[governance] Africa to launch own Internet exchange point

[Dawit Bekele]

Hi David,

An IXP was set-up in Sierra Leone last year. But I believe not many ISPs are peering there for the moment.

Best regards,
Dawit

> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. R. Newman [mailto:d.r.newman at e-consultation.org]
> Sent: Monday, October 22, 2012 8:53 PM
> To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; Dawit Bekele
> Subject: Re: [governance] Africa to launch own Internet exchange point
> 
> 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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