History of Internet in Africa
By
Nii Quaynor
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s ICT Capacity
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s ict Capacity
Outline Introduction African Connectivity African ccTLDs African IXPs African Governance Institutions Conclusion
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s ict Capacity
Approach Countries as the object Study is largely based on publicly available
information May be approximate in some cases NSRC a very useful source
Relates geographic space and time Produced by an independent consulting
assistant who deserves the credit for this style of visualization AfTLD secretariat, AfNOG, AfriNIC and AfREN
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
Connectivity in Africa
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
African ccTLDs
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
Africa IXPs
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
Internet Exchange Points in Africa
Country Name IXP
City Peering
1 Angola ANG-IXP Luanda 2 Botswana BIXP Gabaronne 3 DR Congo KINIX Kinshasa
4 Egypt CAI-IX Cairo 5 Egypt CR-IX Cairo 6 Ghana GIX Accra 7 Ghana AIX Accra 8 Kenya KIXP Nairobi
9 Mozambique MozIX Maputo
10 Mauritius MIXP Port Loius 11 Nigeria IBIX Ibadan 12 Nigeria NIXP Lagos 13 Rwanda RINEX Kigali 14 South Africa GINX Grahamtown 15 South Africa JINX Johannesburg
16 Swaziland SZIX Mbabane 17 Tanzania TIX Dar es Salam 18 Tanzania AIXP Arusha
19 Uganda UIXP Kampala
Key 1-5 6-10 11-15 16 – 25
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African Governance Institutions
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92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08
INET
AfriNIC
AfNOG
AfTLD
INET '93
INET '94
INET '95
IGF in Cotonu
ICANN BOARD
Formal Proposal
AfriNIC 1
ICANN Recog.
INET Africa
'08
AfriNIC 08
IncorpMauritius
APTLD Host
NewBoard
2nd ccTLD Event
1st Nii
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AfNOG09
AfNOG 01
CurrentKatim Tourey
AfTLD – Africa Top Level Domain
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s ict Capacity
Development AfTLD incorporated as Company by Guarantee in
Mauritius -2002 Board
Yan Kwok
Board Expanded in 2003 Nii Quaynor Brian Longwe
APTLD Request Hosting AfTLD person for training -2003 Eric Akimiah from .gh – Three Months in Bangkok, Thailand
Marrakesh AfTLD Meeting – 2006 Board Expanded to include 8 members
.za, .mw., .sd, .ke, .bi, .br, .mg, .eg
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s ict Capacity
Renewal From Marrakesh
First AfTLD ccTLD Event in 2007 – Cairo, Egypt Hosted by Egypt’s National Telecommunication Regulatory
Authority Second AfTLD ccTLD Event in 2008 – Johannesburg, SA
Hosted by Department of Communication (DOC) Third AfTLD ccTLD Event in 2009 – Arusha, Tanzania
Hosted by Tanzania Network Information Centre tzNIC ccTLD Training Workshops
Francophone West Africa ccTLD Workshop in the offering Secretariat in Accra Managed by Eric Akumiah, General
Manager of AfTLD Currently 17 formal members
AfriNIC
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s Capacity
AfNOG – Africa Network Operators Group
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Outreach
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s ict Capacity
Trained over 1,000 Internet engineers Many from Educational and research institutions, govt and civil
society
Former students are now instructors Building new curriculum based on needs in the African
region New tracks progressively added to cater for training
needs
Achievements
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Achievements
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AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s ict Capacity
AfREN Collaboration formalised through MoU First meeting in Nairobi during AfNOG7/AfriNIC4
(May 2006) Objective: collaboration to address specific needs
of academic and research community Strong support from IDRC and NSRC AfREN not an organisation, but a forum used as
platform for collaboration among African research and education networking community and between this community and the international REN community
Focus on campus networks and research and education networking
Joint initiative of AAU, AfNOG and AfriNIC
AfNOG 10 Years of Building Africa’s ict Capacity
Conclusion It’s a 10 year history (fast) Lots of contributors
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