Improving internet traffic flow across Africa

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The Internet Society and Facebook have teamed up to provide internet exchange points across Africa. The IXP’s will allow internet traffic to stay within the continent – as currently most of Africa’s internet traffic flows out to Europe or the US and then back again. This results in much slower internet connections and discourages people from creating local content. Michuki Mwangi from the Internet Society tells Click more. (Image: Young people browsing the internet in a cybercafe in Africa, Credit: AFP/Getty Images.)