AFRINC has launched the 2017 round for FIRE Africa Grants and Awards. Find out more about the programme and how you can apply for funding.
Read more: Calling All African Entrepreneurs: FIRE Africa Grants and Awards 2017 Now Open
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Connecting the next 1 Billion: It is not easy, but it is doable!
My attendance and participation at the Internet Governance Forum in Jalisco, Mexico, late last year, made possible with the kind and generous support of AFRINIC, through the Fire Africa program, made me realize that I have a critical role to play, in the global goal of connecting the next 1 billion people into the Internet.
AFRINIC has concluded its recent four-day Internet Number Resources Management (INRM) Fundamentals & Understanding and Deploying IPv6 Workshop in South Africa.
Twenty-one engineers attended the workshop, which was held at the ZACR and COZA House, Corporate Park, Gazelle Close, Midrand.
We'd like to extend our appreciation to Workonline Communications (Pty) Ltd, and ZA Central Registry for hosting this event.
Read more: Successful Conclusion of AFRINIC Training in Johannesburg South Africa
AFRINIC has concluded its recent four-day Internet Number Resources Management (INRM) Fundamentals & Understanding and Deploying IPv6 Workshop in Mali.
Thirty-six engineers attended the workshop, which was held at the Agence des Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication (AGETIC).
We'd like to extend our appreciation to AGETIC for hosting this event.
Read more: Successful Conclusion of AFRINIC Training in Mali
On 11 July 2017, a new KSK (Key Signing Key) is going to appear in the DNS root zone. This key labelled as KSK-2017 (key tag: 20326) will eventually replace KSK-2010 which has been the top-most pair of cryptographic keys used in the DNSSEC protocol since the Root Zone was signed in July 2010. It is the first time in history that ICANN is changing the Root Zone KSK as part of normal security best practices.
