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Celebrating tech improvements and innovations at Bahrain Internet Day
Growing the Internet
23 December 2021
Celebrating tech improvements and innovations at Bahrain Internet Day
Bahrain Internet Day 2021 focused on the open Internet model, the role of NOGs in successful Internet ecosystems, and...
Bridging Africa’s digital divide: The rise of community internet
In the News
3 December 2021
Bridging Africa’s digital divide: The rise of community internet
World Economic Forum
Bridging Africa’s digital divide: The rise of community internet
In the News
18 November 2021
Bridging Africa’s digital divide: The rise of community internet
Thomson Reuters Foundation News
FEATURE-Bridging Africa’s digital divide: The rise of community internet
In the News
18 November 2021
FEATURE-Bridging Africa’s digital divide: The rise of community internet
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Resilience, recovery, relevance: how Africa is accelerating digital transformation for socio-economic impact
In the News
5 November 2021
Resilience, recovery, relevance: how Africa is accelerating digital transformation for socio-economic impact
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Promoting the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.
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Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa
A joint initiative of the Internet Society and the Commission of the African Union
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Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa
The Guidelines emphasize the importance of the multistakeholder model and a collaborative security approach in protecting Internet infrastructure.
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Assessment of the impact of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) – empirical study of Kenya and Nigeria
This study quantifies for the first time how IXPs enable Kenya and Nigeria to save millions in telecommunications costs and raise...
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Anchoring the African Internet Ecosystem
Lessons from Kenya and Nigeria’s Internet Exchange Point Growth
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Explainer: What is Eighty For Africa?
Like buying your food locally, and reducing how much you fly, getting your digital content locally also reduces the...
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Supporting the Creation and Scalability of Affordable Access Solutions: Understanding Community Networks in Africa
Community networks, communications infrastructure deployed and operated by citizens to meet their own communication needs, are being increasingly proposed...
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With 24,753 members, Africa is the home to 33% of our global members. We have 36 Chapters with 13,919 Chapter members in the region. (as of Dec 2020)