[governance] Africa to launch own Internet exchange point

[D. R. Newman]

In addition to the countries Dawit lists, does anyone know when an IXP 
will be set up Sierra Leone? The undersea cable came aground a year ago, 
but people are still waiting for connections from that to ISPs in Sierra 
Leone, despite the government having received two loans totalling $46 
million.

David Newman (trying to work out when e-learning will be practical in 
Sierra Leone).

On 19/10/12 14:07, Dawit Bekele wrote:
> As David rightly mentioned the training is technology neutral. Every country
> follows its own pace in developing the IXPs. The Internet Society and the
> African Union can only advise the stakeholders on the steps to take.  We
> organized these workshops in four countries in the last two months: Burkina
> Faso, Burundi, Senegal and Gambia. We will organize the following workshops
> in the coming two months:
>
> Namibia	23 - 25 October
> Guinea		30 Oct- Nov 1
> Niger                     6-8 November
> Benin		13-15 November

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