<div dir="ltr">Hi Alex, et al. <div><br></div><div>Cross-border interconnection is growing. Especially in East and Southern Africa over the last 5 years. I would invite you to watch the recent Virtual Peering Seria Africa held in February that discussed this same issue - <a href="https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/unlocking-cross-border-connectivity-to-landlocked-countries-in-africa/">https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/unlocking-cross-border-connectivity-to-landlocked-countries-in-africa/</a></div><div><br></div><div>The short answer is yes, there has been quite a significant growth in the intra-Africa capacity and resulting in more peering and interconnection of networks. The longer answer is that, intra-Africa interconnection was largely by sub-sea capacity but there is considerable capacity available terrestrially, thanks to Liquid and others. The availability of this increased capacity at competitive rates has been closely followed by cross-border peering. 2 years ago, there were at least 6 African Networks (ASNs registered under AfriNIC) that were visible in more than 20% of the IXPs we were measuring in the continent. These networks serve as regional transit providers and play a big role in keeping the traffic in the region. We are working with AfriNIC and the University of Cape Town (UCT) to rebuild the Africa Route Collector and Data Analyzer (ARDA) tool which will enable us to have a more current view of the regional and cross-border interconnection. Central, North, and West Africa are not as interconnected compared to East and Southern Africa despite having IXPs. There are other factors related to the cost of IP transport/transit, the availability of carrier-neutral data centres, and other policy-related issues. Overall, it is work in progress but it is a much better landscape compared to a couple of years back. </div><div><br></div><div>I hope that helps. </div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Michuki. </div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Mar 31, 2022 at 7:37 AM Barrack Otieno via KICTANet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hi <span class="gmail_chip gmail_plusreply" dir="auto"><a href="mailto:awatila@yahoo.co.uk" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">@Watila Alex</a></span><span> </span><div dir="auto"><span><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span>Commendable progress has been made in this area. As far is know traffic at KIXP has grown significantly and there are many more IXPs coming up in Africa under the Africa Union and Internet Society supported AXIS Project. <span class="gmail_chip gmail_plusreply" dir="auto"><a href="mailto:mwangi@isoc.org" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">@Michuki Mwangi</a></span><span> can speak more authoritatively on what is happening on the Regional front.</span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span><span><br></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span><span><br></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span><span>Regards</span></span></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 30 Mar 2022, 6:22 pm Alex Watila via KICTANet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">what is the state of peering between the different African countries?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">are we still able to keep local traffic local?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">are regional exchange points working e.g. can we keep eac traffic local?</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">thanks </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 30 Mar 2022, 09:24 Mwendwa Kivuva via KICTANet, <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto"><div dir="auto">The cable has a designed capacity of 16 Terabytes per second and is expected to last 25 years. The cable is set to improve efficiency and cut internet costs in Kenya.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Dubbed Peace Cable, it is connecting Pakistan, Kenya, Egypt, France and countries along the way with an extension to Singapore and South Africa.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">It was funded under Public Private Partnership courtesy of Telkom Kenya, Orange, Telecom Egypt, Cybernet, HMN Tech and PCCW Global. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><div dir="auto"><a href="https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-03-29-kenya-gets-sixth-submarine-fibre-cable-worth-sh44-billion/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2022-03-29-kenya-gets-sixth-submarine-fibre-cable-worth-sh44-billion/</a></div></div>
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