Af* are organisations collaboratively working for a better Internet in Africa. These organisations include the various sectors of the Internet such as: Internet Numbers, Policy, Content and Names, Research, Infrastructure, Capacity building, and Security.
In the 1990s, few African Internet pioneers also known as the African Internet Group (AIG) were engaged in discussing Internet issues in Africa, including Internet governance.
In 1998, following an IAHC process leading to the formation of ICANN, one of the first African Internet governance conference was organised in Cotonou Benin, with Pierre Dandjinou as host.
The theme for the workshop was ‘’Internet governance in Africa’’. In this workshop, Dr Nii Quaynor,recipient of the prestigious John Postel Award prescribed the need for setting up several institutions for supporting Internet growth in the African region.
The setting up of such organisations was visionary at a time when Africa needed to develop its own Internet Infrastructure but was lacking in critical technical workforce. This was the call for uniting the African Internet community.
Indeed, in the next few years, following the Cotonou Meeting, several organisations emerged within the African Internet ecosystem. Today we know them as the Af* comprising several organisations and fora such as: AfNOG, AFRINIC, AfREN, AfTlD, AfricaCERT, ISOC African Chapters, the African IGFs, the AfPIF and many more still evolving within the ecosystem.
Terms and ConditionsThe Africa Internet Summit Fellowship Programme provides opportunities for individuals from African countries who have an interest in Internet operations and governance to participate in the AIS. The fellowship provides basic financial assistance to the selected applicants who fulfll eligibility criteria and are subsequently selected by the Fellowship Committee. Successful fellows will receive and award to cover some travel and living expenses associated with attending the AIS. The selected fellow is expected to positively and actively contribute to IP address management awareness in the AFRINIC service region prior, during and after the meeting.
To qualify, the fellow:
The fellow is expected to report on how this fellowship has benefited his/her organisation/country.
The fellowship package includes:
The Internet Summit is a multi-stakeholder Event whereby the African community from academia, public and private sectors, governmental institutions and the civil society interact on Internet issues and its development in general. Our audience benefits from a panel of international experts who deliver insightful knowledge in Information and telecommunication technologies.
The range of topics spans over mobile networking, applications, cybersecurity, cyber laws, Internet governance, ICT for development, research, civil and information Society and African ICT success stories.
This is an open platform that everyone can attend. Join your peer and business and technical leaders for the Africa Internet Summit - the place for sharing knowledge and networking within the Africa ICT community.