"The DNS Platform is a platform for knowledge sharing and capacity building. Having a platform to discuss the challenges we face as Africans is very important. We need to educate the young and talented people on the domain name infrastructure." - Kevin Chege #ICANN #AFDNSF2022

An Informative Session on Data Encryption and its Applications in Ethiopia. Date: Friday, Oct 21, 2022 3:00 PM (EAT) Registration: isoc.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

I envisioned the Internet as the place where people can collaborate and leverage other people's ideas. Collaboration and information sharing empowers people, and us, as a society. Without data sharing, we can't have collaboration.

African Telecommunication Union 2day signed MoU / Internet Society Africa Dawit Bekele to partner on a number of #Internet issues including a study on identifying&opening up certain choke points in some #African countries #FurtherTogether Internet Society, Kenya Internet Society Ethiopia Chapter AFRINIC-The Regional Internet Registry for Africa Bob Ochieng Communications Authority of Kenya (CA) Alice Munyua John Omo

Today Int’l Telecommunication Union #PP22 came to a close. We were proudly present during the last three weeks, making sure that the Internet is protected.

Our stance on the importance of an #InternetForEveryone was echoed by many in attendance, including @CADirectorGen. Thank you for supporting an accessible Internet!

I can fall asleep with this!

Congratulations all Ethiopians & friends! Just overwhelmed. We should & could have avoided all that mess. I believe we have learned, after burned, we have learned the hard way. Victory is for Ethiopia and peace itself. We must all cheer up and march forward than leaking wounds!

I’m going to Internet Society’s upcoming Space. Will you join too? x.com/i/spaces/1Mnxn…

We gave briefing and had a fruitful discussion with concerned invitees Hudson Institute about the peace agreement and prospects of peace, rehabilitation and reconstruction in #Ethiopia. Grateful to #heritagefoundation & #HudsonInstitute

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Starlink is finally in Nigeria. It's a matter of time before it goes to at least two dozen of African countries where it signed agreements already. This can be a revolution for connectivity in rural areas: tesmanian.com/blogs/tesmania…

Eric Fisher Heading over Andover tonight

#CommunityNetworks, as complementary access solutions, are key to achieve the challenge to connect everyone in the world by 2030, as Dawit Bekele from Internet Society said at World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

Do you know someone who has played an outstanding role in building and growing the Internet? If you do, please nominate her/him for the Internet Hall of Fame at internethalloffame.org/nominations/ before March 24.

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The FDRE Ministerial Cabinet has today approved the Proclamation on Personal Data Protection, which is a critical stride towards digital transformation of the Ethiopian economy.

🚀 Register Now! The 2025 Internet Development Conference will be in Addis Ababa on 21-23 Jan 2025! 🌍 Join policymakers, businesses, & technologists from across the IGAD region to strengthen Internet infrastructure. Register here: internetsociety.org/events/interne… #IDC2025

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