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- 22 Nov 2015
Internet Society Collaborates IXPN to Train Internet Service Providers
The Internet Society in partnership with the Internet eXchange Point in Nigeria (IXPN) have just concluded an “Internet Routing Technologies and IXP interconnection” workshop. Held from 16-20…
- 18 Dec 2019
Internet Society Foundation Announces $300,000 in Grants for Internet Projects
The new Internet Society Foundation has issued its first set of medium and large grants (ranging from $12,000 to USD $30,000 each) to 13 ground-breaking projects that seek to spread the benefits of…
- 3 Nov 2014
ITU, GSMA, Internet Society Unite in Fight Against Ebola
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the GSMA and the Internet Society (ISOC), announced that they are joining forces in the fight against Ebola. The three organizations will bring together…
- 18 Jul 2017
Internet Society Extends IETF Fellowship to Emerging Markets
The Internet Society is inviting applicants from the emerging markets to partake in its Fellowship to the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) 2017. The Fellowship programme allows technologists,…
- 27 Nov 2017
ISOC Says Internet Economy Presents a Major Opportunity for Africa
Many African countries have made significant progress toward creating an Internet sector, with broad sector reforms and focus on increasing broadband availability. However, there is still much work…
- 20 Sept 2017
ISOC Says AI, IoT will Shape Future of the Internet
The Internet Society (ISOC), a global non-profit dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution and use of the Internet, has released its annual report. Entitled "Paths to our Digital Future,"…
- 12 Jul 2017
ICANN, ISOC & AFTLD Prepare For 5th Africa DNS Forum
The fifth Africa Domain Name System (DNS) Forum is being organized by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), in partnership with the Internet Society (ISOC) and the Africa…
- 3 Jun 2013
ISOC, Phase3 Drum Support for Nigeria IPV6 Roundtable 2013
The Nigerian chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC) and telecom solution provider, Phase3 Telecoms have drummed support for the Nigeria IPv6 Roundtable 2013, scheduled for Thursday, June 6, in…
- 18 Sept 2017
ISOC Discloses #ShapeTomorrow as Focus on 25th Anniversary
By next week, the Internet Society will celebrate her 25th year of advocacy for an open, trusted Internet available to everyone, everywhere. Today the challenges to the open Internet have never…
- 11 Jun 2012
IT Stakeholders Make Case for IPv6
Although the internet is speedily breeding powerful social-digital society, it is however enmeshed with challenges says Professor Raymond Akwule. He identified the current IPv4 on which internet runs…
- 14 Jan 2015
Local Internet Hosting Key to Furthering Africa Internet Development- Report
Local Internet hosting has been identified as essential in the development of the Internet ecosystem in emerging countries, according to a report on Tuesday by the Internet Society. The report by…
- 8 Jul 2019
What to Expect at the 2019 Nigeria Internet Governance Forum
For the past seven years, The Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) has evolved into an inclusive Internet policy dialogue mechanism contributing to national development. In a bid to Shape…
- 23 Mar 2017
MainOne’s Nerds Unite Raises the Bar for Nigerian IT Professionals
MainOne has continued to push the boundaries for IT professionals in Nigeria from its inception with a 7000km private submarine cable which changed the face of the Internet in West Africa, to the…
- 15 Aug 2025
Nigeria Hosts15th African Peering & Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)
Nigeria is set to host the 15th edition of the African Peering & Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) from August 19th to 21st in the city of Lagos. Over 500 leaders and experts from the global Internet…
- 7 Sept 2022
Pantami Leads Industry Leaders to 2022 Nigeria Internet Governance Forum
For many Nigerians, the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the importance of the Internet and digital technologies as a critical part of daily living hence, the necessity to deliberate on…
- 4 Jun 2025
ICANN, NCC, IXPN, ISOC, Backs 2025 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) through the African Regional At-Large Organisation (AFRALO) is supporting the 2025 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum series is organised by…
- 18 Sept 2020
Patanmi, Danbatta, Others Set for 2020 Virtual Internet Governance Forum
Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), and other key players in the…
- 13 Nov 2008
Season 3 of ngNOG Summit Holds November
he 3rd edition of the Nigerian Network Operators Group (ngNOG) workshop and meetings holds between 17th and 25th November, 2008 at the University of Lagos. Charles Uwadia, president, Nigeria Computer…
- 23 Nov 2015
Buhari Taps Aziz as New DG of NIMC
President Muhammadu Buhari may have approved the appointment of Engineer Aliyu Aziz Abubakar, as the new director general and chief executive officer of the National Identity Management Commission…
- 26 Jul 2017
IPv6, Security On Front Burner as 5th Africa DNS Forum Begins
The fifth Africa Domain Names System Forum (DNS) Forum commenced Wednesday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, to end on Friday; with discussions on the Internet Protocol version six (IPv6) and securing the…
- 25 Jun 2020
IXPN Achieves Internet Traffic Milestone with 125Gbps in 2020
Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) has achieved a milestone in its efforts to ensure that internet services providers in the country exchange their traffic locally by exchanging 125 Gbps…
- 16 May 2024
Nigeria DigitalSENSE forum @15, gets June date
The date for the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance for Development (IG4D) has been unwrapped for Thursday, June 27, by organisers, ITREALMS Media group. Disclosing this, the Lead…
- 4 Jun 2024
IG4D 2024: Edetaen Ojo to chair NDSF on Internet Governance
One of the top 10 digital change makers in Africa and Executive Director of Media Rights Agenda (MRA), Mr. Edetaen Ojo would preside over the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Forum on Internet Governance…
- 20 Jun 2024
NDSF’24: Adebayo, Rudman, Sesan, Iloezumma to discourse ‘Digital Economy and Safer Civic Space’
Messrs Gbenga Adebayo, Muhammed Rudman and Gbenga Sesan as well as Ms Francisca Iloezumma have made it to the speakers faculty of the 2024 Nigeria DigitalSENSE Africa forum on Internet Governance for…
- 14 Jul 2019
Danbatta Says effective governance will protect 122 million Nigeria's Internet users
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that 122 million Nigeria's Internet users will be more protected online through a synergistic collaboration among various organisations and…
- 10 May 2014
Okere to Chair NIGF 2014
Mr. Austin Okere, group managing director and chief executive officer, Computer Warehouse Group (CWG) plc, has been named as the chairman of the Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) 2014.…
- 21 May 2014
Johnson to Declare Open NIGF
Mrs. Omobola Johnson, minister of Communications Technology, has confirmed participation at the forthcoming third Nigeria Internet Governance Forum (NIGF) to be hosted at MUSON Centre, Onikan Lagos.…
- 25 Jun 2012
Africa @ the Outskirts of Internet Development- Akwule
Prof. Raymond Akwule, president, Digital Bridge Institute (DBI), has said that Africa and indeed Nigeria with little or no contributions to core Internet development are the outskirts of the…
- 11 Jun 2023
Stakeholders Restate Importance of 5G Services @NDSF 2023
Stakeholders in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) have restated the value of the Fifth Generation (5G) services, especially on the positive use of the internet to ease connectivity.…
- 8 Jul 2024
NDSF@15: Ojo, Adebayo, Nnamani, Ekuwem, Nwannenna, Odusote Join DigitalSENSE Hall of Fame
Mr. Edetaen Ojo, Executive Director, Media Rights Agenda alongside the chairman, Association of Licensed Telecommunications Operators of Nigeria and CNSSL group, Engr. Gbenga Adebayo; Managing…