{"id":26810,"date":"2019-06-20T12:44:24","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T11:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/?p=26810"},"modified":"2019-06-20T12:44:24","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T11:44:24","slug":"african-ixp-association-to-establish-secretariat-in-rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intelligentcio.com\/africa\/2019\/06\/20\/african-ixp-association-to-establish-secretariat-in-rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"African IXP Association to establish secretariat in Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #161616\">The African IXP Association, in partnership with the Internet Society, has signed an agreement with the Rwanda Internet Community and Technology Alliance (RICTA) to establish an administrative secretariat in Kigali, Rwanda.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #161616\">This agreement follows the successful completion of a call for proposals designed to help the African IXP Association develop its governance structure and administrative capacity in order to more effectively manage its growing portfolio of activities. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #161616\">Kyle Spencer, Co-Coordinator of the African IXP Association, believes that the agreement represents a significant milestone in the development of Africa&#8217;s Internet ecosystem. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #161616\">\u201cIt clearly reflects our industry&#8217;s extraordinary growth and our community&#8217;s strong spirit of cooperation,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #161616\">&#8220;We look forward to working with RICTA on this project. They have proven expertise that is complemented by Rwanda&#8217;s central geographic location, business friendly market environment, and fluency in multiple regional languages.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"background: white;text-align: start;margin: 0cm 0cm 15.0pt 0cm\"><span style=\"font-size: 10.5pt;font-family: 'Helvetica',sans-serif;color: #161616\">Grace Ingabire, Ag CEO of RICTA, added: \u201cI am convinced that establishing the AF-IX secretariat is a great achievement to develop, strengthen and improve the IXP community in Africa. RICTA, an active AFIX member, is committed to go an additional mile in its contribution and provide a strong administrative secretariat that will offer an enabling environment for Internet Exchange operators in Africa.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The African IXP Association, in partnership with the Internet Society, has signed an agreement with the Rwanda Internet Community and Technology Alliance (RICTA) to establish an administrative secretariat in Kigali, Rwanda. 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