<div dir="auto">Hi <span class="gmail_chip gmail_plusreply" dir="auto"><a href="mailto:awatila@yahoo.co.uk" style="color:#15c;text-decoration:underline">@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:#15c;text-decoration:underline">@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">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;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" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;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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