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Measuring Internet quality does not necessarily require more measurement points but a greater understanding and reporting of anomalies.

Can mobile networks replace fiber-optic broadband networks in a sustainable way, particularly in rural areas, where low population density makes fiber rollout particularly costly?

Authoritative Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure provides the definitive source of truth for all websites, including e-government services.

Better visibility into submarine cable infrastructure could help operators detect outages faster, reroute traffic more efficiently.

Researchers have developed a new methodology using publicly available infrastructure that captures more accurate profiles of subsea cable behavior.

Current measurements show US, Germany, and France host the bulk of content globally, while South Africa is serving an important regional hub for Southern African countries.

A new Internet measurement system, ArachNet, uses Large Language Model (LLM) agents to automate the process, reducing the time to analyse the causes and impact of disruptions.

Participants at the PIMF Jamaica event identified the challenges of connecting people in the Caribbean and proposed solutions with measurable components to track the impact of their strategies.

Two major causes for RPKI invalidity are opaque IP transit services and IP leasing.

These discussions created a shared sense of urgency and a call to action on strengthening Internet resilience across the region and the continent at large.

Human error-attributed misconfigurations are the leading cause of security and privacy incidents in cloud services.

The Internet Society, Africa Telecommunications Union (ATU), and African Network Information Centre have released a model framework for building and sustaining Internet resilience in Africa.