AfNOG
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| Type: | Non-profit |
| Industry: | Inernet |
| Founded: | 2000 |
| Headquarters: | 16 Boundary Road, East Legon P.O. Box 3035 Accra |
| Country: | Ghana |
| Website: | www.afnog.org |
| Key People | |
| Dr. Nii Quaynor, AfNOG Convener Nancy Dotse, Secretariat | |
AfNOG (African Network Operators Group) is a forum organized by the African Network Information Center (AfriNIC) dedicated to promoting the exchange of technical information and the cooperation and coordination among network service providers regarding the discussion and policy implementations on issues affecting the internet community, and to maintain the stability of the Internet within the African Region.
Objective
AfNOG's main objective is share experiences on technical challenges in setting up, building and running IP networks on the African continent.[1]
Activities
During the AfNOG Conference, tutorials and technical workshops are provided to participants, and African Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are given advance training they can utilize to help improve the country's Internet connectivity.[2]
Tutorial and meetings are conducted after technical workshops and topics are centered on technical tutorials regarding networking and other related about ISP operations and issues relevant to the Internet community.[3]
Projects
At present, AfNOG is working on two significant projects which include:[4]
- AfNOG Chix- This program is intended for female network engineers in three countries in Africa to learn the Unix Systems Administration
- AfNOG Localization- this project aims to teach and migrate the AfNOG Unix/Linux System Administration Course known as the AfNOG Track EO into several African countries. The project is a collaboration between ISOC, AfNOG and the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), a non profit organization involved in helping with the deployment of networks in Asia/Pacific, Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East, and to new independent countries or territories.[5]
Awards
AfNOG gives recognition to African individuals who have great contributions in the development and growth of internet in the continent of Africa through the following awards:
- Abha Ahuja Fellowship Award - was created by the Internet Society (ISOC) in memory and recognition to the contributions of the late Abha Ahuja's in improving the internet and active participant in different organizations such as ARIN, RIPE, APNIC, AfNOC, the IRTF, the ISOC, etc. A Senior Research Engineer at Arbor Networks in Ann Arbor, and Director of the Routing Area at IETF.[6] The grant is given annually to qualified applicants who are actively engaged in improving the internet in Africa such as Network Engineers, Operational and Infrastructure Support Personnel or Educators to attend a regional operators meeting particularly the RIPE Meeting.
- NII Service Award - The Network Information Infrastructure (NII) Service Award was established during the 10th year anniversary of AfNOG which was initiated by its convener and 2007 Jonathan Postel Award recipient, Dr. Nii Narku Quaynor to recognize African individuals who made significant contributions in the improvement of the African internet community.[7]
Recipients of the 2010 AfNOG NII Service Awards include:[8]
- Anne-Rachel Inne- NII Service Award
- Michuki Mwangi- NII Junior Award
Previous AfNOG Conferences
- AfNOG 2000- Cape Town, South Africa
- AfNOG 2001- Accra, Ghana
- AfNOG 2002- Lome, Togo
- AfNOG 2003- Kampala, Uganda
- AfNOG 2004- Dakar, Senegal
- AfNOG 2005- Maputo, Mozambique
- AfNOG 2006- Nairobi, Kenya
- AfNOG 2007- Abuja, Nigeria
- AfNOG 2008- Rabat, Morocco
- AfNOG 2009- Cairo, Egypt
- AfNOG 2010- Kigali, Rwanda