Re: _[AfrICANN-discuss]_Fadi_Chehadé:_If_We_Fra gment_The_Internet, _'It_Will_Not_Be_The_Interne =?utf-8?Q?t=5FAs=5FWe=5FKnow=5FIt'=5F?=

[Adiel Akplogan]

On 2014-02-03, at 22:50 PM, Adiel Akplogan <adiel at afrinic.net> wrote:

> On 2014-02-02, at 14:21 PM, Pierre Lotis NANKEP <lnankep at yahoo.fr> wrote:
>> Between the desire / wish / dream and the reality, there is a gap ... a big gap!
>> 
>> NSA in the U.S. and other intelligence services or espionages (Western countries, Chinese, ...) will eventually convince Nations / Sovereign State to have their own Internet. 
> 
> In this very context, I guess you meant to say each county will really start thinking about defining their legal  and policy framework related to privacy and data protection, right?  Wen we are still struggling to managed simple ccTLDs, I can hardly see how we can create and manage our own Internet at country level (at least not this generation - because that will be a call for disaster). Let get real! A tentative to fragment the **internet** in Africa is what is going to completely drag us even more behind as the social and economical impact will be terrible. As African what we need is to is to really understand the digital era we are getting in, not driven by just government will and wishes but by rather by user's needs. Instead of being just observer of these changes we should get ready to participate with our own interest in mind. We need to continue to fight and defend an Internet that is a vehicle for permission-less innovation and communication for social and economic development of our region (the permission-less innovation will be key for us).
> 
> You may want to read this report that also address the economic impact of a fragmented Internet http://www.bcg.com/documents/file100409.pdf 

in addition to this other publication https://www.bcgperspectives.com/Images/Greasing_Wheels_Internet_Economy_Jan_2014_tcm80-152811.pdf that gives an even bigger and better picture.

- a.


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