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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Hello everyone,</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Over the past eight years, as a result of a strong peering ecosystem enabled by IXPs in Kenya and Nigeria, the ratio of localized traffic roughly flipped from 30 % local / 70% international in
2012 to 70% local / 30% international today. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">This achievement significantly fulfills the Internet Society and African Internet community’s joint goal for 80% of Africa’s Internet traffic to be locally accessible by 2020 (“80/20 by 2020”).</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/events/ixpreportlaunchwebinar" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Join us online on 23 June 2020 at 1300 UTC</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>as
we unveil a new report<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">"</i></span><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Anchoring the African Internet Ecosystem – Lessons from Kenya and Nigeria’s Internet Exchange Point Growth</span></i><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">and discuss with some of the people, representing the key players, that made it a success. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">The report<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">highlights the changes observed in the Internet Ecosystem in Nigeria and Kenya since 2012. It also provides insights,
for stakeholders in other countries, to help strengthen their IXPs and benefit from its economic advantages through fostering community mobilization, collaboration and capacity building while setting a discussion platform for new vision beyond 2020.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Thank you,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="">Michuki Mwangi</div>
<div class="">Internet Society</div>
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<b class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">-------------------------------------------------------<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Bonjour à toutes et à tous !<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Au cours des huit dernières années, en raison d'un écosystème de peering puissant activé par les IXP</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>au
Kenya et le Nigéria</span><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">, le ratio de trafic localisé est passé d’environ 30% local / 70% international en 2012 à 70% local / 30% international, aujourd'hui.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">Cette réalisation satisfait de manière significative l’objectif commun que portent l’Internet Society et la communauté Internet africaine pour que 80% du trafic Internet africain puisse
être accessible localement d’ici 2020 («80/20 d’ici 2020 »).</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/events/ixpreportlaunchwebinar" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Rejoignez-nous en ligne, le 23 juin 2020, à 13h00 UTC</a>, pour l’inauguration
d’un nouveau rapport "</span><i class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Ancrage de l'écosystème Internet africain - Leçons tirées de la croissance des points d'échange Internet du Kenya, et du Nigéria</span></i><span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">"
et pour une discussion avec certaines des personnes, représentant les acteurs clés, qui en ont fait un succès.</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="FR" style="font-size: 11pt;" class="">Le rapport<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);" class="">met en évidence les changements observés dans l'écosystème Internet au Nigéria et au Kenya depuis 2012. Il
fournit également des informations, pour les parties prenantes dans d'autres pays, pour les aider à renforcer leurs IXP et à bénéficier de ses avantages économiques en encourageant la mobilisation communautaire, la collaboration, et le renforcement des capacités,
tout en définissant une plateforme de discussion pour une nouvelle vision au-delà de 2020.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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