African Internet Service Providers Association

AfrISPA (The African Internet Service Providers Association) is a non-profit association of African ISP associations. AfrISPA helps formulate policies regarding the Internet in Africa; provides operational support to service providers through business and funding opportunities; and works for the development of human resources, information propagation, Internet awareness, and usage. AfrISPA is working to develop Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) in Africa to reduce the dependency of the continent on other regions for Internet access. The association works to promote educational opportunities in the field of technology and Internet. It publishes relevant industry data for Members. Currently, they have more than 25 IXPs.

Type:	non-profit
Industry:	Internet
Founded:	2 August 2001
Founder(s):	ISPA, Eric Osiakwan
Headquarters:	Sandton
Country:	South Africa
Email:	info[at]afrispa.org
Website:	AfrISPA, AfrISPA
Key People
William Stucke, Chairman Lanre Ajayi, Vice Chairman Brian Longwe, Manager Eric Osiakwan, Secretary

AfrISPA is a partner with AfriNIC.

Members

Current members of AfrISPA are:

• ISPA from South Africa
• TESPOK from Kenya
• UISPA from Uganda
• GISPA from Ghana
• ISPAN from Nigeria
• FAIR from Mauritius
• TISPA from Tanzania
• BISPA from Botswana
• AFIM from Mali
• MISPA from Malawi
• AFAIB from Benin
• ISPA-DRC from Democratic Republic of the Congo

External Links

• AfrISPA report on African regulatory Index 2005.