The African Union Commission (AU) said it had so far extended capacity building support to facilitate the establishment of Internet exchange points in 22 member states.
This was contained in a statement by the Commission announcing the launching of its first Internet Exchange Point in Namibia.
The project is aimed at bringing efficiency in the routing of intra-country Internet traffic.
The statement issued by the commission on Monday in Windhoek stated that the launch was done through its Infrastructure and Energy Department, in collaboration with the Ministry of Information Communication Technology of Namibia.
It said that through the African Internet Exchange System project, the commission had so far extended capacity building support to facilitate the establishment of Internet exchange points in 22 member states, including Namibia.
The AU also donated equipment and services worth of 20,000 dollars to the Internet Exchange Point in Namibia.
“With this development, the ICT Sector in Namibia has every reason to celebrate for a new era of localised, cost effective and secure Internet traffic,” the commission added.
The launch was presided over by Stanley Simataa, deputy minister of ICT of Namibia and Dr Elham Ibrahim, the AU Commissioner for Infrastructure and Energy.