<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 14.666666984558105px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">[Version française ci-dessous]</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Hello everyone,</span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><br class=""></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">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 class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">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 class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/events/ixpreportlaunchwebinar" class="" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Join us online on 23 June 2020 at 1300 UTC</a> as we unveil a new report <i class="">"</i></span><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Anchoring the African Internet Ecosystem – Lessons from Kenya and Nigeria’s Internet Exchange Point Growth</span></i><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">and discuss with some of the people, representing the key players, that made it a success. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">The report <span class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">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><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span></b><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><a href="https://isoc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vIVl7NbSTLSOTEIHFwXN9Q" class="" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Register today!</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Thank you,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span></div><div class="">Michuki Mwangi</div><div class="">Internet Society</div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">-------------------------------------------------------<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Bonjour à toutes et à tous ! </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Au cours des huit dernières années, en raison d'un écosystème de peering puissant activé par les IXP</span><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> au Kenya et le Nigéria</span><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">, le ratio de trafic localisé est passé d’environ 30% local / 70% international en 2012 à 70% local / 30% international, aujourd'hui.</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">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 class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/events/ixpreportlaunchwebinar" class="" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Rejoignez-nous en ligne, le 23 juin 2020, à 13h00 UTC</a>, pour l’inauguration d’un nouveau rapport "</span><i class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">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" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">" et pour une discussion avec certaines des personnes, représentant les acteurs clés, qui en ont fait un succès.</span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span lang="FR" class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Le rapport <span class="" style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">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></span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b class=""><u class=""><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(5, 99, 193);"><a href="https://isoc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vIVl7NbSTLSOTEIHFwXN9Q" class="" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Inscrivez-vous dès aujourd’hui !</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; color: rgb(192, 0, 0);"> </span><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="" style="font-size: 11pt;">Thank you,</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Michuki Mwangi</div><div class="">Internet Society</div></body></html>