[governance] Africa to launch own Internet exchange point

[Judith Hellerstein]

Hi David,

Although the cable has landed, it has not been activated yet and traffic is not 
flowing.  This is expected before the end of December, but could be delayed yet 
again.  I would expect next year you will see a change.  Also the regulatory and 
legal situation is not yet resolved.  I am working on a World Bank Project there 
so know very much the timeline and what is holding things back. The delays in 
the activation of the ACE Cable has led to delays in resolving the legal and 
regulatory situation and this in turn has led to a delay in the new markets for 
ICT. Once the cable is activated and the regulatory and legal situation is more 
established, which should happen within the year, you should see a growth in 
this market and it would be possible to establish and maintain an IXP and have 
other carriers peer with it.

Best,
Judith Hellerstein

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On 10/23/12 11:24 AM, Dawit Bekele 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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