[governance] Africa to launch own Internet exchange point

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

How much of that is due to ISPs having satellite rather than submarine cable connectivity, and how much due to inter ISP politics? :)

--srs (iPad)

On 23-Oct-2012, at 20:54, "Dawit Bekele" <bekele at isoc.org> wrote:

> 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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