Type of Resource:
Conference paper

Year of Publication:
2015

Indicators:
- Enablers
- Trends


Themes:
- Internet Access, Affordability And Use

Author(s): Josiah Chavula, Nick Feamster, Antoine Bagula and Hussein Suleman

Enablers: increase in the number of Internet eXchange Points (IXP) in Africa, proliferation of submarine and terrestrial fibre optic cable systems. Impacts/Outcomes: the level of peering among Africa’s Internet service providers remains low. Trends: Over 75 % of Africa’s inter-university traffic follows circuitous inter-continental routes, and is characterised by latencies that are more than double those of traffic exchanged within the continent.

URL
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-16886-9_7

Region of Study:
Africa,

Country of Study:
Africa,

Study Quality
High