POUR VOTRE INFORMATION<div><br><br>---------- Message transféré ----------<br>De : <b>Lia Kiessling</b> <<a href="mailto:kiessling@isoc.org">kiessling@isoc.org</a>><br>Date : mardi 30 août 2016<br>Objet : [Chapter-delegates] Press Release: Internet Society Study Points to Reasons for Slow Internet Growth in Africa<br>À : "<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org">chapter-delegates@elists.isoc.org</a>><br><br><br>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Internet Society Study Points to Reasons for Slow Internet Growth in Africa</span></b></p>
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<b><i>Launches “Promoting Content in Africa” at African Peering and Interconnection Forum in Tanzania</i></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>[Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – 30 August 2016]</b> – Internet access and availability are not enough to get people online, says a new Internet Society study released today at the African
Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) taking place 30 August - 1 September in Tanzania. The “Promoting Content in Africa” report reveals that while significant improvements have been made in Internet infrastructure, most notably in mobile networks, Internet
adoption rates are slowing in many countries because users lack compelling reasons to connect.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">According to the study, content and services are the main factors in making the Internet desirable, especially when the subject matter is relevant and in a language that users can easily
understand. A lack of local content and services is affecting the number of new online users in Africa. In Sub-Saharan Africa in particular, local language content is key to bringing new users online, as many are not comfortable reading in English or French.
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">“Promoting Content in Africa” outlines the barriers to the development of local content and offers recommendations to improve local content availability and distribution.
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">In the Sub-Saharan countries studied by the Internet Society, the majority of international and locally developed content is hosted outside the country, typically overseas. This results
in slow Internet speeds and higher access costs. In Rwanda for example, of all websites using the .RW domain name, only a small fraction are hosted in Rwanda. The majority of sites are hosted in Europe and the U.S. Hosting content locally is key to making
the Internet faster and more affordable for users.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">As mobile financial services are becoming increasingly available in the African continent, monetizing mobile content is still a major challenge. “Faster and better Internet access can help
entrepreneurs create new local content including services and apps, but developers face barriers when it comes to payment mechanisms in order to monetize content,” said Bastiaan Quast, Internet Society Fellow and co-author of the report.
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">The region faces a combination of barriers, including the inability to pay and receive payments for mobile apps, which serve as a major channel for content distribution in most African
countries. </p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Detailed results of the report will be presented at the seventh annual AfPIF which begins today in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. </p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Hosted by the Internet Society in partnership with the Tanzania Internet Service Providers Association (TISPA), the event serves as a platform to expand Internet infrastructure and services
across Africa by bringing together key players to address the opportunities in interconnection, peering, and traffic exchange on the continent.
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Internet Peering is a business relationship whereby two Internet service providers agree to provide access to each other’s customers at no cost. Internet users throughout Africa benefit
from peering, which enables faster and more affordable access.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">“Removing barriers to content availability and distribution will have significant impacts on the Internet ecosystem in Africa. It will help to make existing international content more
accessible,” explained Dawit Bekele, Internet Society Regional Bureau Director for Africa. </p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">“AfPIF is the only event in Africa focused on building the Internet by building relationships. It plays a key role in bringing together different parties to increase local traffic exchange
across the continent,” he added. </p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">AfPIF aims to build cross-border interconnection opportunities by facilitating discussions on Internet infrastructure challenges including capacity building, development of Internet Exchange
Points (IXP) and local content.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Previous editions of AfPIF have been held in Kenya, Ghana, South Africa, Morocco, Senegal and Mozambique. Last year’s event featured 232 participants from 57 countries and an online participation
of 978 people in 77 different countries.</p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">The “Promoting Content in Africa” report can be accessed here:
<a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/promotingcontentinafrica" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">
<span style="color:#0000e9">www.internetsociety.org/<wbr>promotingcontentinafrica</span></a> (English)</p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/SusciterlinteretpourlesdonneesenAfrique" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0000e9">https://www.internetsociety.<wbr>org/fr/<wbr>Susciterlinteretpourlesdonnees<wbr>enAfrique</span></a>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri">Visit AfPIF 2016 websites both in
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English</a> and <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2016-fr/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">
French</a><span style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline">.</span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><b>About the Internet Society
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri"><span>The Internet Society,
</span><a href="http://www.internetsociety.org/" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">www.internetsociety.org</a><span>, is the trusted independent source for Internet information and thought leadership from around the world. It is also the
organizational home for the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). With its principled vision and substantial technological foundation, the Internet Society promotes open dialogue on Internet policy, technology, and future development among users, companies,
governments, and other organizations. Working with its members and Chapters around the world, the Internet Society enables the continued evolution and growth of the Internet for everyone.</span></p>
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