The African Union Commission (AUC) has launched an Internet Exchange Point in Namibia to contribute to bringing efficiency in the routing of intra-country Internet traffic.
A statement issued by the commission on Monday in Windhoek stated that the launch was done through its Infrastructure and Energy Department, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information Communication Technology of Namibia.
It said that through the African Internet Exchange System (AXIS) project, the commission had so far extended capacity building support to facilitate the establishment of Internet exchange points in 22 member states, including Namibia.
The AU also donated equipment and services worth of 20,000 dollars to the Internet Exchange Point in Namibia.
“With this development, the ICT Sector in Namibia has every reason to celebrate for a new era of localised, cost effective and secure Internet traffic,’’ the commission added.
The launch was presided over by Stanley Simataa, the Deputy Minister of ICT of Namibia and Dr Elham Ibrahim, the AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy.
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