Herve, if we can know more about your topic, it will help some of us to decide supporting it. Regards, Raymond Mamattah Accra, Ghana On Fri, Jan 5, 2024, 9:32 AM Hervé Hounzandji via AFRI-Discuss < afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

Hello everyone

Happy New Year !

We need Internet resource management in Africa,Universal Acceptance as a means of accessing the Internet in local languages, Improvement of African Participation in ICANN,Best Practices for DNS Operations in Africa, Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse, Universal Acceptance, evolving the ICANN Multistakeholder model, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), New gTLD Subsequent Procedures, enhancing ICANN accountability, *AI*, .... But we can not use them without a good internet connection. I would like to propose : *Internet exchange Point (IXP) in Africa* : What can we do to implement more in Africa? I am ready to explain the importance of IXP and why African countries have to use IXP to improve their connectivity rate.

Thanks.

Le jeu. 4 janv. 2024 à 23:12, Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong via AFRI-Discuss < afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> a écrit :

...

En français en bas

Dear Community members,

We hope this email finds you well and in good health.

we would like to wish you a very prosperous New Year 2024.

ICANN79 Community Forum will be held from 02 - 07 March 2024 at Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico <https://www.prconvention.com/en/> (Puerto Rico Convention Center)

This meeting will take place as a hybrid event https://meetings.icann.org/en/icann79

As usual, we plan to hold the Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN meeting and as we are so close to the date of meeting, we would like to invite you to submit topics for this session.

For your information our previous statements have focused on issues like: Internet resource management in Africa,Universal Acceptance as a means of accessing the Internet in local languages, Improvement of African Participation in ICANN,Best Practices for DNS Operations in Africa, Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse, Universal Acceptance, evolving the ICANN Multistakeholder model, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), New gTLD Subsequent Procedures, enhancing ICANN accountability, etc. Please see our previous statements here

https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/Joint+AFRALO-AfrICANN+Statements+...

These wide ranges of topics mentioned above are given as examples of topics we have treated in the past. You are invited to suggest other topics for discussion at ICANN78.

As is the norm, the topic that receives the most support will be selected.

Please see our proposed timeline:

· 04 -17 January 2024: Call for topics and drafting team

· 18 January 2024: Announcement of Selected topic & drafting team composition

· 19 - 29 January 2024: First Draft of Statement

· 30 January - 9 February 2024: Second Draft of Statement

· 10 February 2024: sending to Staff + FR Statement translation

Kindly send your suggested topics and volunteer for drafting by Wednesday ,17 th of January 2024, after which the drafting team will be constituted to prepare a draft statement that will be shared with the rest of the members.

If you would like to join the drafting team, kindly notify us via the mailing list or to me directly off list.

Looking forward to your contributions.

Kind regards,

Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong

AFRALO Secrétariat

(On behalf of AFRALO Leadership Team)

---------------------------------------------

*FRENCH*

Chers membres de la communauté,

Nous espérons que cet e-mail vous trouvera en bonne santé et nous vous souhaitons une très bonne et heureuse Année 2024.

La Réunion communautaire de l'ICANN79 se tiendra du 2 au 7 mars 2024 au Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico (Centre de Convention de Porto Rico).

Cette réunion se déroulera sous format hybride https://meetings.icann.org/en/icann79

Comme d'habitude, nous prévoyons de tenir la réunion conjointe AFRALO-AfrICANN et comme nous sommes si proches de la date de la réunion ,nous aimerions vous inviter à travers cet appel à soumettre vos thèmes/sujets.

Pour votre information, les déclarations précédentes se sont concentrées sur des sujets tels que: Gestion des ressources Internet en Afrique,l’acceptation universelle en tant que moyen d’accès à Internet dans des langues locales,l'abus du Système de Noms de Domaine (DNS), l'Acceptation Universelle (AU),Amélioration de la participation africaine à l'ICANN ,l'évolution du modèle multipartite de l'ICANN, le RGPD, les procédures ultérieures des nouveaux gTLD, les meilleures pratiques pour le fonctionnement des DNS en Afrique,le Processus Accéléré de développement de politiques (EPDP), l’amélioration de la responsabilité de l'ICANN,

Ce large éventail de thèmes mentionnés ci-dessus est donné à titre d'exemple.

Vous pouvez bien entendu suggérer d'autres sujets et comme c'est la norme, le sujet qui recevra le plus de soutien sera sélectionné.

Veuillez consulter les déclarations précédentes sur ce lien https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/Joint+AFRALO-AfrICANN+Statements+...

Veuillez consulter le calendrier proposé:

· 04 - 17 Janvier 2024 : Appel à proposition des sujets/thèmes et de l’équipe de rédaction ;

· 18 Janvier 2024 : Annonce du sujet sélectionné et constitution de l'équipe de rédaction ;

· 19-29 Janvier 2024 : Premier projet (brouillon) de déclaration ;

· 30 Janvier au 09 Février 2024 :Deuxième ébauche de déclaration ;

· 10 Février 2024 : Envoi au personnel de l’ICANN pour la Traduction de la déclaration;

Veuillez envoyer vos suggestions de sujets et vous porter volontaire pour rejoindre l'équipe de la rédaction d'ici le Mercredi 17 Janvier 2024, après quoi l'équipe de rédaction sera constituée pour préparer un projet de déclaration qui sera partagé avec le reste des membres.

Si vous souhaitez rejoindre l'équipe de rédaction, veuillez nous en informer hors liste.

Dans l'attente de vos contributions.

Sincères amitiés,

Secrétariat d’AFRALO

Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong

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Hello again *Note that IXP is not an opposition to AI. They are complementary.* Here are more details of IXP (Internet eXchange Point) Internet Exchange Point (IXP) is a physical infrastructure where Internet Service Providers and Content Providers interconnect in order for Internet traffic exchanged between them. An Internet exchange point enables local networks to efficiently exchange information at a common point within a country rather than needing to exchange local Internet traffic overseas. Therefore an IXP is a component of Internet infrastructure that can increase the affordability and quality of the Internet for local communities. Keeping local Internet traffic within local infrastructure means that it avoids the data routing through upstream Internet providers and hence we benefit low cost, reduced latency and good bandwidth. Benefits of IXPs: Short Term ➢ Substantial cost-savings are made by eliminating the need to put all traffic through the more expensive long-distance links to the rest of the world. ➢ More bandwidth becomes available for local users because of the lower costs of local capacity. ➢ Local links are often up to 10 times faster because of the reduced latency in traffic, which makes fewer hops to get to its destination. ➢ Connecting to an IXP requires knowledge of BGP and acquiring Internet Address resources (IP Addresses and Autonomous System Numbers). The process requires building technical capacity of the engineers to master and support interconnection. ➢ Increased autonomy: in many instances, outages on submarine or satellite connectivity impair national and regional connectivity. IXPs eliminate the dependency on International connectivity for local communication which results in a robust and reliable local internet infrastructure Benefits of IXPs: Long Term ➢ Create Internet opportunities like the growth of carrier neutral data centres and maturing of the local hosting market ➢ The ease of access of locally hosted content through the IXP encourages and promotes creation of local content. For instance, the implementation of Government e-services is a form of local content that can be locally accessed via the IXP. ➢ New local content providers and services that rely on high-speed low-cost connections become available, further benefiting from the broader user-base available via the IXP. ➢ More choices for Internet providers become available on which to send upstream traffic to the rest of the Internet—contributing to a smoother and more competitive wholesale transit market. IXP Startup Challenges ➢ Most IXP established will experience low traffic volumes. This in itself is a cause for concern for most members interested in helping to establish an IXP ➢ The incumbent operator often resists connecting to the IXP. This is attributed to the perception that they will loose their traffic by peering with customers. ➢ The lack of full technical understanding about how the IXP operates and sufficient technical capacity to setup the IXP is a hidden concern for some operators. ➢ The existing regulatory regime and policies may hinder the growth of the IXP. For instance policies that inhibit competition on broadband terrestrial infrastructure may limit the options available for local interconnection. ➢ In many emerging Internet economies there are challenges on broadband terrestrial infrastructure (such as fiber and copper) that range from availability, costs, and quality of service. ➢ Where broadband terrestrial infrastructure challenges are prevalent, the use of wireless solutions in both open and closed spectrum is dominant but prone to interference resulting in poor reliability. As a result, this can affect the use of the IXP as a reliable peering point. ➢ Implementing a sustainable model to support the IXP operations is often met with some resistance. This is due to the perceived low value derived by members from peering at the new IXP. Warm regards. Le ven. 5 janv. 2024 à 10:39, Hervé Hounzandji <herve.hounzandji@gmail.com> a écrit :

Hi Raymond and thanks.

I will send later more details for my topic.

Warm regards.

Le ven. 5 janv. 2024 à 10:35, Raymond Mamattah <mamattah.raymond@gmail.com> a écrit :

...

Herve, if we can know more about your topic, it will help some of us to decide supporting it.

Regards,

Raymond Mamattah Accra, Ghana

On Fri, Jan 5, 2024, 9:32 AM Hervé Hounzandji via AFRI-Discuss < afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> wrote:

...

Hello everyone

Happy New Year !

We need Internet resource management in Africa,Universal Acceptance as a means of accessing the Internet in local languages, Improvement of African Participation in ICANN,Best Practices for DNS Operations in Africa, Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse, Universal Acceptance, evolving the ICANN Multistakeholder model, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), New gTLD Subsequent Procedures, enhancing ICANN accountability, *AI*, .... But we can not use them without a good internet connection. I would like to propose : *Internet exchange Point (IXP) in Africa* : What can we do to implement more in Africa? I am ready to explain the importance of IXP and why African countries have to use IXP to improve their connectivity rate.

Thanks.

Le jeu. 4 janv. 2024 à 23:12, Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong via AFRI-Discuss < afri-discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org> a écrit :

...

En français en bas

Dear Community members,

We hope this email finds you well and in good health.

we would like to wish you a very prosperous New Year 2024.

ICANN79 Community Forum will be held from 02 - 07 March 2024 at Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico <https://www.prconvention.com/en/> (Puerto Rico Convention Center)

This meeting will take place as a hybrid event https://meetings.icann.org/en/icann79

As usual, we plan to hold the Joint AFRALO-AfrICANN meeting and as we are so close to the date of meeting, we would like to invite you to submit topics for this session.

For your information our previous statements have focused on issues like: Internet resource management in Africa,Universal Acceptance as a means of accessing the Internet in local languages, Improvement of African Participation in ICANN,Best Practices for DNS Operations in Africa, Domain Name System (DNS) Abuse, Universal Acceptance, evolving the ICANN Multistakeholder model, General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), New gTLD Subsequent Procedures, enhancing ICANN accountability, etc. Please see our previous statements here

https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/Joint+AFRALO-AfrICANN+Statements+...

These wide ranges of topics mentioned above are given as examples of topics we have treated in the past. You are invited to suggest other topics for discussion at ICANN78.

As is the norm, the topic that receives the most support will be selected.

Please see our proposed timeline:

· 04 -17 January 2024: Call for topics and drafting team

· 18 January 2024: Announcement of Selected topic & drafting team composition

· 19 - 29 January 2024: First Draft of Statement

· 30 January - 9 February 2024: Second Draft of Statement

· 10 February 2024: sending to Staff + FR Statement translation

Kindly send your suggested topics and volunteer for drafting by Wednesday ,17 th of January 2024, after which the drafting team will be constituted to prepare a draft statement that will be shared with the rest of the members.

If you would like to join the drafting team, kindly notify us via the mailing list or to me directly off list.

Looking forward to your contributions.

Kind regards,

Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong

AFRALO Secrétariat

(On behalf of AFRALO Leadership Team)

---------------------------------------------

*FRENCH*

Chers membres de la communauté,

Nous espérons que cet e-mail vous trouvera en bonne santé et nous vous souhaitons une très bonne et heureuse Année 2024.

La Réunion communautaire de l'ICANN79 se tiendra du 2 au 7 mars 2024 au Centro de Convenciones de Puerto Rico (Centre de Convention de Porto Rico).

Cette réunion se déroulera sous format hybride https://meetings.icann.org/en/icann79

Comme d'habitude, nous prévoyons de tenir la réunion conjointe AFRALO-AfrICANN et comme nous sommes si proches de la date de la réunion ,nous aimerions vous inviter à travers cet appel à soumettre vos thèmes/sujets.

Pour votre information, les déclarations précédentes se sont concentrées sur des sujets tels que: Gestion des ressources Internet en Afrique,l’acceptation universelle en tant que moyen d’accès à Internet dans des langues locales,l'abus du Système de Noms de Domaine (DNS), l'Acceptation Universelle (AU),Amélioration de la participation africaine à l'ICANN ,l'évolution du modèle multipartite de l'ICANN, le RGPD, les procédures ultérieures des nouveaux gTLD, les meilleures pratiques pour le fonctionnement des DNS en Afrique,le Processus Accéléré de développement de politiques (EPDP), l’amélioration de la responsabilité de l'ICANN,

Ce large éventail de thèmes mentionnés ci-dessus est donné à titre d'exemple.

Vous pouvez bien entendu suggérer d'autres sujets et comme c'est la norme, le sujet qui recevra le plus de soutien sera sélectionné.

Veuillez consulter les déclarations précédentes sur ce lien https://community.icann.org/display/AFRALO/Joint+AFRALO-AfrICANN+Statements+...

Veuillez consulter le calendrier proposé:

· 04 - 17 Janvier 2024 : Appel à proposition des sujets/thèmes et de l’équipe de rédaction ;

· 18 Janvier 2024 : Annonce du sujet sélectionné et constitution de l'équipe de rédaction ;

· 19-29 Janvier 2024 : Premier projet (brouillon) de déclaration ;

· 30 Janvier au 09 Février 2024 :Deuxième ébauche de déclaration ;

· 10 Février 2024 : Envoi au personnel de l’ICANN pour la Traduction de la déclaration;

Veuillez envoyer vos suggestions de sujets et vous porter volontaire pour rejoindre l'équipe de la rédaction d'ici le Mercredi 17 Janvier 2024, après quoi l'équipe de rédaction sera constituée pour préparer un projet de déclaration qui sera partagé avec le reste des membres.

Si vous souhaitez rejoindre l'équipe de rédaction, veuillez nous en informer hors liste.

Dans l'attente de vos contributions.

Sincères amitiés,

Secrétariat d’AFRALO

Abdeldjalil Bachar Bong

_______________________________________________ AFRI-Discuss mailing list AFRI-Discuss@atlarge-lists.icann.org https://atlarge-lists.icann.org/mailman/listinfo/afri-discuss

Homepage for the region: http://www.afralo.org

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