Resources
AFRINIC
- AfriNIC Proposal. 26 March 1997. [html]
- First AfriNIC Business Plan [Link]
- Africa Meets in Yokohama. Alain Aina. 20 July 2000. [Link]
- AfriNIC Status Update. RIPE 46 – Amsterdam. 04 September 2003 [Link]
- AfriNIC submits Application to ICANN to be recognized as the fifth RIR. 6 September 2004. [Link]
- 10 Years anniversary of Afrinic: SPEARHEADING INTERNET TECHNOLOGY AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT IN THE AFRICAN REGION
African Organizations for Internet Governance
In the mid 1990s, a few African Internet pioneers grouped in what was known as the African Internet Group (AIG) started discussing Internet issues, including governance.
In 1998, following the International Ad Hoc Committee (IAHC) process for specifying and implementing policies and procedures relating to generic top level domain names leading to the formation of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), one of the first African Internet governance conference was organised in Cotonou, Benin by the AIG, with Mr Pierre Dandjinou as host.
The theme for the workshop was ‘Internet governance in Africa’.
Afrispa - Internet Exchange Points in Africa
http://afix.afridns.org/
African Union
- Cybersecurity Convention
https://au.int/en/treaties/african-union-convention-cyber-security-and-personal-data-protection
- Cybersecurity Experts Group
- Global Cyber Expertise Magazine
- AU Supporting Internet Exchange Points in Africa [AXIS Project]
- Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa [IISGA]
- Cyber Security Trends and Government Responses in Africa[AU-SYMANTEC]
African Undersea Cables
By Steve Song. [Link]
African Women in Cyber
- AfCHIX – http://www.afchix.org/
- Women in Cybersecurity Awards – https://africanwis.net
- Shesecures – https://shesecures.org/
Cyber Contributors
(Disclaimer: There are many more)
- African Computer Emergency Response Teams (AfricaCERT)
- African Network Operators Group (AfNOG)
- Ghana Network Operators Group (ghNOG)
- Nigerian Network Operators Group (ngNOG)
- Senegal Network Operators Group (SnNOG)
- Southern Africa Network Operators Group (SafNOG)
- Sudan Network Operators Group (SdNOG)
- Tanzania Network Operators Group (TzNOG)
- African Network Information Center (AfriNIC)
- African Women in Technology (AfChix)
- African Top-Level Domain Organization (AfTLD)
- African Research and Education Network [AfREN]
- African Internet Governance Forum (AfIGF)
- The African Peering & Interconnection Forum [AfPIF]
- ANSSI – Agence Nationale de la Securite des systemes d’Information. [Link]
- Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie [Link]
- ITU [ITU]
- The Network Startup Resource Center [NSRC]
- APCERT [link]
- JPCERT [link]
- FIRST [Link]
- KISA [Link]
- Rwanda Network Operators Group (RWANDANOG)
- Somalia NOG – https://somnog.so/
- East African IGF – https://eaigf.africa/
- West African Internet Governance Forum – https://www.waigf.org/
Cybersecurity
- Afrispam Working Group Report. (06.01.2008). [Afrispam]
- Internet Security And AfricaCERT Premises. [Internetsecurity]
- Crypto Officers. [Link]
- Computer Security Incident Response Teams in Africa. [Link]
- Internet Infrastructure Security Guidelines for Africa [IISGA]
- Cyber Security Trends and Government Responses in Africa[AU-SYMANTEC]
- African Union Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection [AFCYBDPA]
- CERT/CC-Promoting-cybersecurity-due-diligence-across-africa.
- JPCERT Blog on Africa
- Question to President Clinton [PClintonIcann]
- Who is doing What in the African Cybersecurity Arena. [Initiatives]
- ITU Cybersecurity [ITU]
dotAfrica
- From Rathbawn Computers Limited application for. africa in 2000 to how African leaders fought to keep it for the Continent. [Link]
- .Africa has twins and struggles. [Link]
- DCA Trust v. ICANN [Link]
- ICANN Free To Proceed with the Delegation Following Court Decision – 9 February 2017. [Link]
- Follow The Flag. [TheFlag]
- dotAfrica Roadshow [RoadShow]
- Announcement of dotAfrica in June 2011
- dotAfrica History paper
GFCE Triple I
ISOC
- Internet Society Inet Conferences where Africa Internet Group gathered. [93 to 2002]
- Internet Society Bord of Trustees [ISOC Trustees]
- Internet in Africa By Internet Society. [Link]
- ISOC Africa IETF Initiative. [Link]
- Internet Society and African Chapters. [ISOC]
- Network Operators Groups in Africa Share Their Stories[NOGs]
ICANN in Africa
- ICANN-ASWG Initiative [ASWG]
- Office in Nairobi. May 23, 2016. [Link]
- First Capacity Building Workshop for GAC Members – 23-24 January 2017. [Link]
ICANN Accredited Registrars from Africa.
- AFRIREGISTER S.A.(Burundi)
- Genious Communications SARL/AU(Morroco)
- Ghana Dot Com Ltd.(Ghana)
- Internet Solutions (Pty) Ltd.(South Africa)
- Kheweul.com SA(Senegal)
- Upperlink Limited(Nigeria)
- Web4Africa Inc.(South Africa)
Role of African RENs in CSIRT Capacity Building
The African Secret Working Group
The Secret Working Group is a non-for-profit, on-need-to-know-basis, fully-deniable,ultra-secret cabal that is mostly known for its secretarial support for Bert.
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