African Internet Exchange System Project
Details of the organization
Name *
African Union Commission
Country *
International
Website (URL)
http://www.au.int
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Others
Information about the project
Project title *
African Internet Exchange System Project
Title acronym
AXIS Project
Description *
The African Internet Exchange System (AXIS) project aims to promote keeping of intra-Africa’s internet traffic local by providing capacity building & technical assistance to facilitate the establishment of Internet Exchange Points at country level, Regional Internet Exchange Points and Regional Internet Carriers in Africa. It also promotes the development of regional cross-border interconnection policy frameworks. The AXIS project which is part of the Program on Infrastructure Development in Africa (PIDA) is relevant to the WSIS line of action on Information and communication infrastructure: an essential foundation for the Information Society, which calls on optimizing connectivity among major information networks by encouraging the creation and development of regional ICT backbones and Internet exchange points, to reduce interconnection costs and broaden network access. The project has been implemented for the last 4 years to address the costly as well as an inefficient way of handling intra-country and inter-country exchange of Internet traffic and hence contributing the development of the Internet in Africa.
Project website
http://www.au.int/axis
Geographical coverage *
Regional implementation
Regions of implementation
Africa
Countries of implementation
Algeria, Angola, Western Sahara, Burundi, Benin, Burkina Faso, Botswana, Central African Republic, Chad (Republic of), Cameroon, Comoros, Cape Verde (Republic of), Djibouti, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia (Republic of the), Guinea-Bissau, Ghana, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Kenya, Lesotho, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mauritania, Mali, Malawi, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Congo, Reunion, Rwanda, South Africa, Senegal, Seychelles, Saint Helena, Sierra Leone, Somali (Democratic Republic), South Sudan, Sao Tome and Principe, Sudan, Swaziland, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Status *
Ongoing
from 02/01/2012
to
31/12/2018
Partners
(1) Government of Luxembourg (2) EU-Africa Infrastructure Trust Fund
WSIS information
WSIS action lines related to this project
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International and regional cooperation
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to this project
Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
Project type *
Project