*World IPv6 Launch, 6 June 2012* *Mauritius, 6 June 2012 - *AFRINIChosted a regional conference of major Internet players across Africa on the future of the Internet on IPv6. Participants in the conversation were: Adiel Akplogan -- Chief Executive Officer, AFRINIC, Dr. Dawit Bekele -- Regional Bureau Director for Africa Internet Society, Mme Ndéye Maimouna Diop Diagne -- Chair, AFRINIC and ICT Director, Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and ICT, Republic of Senegal, Hisham Ibrahim -- IPv6 Manager -- AFRINIC, Trilok Dabeesing - Director of IT, Information and Communication Technologies Authority, Republic of Mauritius, and Fiona Asonga - Chief Executive Officer, Telecommunications Service Providers Association of Kenya/ Kenya Internet Exchange Point. Other participants came from ISOC chapters in Africa, and the Internet community in Africa.
The meeting heard that the launch of IPv6 on 6 June 2012 represents a major milestone in the development of the Internet. The meeting agreed that IPv6 represents the future of the Internet, and that businesses, equipment vendors, Internet service providers, and governments in Africa ought to work together to ensure IPv6 is successfully deployed in the region. "/The //future of the Internet depends on the ability to connect people in our region/," said Adiel Akplogan. "/We cannot think about the future of internet without IPv6. The launch of the IPv6 is a major milestone but also the start of a new journey to the future of the Internet. We cannot promote Internet develop without IPv6/." Dr. Dawit Bekele said IPv6 is now part of regular business, and asked stakeholders and the Internet community to play a greater role in ensuring effective deployment of the new Internet Protocol in Africa. -- The AFRINIC IPv6 Program AFRINIC | 11th Floor ABC | Raffles Tower | Cybercity | Mauritius Tel: +230 403 5100 |Fax: +230 466 6758 ********************** Join us at AFRINIC-17 Sudan 24 - 30 November 2012 **********************
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