☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml to technology@hexbear.netEnglish · 30 days ago🌍 Africa Just Launched Its Own Internet — And Google Should Be Terrifiedvocal.mediaexternal-linkmessage-square19linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down17cross-posted to: technology@lemmygrad.mltechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·30 days agoI found this, but it’s from 2016, could be not really covered in English media https://au.int/sites/default/files/documents/32509-doc-axis-brochure_pida_-january_2017.pdf
minus-squarehellinkilla [they/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-230 days agoInteresting thanks. it gives keywords for more fruitful searches. https://www.de-cix.net/en/africa https://af-ix.org/ eta: Africa Launches Its Own Internet System, Breaking Free from Western Control
minus-square☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·30 days agoI honestly find it fascinating how there’s been basically zero coverage of this in the west given that it’s been in development for like a decade now.
minus-squarehellinkilla [they/them, they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·30 days agothis list goes back to the 90s. i’m having a hard time understanding if this is a new technology (which is kind of implied by calling it a “protocol”) or a really large intranet? I don’t know what to think of this source: https://eurweb.com/2025/africa-just-built-its-own-internet-and-its-a-nightmare-for-google-and-the-west-watch/
minus-squareMaeve@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·30 days agoThat’s my guess, because my first thought was, "I hope I can access it!”
I found this, but it’s from 2016, could be not really covered in English media https://au.int/sites/default/files/documents/32509-doc-axis-brochure_pida_-january_2017.pdf
Interesting thanks. it gives keywords for more fruitful searches.
https://www.de-cix.net/en/africa
https://af-ix.org/
eta: Africa Launches Its Own Internet System, Breaking Free from Western Control
I honestly find it fascinating how there’s been basically zero coverage of this in the west given that it’s been in development for like a decade now.
this list goes back to the 90s.
i’m having a hard time understanding if this is a new technology (which is kind of implied by calling it a “protocol”) or a really large intranet?
I don’t know what to think of this source: https://eurweb.com/2025/africa-just-built-its-own-internet-and-its-a-nightmare-for-google-and-the-west-watch/
That’s my guess, because my first thought was, "I hope I can access it!”