bekele revealed that the study examined Internet adoption and use by companies and governments throughout the region, identifying barriers that must be overcome in order to create an Internet economy that delivers innovative services, job opportunities and income growth across the continent.

Both businesses and citizens can benefit from an Internet economy. Businesses across all sectors gain access to a global marketplace of billions of people, and citizens in both rural and urban areas benefit from enhanced educational and training opportunities and access to new job possibilities.

The report also outlines what needs t be done for Africa to take full advantage of the digital opportunity offered by the Internet. It highlights local successes as well as broader challenges, offering recommendations for policymakers in Africa to adopt.

“The Internet economy presents a major opportunity for Africa. However, Africa needs a secure and reliable Internet infrastructure that users trust in order to bringing large and small businesses online, along with governments and other social services,” explains Dawit Bekele, Africa Region Bureau Director for the Internet Society.

The Internet Society in collaboration with the African Union recently introduced Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa to help AU member states strengthen the security of their local Internet infrastructure through actions at a regional, national, ISP/operator and organizational level.

However, a thriving Internet economy in Africa, he said, could be put at risk by the increasing number of Internet shutdowns in the region. In 2016 alone, there were at least 56 shutdowns of the Internet around the world. These shutdowns affect individuals and organizations that depend on the Internet for their daily lives and have negative effects on the economy.

“In addition to the economic costs, Internet shutdowns also affect trust. If people don’t know whether they will have connectivity, they can no longer rely on that connectivity to build Internet-based businesses. This will affect entrepreneurs in greatest need of digital-led innovation for their own future, and the future of the Internet economy in Africa,” Bekele said.

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ISOC, AUC collabo on Internet security for Africa

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The Internet Society (ISOC) is collaborating with the African Union Commission (AUC) to unveil a new set of Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines (IISG) for Africa, at the ongoing African Internet Summit (AIS) in Nairobi-Kenya, for building a more secure Internet in Africa, reports ITRealms.

The guidelines, the first of its kind, ITRealms gathered would help Africa create a more secure Internet infrastructure and are set to change the way African Union States approach cyber security preparedness.

ITRealms also gathered that the guidelines were developed via a multi-stakeholder group of African and global internet infrastructure security experts, and are the first step towards building a more secure Internet in Africa. They will help AU member states strengthen the security of their local Internet infrastructure through actions at a regional, national, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) cum operator and organizational level.

ITRealms further reports that Africa’s cyber security environment faces a unique combination of challenges, including a lack of awareness of the risks involved in using technology.

In addition, ITRealms gathered that Kenya was ranked the 69th most vulnerable country out of 127 in the 2015 Deloitte Global Threat Index. Some of the main reasons were the low awareness, underinvestment, talent shortage and overload of data, even as Deloitte further estimates that Kenya lost $171 million to cybercrime in 2016.

For the Director, Africa Regional Bureau at the Internet Society, Dr. Dawit Bekele, Africa has achieved major strides in developing its Internet Infrastructure in the past decade, but, the Internet would not provide the aspired benefits unless Africans can trust it.

“We have seen from recent experiences that Africa is not immune from cyber-attacks and other security threats. These guidelines, developed in collaboration with the African Union Commission, will help African countries put in place the necessary measures to increase the security of their Internet infrastructure,” he said.

Reacting, Head, Information Society Division, African Union, Mr. Moctar Yeday, said that this is another timely milestone achievement given the new security challenges in cyberspace.

“The Commission of the African Union will continue its partnership with the Internet Society on a second set of guidelines addressing personal data protection in Africa,” Yeday said.

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ISOC tackles enhancing entrepreneurship, innovation in Africa

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A two-day meeting of the Internet Society's Africa Bureau will focus on Enhancing Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Education in Africa through the Internet, reports ITRealms.

The meeting, ITRealms reports, is part of the African Regional Internet and Development Dialogue (RIDD 2017) on-going in Kigali, Rwanda.

The conference theme, ITRealms also reports is part of the global series of Internet Development conferences organized by the Internet Society with the aim of supporting the implementation of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Thereby offering an open high-level discussions addressing some issues including “Internet and SDGs; Connecting the Next Billion; African Internet Economy; Opportunities for Africa’s education”

Just as the plenary sessions will be webcast live via the Internet Society Livestream Channel. Kigali.

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Strong encryption essential for future digital economy – ISOC

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The Internet Society (ISOC) has called for strong encryption, describing it as an essential for future digital economy, reports ITRealms.

ISOC in its submission to the Group of 20 (G20) discussions wrap-up in Düsseldorf, Germany on Digital Economy Declaration, outlined a path for a strong digital future.

According to ISOC President and CEO, Kathy Brown, the current level of interconnection will only boost the market, where there is secure and trusted environment.

This, she said, cannot happen without a serious commitment by all parties to security and privacy.

Strong encryption, Brown noted, is an essential piece to the future of the world’s economy and the Internet Society believes it should be the norm for all online transactions.

“It allows us to do our banking, conduct local and global business, run our power grids, operate, communications networks, and do almost everything else,” she said.

ISOC president also said that encryption is a technical building block for securing infrastructure, communications and information; hence, it should be made stronger and universal, not weaker.

She lamented that rather than being recognized as the way to secure online transactions or conversations, all too often the debate focuses on the use of encryption as a way to thwart law enforcement.

“To undermine the positive role of encryption in the name of security could have devastating consequences,” she insisted.

Many great minds, ISOC chief pointed out, have already devoted considerable effort to resolving the conundrum posed by competing public policy objectives: providing security, safety and trust on the one hand, and law enforcement and legitimate policy goals on the other.

“But, it is time to stop kicking the encryption football up and down the field. Instead, we should recognize that encryption is key to the future digital economy and stop treating it as simply an obstacle to law enforcement. We need to deconstruct the issues faced by law enforcement and policy makers and agree together how we can achieve a trusted digital economy underpinned by encryption,” Ms Brown said.

ITRealms reports that this was the first time the G20 countries held a Ministerial on digital matters and also the first time that G20 is inviting non-government stakeholders to contribute to these issues.

Describing it as turning point that should not be missed, ISOC president emphasized that all views, including the technical perspective, must be at the table if the global community is to achieve progress on the G20’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) goals.

“If the G20 countries are serious about strengthening their economies and continuing to deliver economic and social prosperity to their citizens in future, there are three key principles they should endorse and implement immediately,” she outlined.

These, Brown said, include that encryption is an important technical foundation for trust in the digital economy and should be the norm. Stressing that all users whether government, business or individual should use encryption to protect infrastructure, communications and the privacy and integrity of their data.

“Encryption technologies should be strengthened, not weakened,” ISOC president asserted.
Secondly, she said, is the fact that security of the digital economy is a shared responsibility that needs the expertise and experience of all stakeholders, across border and across disciplines.

“It is an urgent need that will require open, inclusive collaboration,” she said. 

Thirdly, the ISOC chief executive said that users’ rights should be at the heart of any decisions related to the digital economy, because both the customers and contributors to the success of the digital economy, has to be involved.

Therefore, she said, Internet Society called for ubiquitous encryption for the Internet.

“We strongly believe that this is the best foundation for trust in the digital economy, and we urge the G20 nations to stand behind encryption,” ISOC maintained.

ITRealms gathered that currently, there are estimated 360 million people that take part in cross-border e-commerce, with some 28 per cent of output in mature economies is digital. The Internet is thus set to contribute $6.6 trillion a year, or 7.1 per cent of the total GDP in the G20 countries.

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ISOC condemns US travel ban, says its 'anathema'

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The Internet Society (ISOC) has reacted in condemnation of the last week’s travel ban by the United States, describing it as an anathema to the society and values it represents, reports ITRealms.

ISOC, ITRealms gathered is an American, non-profit organization founded in 1992 to provide leadership in Internet-related standards, education, access, and policy.

ISOC prides itself with the mission "to promote the open development, evolution and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world".

President and chief executive officer, ISOC, Kathy Brown, in a public statement made available to ITRealms that as a global organization with trustees, employees, chapters and members all over the world, ISOC is deeply troubled by actions taken by the U.S.

Noting, no doubt that such action placed immediate and unprecedented bans on entry to the United States of citizens and refugees of seven majority-Muslim countries.

This, she also said, not only will the purported bans place an unwarranted burden on people in our organization, “it is an anathema to the Internet Society whose values rest firmly on a commitment to an open, globally connected community dedicated to the open, global Internet.”

ISOC, Brown said, is encouraged by the countries who have rejected the U.S. action this weekend and by the human rights organizations that have stood in solidarity with countless refugees and travelers who were so abruptly halted in entering the U.S.

“We are watching developments; I will keep you updated as we know more,” she assured.

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ISOC seeks input into CSTD-Working Group on enhanced cooperation

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The Internet Society is seeking inputs of its global members into the United Nations (UN) Commission on Science and Technology for Development's Working Group on Enhanced Cooperation (CSTD WG EC), reports ITRealms.

Constance Bommelaer of Internet Society, hinted ITRealms that the formation of this group was one of the outcomes from the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS +10) review conducted last year.

As its precedent, Bommelaer said this review has its basis in the Tunis Agenda, where the notion of "enhanced cooperation" is developed in paragraph 69. You'll remember that this text established a distinction between the day-to-day operations of the Internet and Internet public policy issues. But various interpretations have been made, hence the ongoing debate over the past decade.

According to her, at the heart of the issue are very different views on whether "enhanced cooperation" is specifically about enhancing the role of governments in Internet governance, or whether it's about enhancing cooperation among all stakeholders, including governments.

To this end, she said, ISOC supports the latter, which has to do with stakeholders including government, “where we have a broad, inclusive understanding of ‘enhanced cooperation’.

The current consultation opportunity, she said, involves all Internet stakeholders hereby invited to share their thoughts with the UN on two questions: What are the high level characteristics of enhanced cooperation?

In addition, she said, taking into consideration the work of the previous WGEC and the Tunis Agenda, particularly paragraphs 69-71, what kind of recommendations should we consider?

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ISOC warms up for 2016 InterCommunity call

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The Internet Society (ISOC) has advanced plans to host its 2016 InterCommunity call on September 21, reports ITRealms.

The InterCommunity call avails ISOC to gather members across the globe to discuss Internet access, trust and governance challenges and how stakeholders could make a difference.

According to Ted Mooney, ISOC is offering three global sessions, each featuring different speakers and topics.

Members are invited to join guest speakers which include Dr. Jun Murai who would be at the global session 1; Dorcas Muthoni in global session 2; and Lawrence Strickling in global session 3, as well as Internet Society trustees, experts and members.

Mooney also said that online participants could connect to InterCommunity from anywhere; all they need is an Internet connection and a computer, even as they could join with other Internet Society members at a node in their areas. 

The session 1, Mooney explained is targeted at the Asia Pacific, while session 2 would focus on Europe, Africa and Middle East, whereas session 3 is for Americas with each session having both regional and global session within two hours intervals.

Internet Society Board Chair, Gonzalo Camarillo, says the InterCommunity is to help build a world that supports everyone’s right to use the Internet to share knowledge, innovate and get their voices heard.

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ISOC, IXPN collaborate on enhancing Internet Exchange Points

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The Internet Society (ISOC) and Internet eXchange Point in Nigeria (IXPN) recently collaborated on a workshop with focus on enhancing Internet Exchange Points in the country, reports ITRealms.

Disclosing this to ITRealms, the chief executive officer of IXPN, Mr. Muhammed Rudman said the five-day workshop is in line with the Internet Society (ISOC) Internet Exchange, Access, and Infrastructure System Project.

The workshop with the theme “Internet Routing Technologies and IXP interconnection” he said was held between November 16 and 20, 2015 to increase local technical capacity and use of the Internet exchange points (IXPs) in the country.

He also said the workshop is a follow-up to the Internet Society’s access, connectivity and infrastructure work to support the growth of IXPs across Africa. 

ISOC objectives for Africa, he said in a press statement signed by Betel Hailu, are to work with local Internet partners to realize Africa’s potential to deliver locally 80 per cent of the continents Internet content.  

“In partnership with local stakeholders, we support capacity building efforts and extend technical assistance to facilitate IXP development, domestic and cross-border interconnection in Africa. As countries establish and utilize their IXPs, both domestic and cross-border Internet traffic will be routed locally, creating downward pressure on costs, increasing quality of service, and as a result stimulating economic growth and distribution of local Internet content,” Hailu said.

ITRealms gathered that over 24 network engineers from the telecom companies, academics, and Internet Service Providers (ISPs) attended the workshop, designed to teach the technical skills needed to maximize their benefits from domestic and cross-border interconnections at IXPs. 

Equally, it is expected that participants will increase requisite local technical expertise to support interconnections at the IXP. Hence the workshop incorporated hands-on training for the participants to familiarize themselves with interconnection technologies and techniques that increase the efficiency of network interconnections and traffic exchanged at the IXP.  

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