<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span><br></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><span><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 62, 62); line-height: 27px; font-family: arial; text-align: left; ">Africa's tech community is embracing policy concerns for the first time at the annual Africa Internet Summit, after focusing on the goal of affordable connectivity for a number of years.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 62, 62); line-height: 27px; font-family: arial;
text-align: left; ">For the last 15 years, the tech community met for training and discussions on routing, Internet Protocol number allocation, DNS operations, ISP operations and how to expand access.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 62, 62); line-height: 27px; font-family: arial; text-align: left; ">But this year the techies are holding discussions with members of governments and business. Training is being organized by AFRINIC, the regional Internet registry and AfNOG, the regional network operators group.</div><div class="item-list" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; font-family: arial; line-height: 18px; text-align: left; "></div><div style="margin-bottom: 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15px; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(69, 62, 62);
line-height: 27px; font-family: arial; text-align: left; ">"Previously we were talking to each other as technical people, but we have merged it to include policy makers, government officials, businesses and civil society; people that may not be very technical but their contribution is vital for the growth of internet business in Africa," said Adiel Akplogan, AFRINIC CEO.</div></span></div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; ">Read more.....</div><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; "><br></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "><span><a
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