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AfNOGAfrica Network Operators Group
From a regional perspective
AfTLD MeetingJohannesburg
7-11 April 2008
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Agenda
• Objectives• A Brief History• Communication Mechanisms• Participant Background• Challenges• Achievements• Acknowledgements
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Objectives
• AfNOG is a forum for technical coordination and cooperation among African Internet service providers and network operators
• The aim is to build a community of engineers to help each other operating Internet Infrastructure in Africa, and on the Global Internet.
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Objectives ( contd. )
•To train people and groups of people who will return to their country and region and who will teach others what they have learned at the workshop.
•To build links between all participants so that the peer-to-peer relationships formed during the workshop and conferences will remain strong well beyond the workshop and conference.
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Brief History
• Founded in 1999• First meeting in Cape Town, 2000• Since then, annual meetings at:
Hosts Host Countries YearCequrux Cape Town, South Africa 2000NCS Accra, Ghana 2001TRS/CAFE Lome, Togo 2002One2Net Kampala, Uganda 2003ISOC Senegal Dakar, Senegal 2004MICTI/CIUEM Maputo, Mozambique 2005KENIC/KENET Nairobi, Kenya 2006NgForum Abuja, Nigeria 2007
AfNOG-9 and AfriNIC-8: May 24 - June 6, 2008
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Brief History ( contd. )
• Each meeting consists of:– Technical sessions (AfNOG Tutorial and Meeting)– Hands-on workshop training
• Unix Systems Administration• Scalable Internet Services/• Scalable Network Infrastructure• English and french
• Workshop traces roots to the ISOC's annual INET Network Training Workshop model
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• Internet Service Providers
• Telco Operators
• Government
• NGOs
• Educational & Research Institution
Participant Background
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Communication mechanisms
• (Annual) meeting
• Mailing list: – [email protected]
• Websites:– www.afnog.org– www.ws.afnog.org
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Challenges
• Identifying next years localhost• Timely preparation for the event• Catering for language diversity• Funding for workshops & meetings• Logistics: People & Equipment• Ensuring continuity• Workshops & Meetings• Outreach
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Outreach
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Achievements
Built community of African Network Operators helping themselves with challenges (African & Globally)
Eight workshops & meetings in eight different countries covering three sub-regionsCountries represented include Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia,
Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique,
Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo,
Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
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Achievements
Trained over 500 Internet engineers Many from Educational and research institutions and gov
Former students are now instructors Building new curriculum based on needs in the
African region New tracks progressively added to cater for training
needs
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Achievements
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Achievements
Very successful and active Mailing list.
Provided meeting space to other ICT related meetings– AFRNIC– AFTLD– AFREN– AFRISPA– INET AFRICA
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Acknowledgements
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Acknowledgements
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Acknowledgements
MICTICIUEM
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Thank you