West Africa’s Internet sector has seen some commendable progress, especially when it comes to broadband penetration and residential Internet access, with mobile Internet taking the lead of the most used technologies.
On the other hand, its peering and interconnection ecosystem has only seen a slow growth of newly connected peers, networks at Internet exchange points (IXPs), traffic exchanged, new IXPs launched, e.t.c. Some West African countries still don’t have an IXP.
The West African Peering Forum (WAPF) is one of the major events of the peering community in the subregion. In this year’s WAPF, the peering community discussed the challenges and provided concrete recommendations on how to overcome the obstacles hampering the development and progress of West Africa’s peering and interconnection ecosystem.
