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From Cyber Café to Digital Revolution: The Story of Joseph Bishi and Murambinda’s Community Network
Growing the Internet
12 February 2025
From Cyber Café to Digital Revolution: The Story of Joseph Bishi and Murambinda’s Community Network
Joseph Bishi started with a small cyber café in Murambinda in 2003. He grew his vision into transformative community...
Connection for a Cause: One Woman’s Journey of Digital Empowerment
Community
23 January 2025
Connection for a Cause: One Woman’s Journey of Digital Empowerment
Growing up in a small village in Murang’a County, Kenya, Ruth Njeri had nearly no access to the digital...
Africa’s Internet Resilience Shows Promising Growth, New Internet Society Data Reveals Ahead of Key Conference
Press Releases
20 January 2025
Africa’s Internet Resilience Shows Promising Growth, New Internet Society Data Reveals Ahead of Key Conference
New data released today underscores the positive strides Africa is making in strengthening its digital infrastructure.
The Building of Human Resilience is the Power of AfPIF
Speeches
21 August 2024
The Building of Human Resilience is the Power of AfPIF
On 21 August 2024, Internet Society President and CEO Sally Wentworth spoke in the welcoming session of the 2024...
Democratic Republic of Congo Hosts 14th African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)
Press Releases
20 August 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo Hosts 14th African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)
AfPIF will provide participants with global and regional insights to maximize opportunities to help grow resilient Internet infrastructure and affordable...
The Internet is Making Elections More Transparent
Growing the Internet
8 May 2024
The Internet is Making Elections More Transparent
The Internet plays a critical role in improving election transparency. In 2022, Kenya saw just how crucial a resilient...
Resources
Promoting the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.
Promoting the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet for the benefit of all people throughout the world.
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Personal Data Protection Guidelines for Africa
A joint initiative of the Internet Society and the Commission of the African Union
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Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa
The Guidelines emphasize the importance of the multistakeholder model and a collaborative security approach in protecting Internet infrastructure.
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Assessment of the impact of Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) – empirical study of Kenya and Nigeria
This study quantifies for the first time how IXPs enable Kenya and Nigeria to save millions in telecommunications costs and raise...
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Anchoring the African Internet Ecosystem
Lessons from Kenya and Nigeria’s Internet Exchange Point Growth
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Explainer: What is Eighty For Africa?
Like buying your food locally, and reducing how much you fly, getting your digital content locally also reduces the...
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Supporting the Creation and Scalability of Affordable Access Solutions: Understanding Community Networks in Africa
New perspectives on community networks in Africa.
Our Members
With 24,753 members, Africa is the home to 33% of our global members. We have 36 Chapters with 13,919 Chapter members in the region. (as of Dec 2020)
With 24,753 members, Africa is the home to 33% of our global members. We have 36 Chapters with 13,919 Chapter members in the region. (as of Dec 2020)