[Community-Discuss] Internet shutdown in Africa

[ABDULKARIM AYOPO OLOYEDE]

Dear Ish,
I totally agree with you that it is an internet governance issue and not
directly related to AFRINIC. However, there is a kind of interconnection
between all the players in the internet ecosystem which include AFRINIC and
I think that was the reason Serge-parfait raised it here. Just as a form of
awareness and seeking ways of moving forward.
Then my point about the "back door".
What I mean is that what we know about the internet today is a richly
interconnected network without a single killer switch.  The government can
only speak to ISP's within their domain to shut down the internet within a
country but there are other ways of bypassing that because of the
interconnections. This can be bypassing local connections or even via the
intranet of companies and so on. There are ways around it but not ideal. I
mentioned that just so that we know that there is no single killer switch
in a govermnet shutdown situation.
Thanks
AK

On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 5:23 PM Dewole Ajao <dewole at forum.org.ng> wrote:

> Realistically, the only effective thing we can (attempt to) do is seek
> out the policy makers, educate them about how an uninterrupted Internet
> is really important to us, listen to their concerns, and help them
> formulate policies that address their concerns without shutting down the
> Internet.
>
> Easier said than done, yeah. Worth a try though.
>
> Dewole.
>
> On 4/30/2019 4:47 PM, Ish Sookun wrote:
> > Hi Serge,
> >
> > I recall from lengthy discussions when the idea of an "anti internet
> > shutdown policy" was tossed here, it was argued that AFRINIC might not
> > be the right platform to raise the issue but instead perhaps it could be
> > raised through the Internet Governance Forum.
> >
> > That being said, what do you think AFRINIC could do to against internet
> > shutdowns in Africa?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ish Sookun
> >
> > On 4/29/19 7:56 PM, Iyedi Goma wrote:
> >> Hello
> >> Yes you are really right, we need to talk about we need to find the way
> >> to solve such case.
> >> Specifically by bringing our silence
> >>
> >> Le lun. 29 avr. 2019 à 14:22, ABDULKARIM AYOPO OLOYEDE
> >> <oloyede.aa at unilorin.edu.ng <mailto:oloyede.aa at unilorin.edu.ng>> a
> écrit :
> >>
> >>      Hi,
> >>      It is really a shame. I think we need to speak out more about this
> >>      and tell them this is very wrong.
> >>      But the good thing about the current internet structure is there is
> >>      always a back door. We need to make sure  we continue to fight to
> >>      make the system more decentralised and indipenden to prevent cases
> >>      like this.
> >>      Regards
> >>
> >>      Abdulkarim Oloyede PhD.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>      On Mon, 29 Apr 2019, 14:06 Iyedi Goma, <iyedigoma at gmail.com
> >>      <mailto:iyedigoma at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>          Dear all
> >>
> >>          Now Benin gov learn how to block  the internet  and the counter
> >>          measure (VPNs and Co)
> >>          Africa governments are always ready to learn bad habits as if
> >>          it's a curse.
> >>          what do you think about digital future of africa????
> >>
> >>          best regards
> >>
> >>          Serge-parfait Goma
> >>
> >>
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