On the Internet Connectivity in Africa

Assane Gueye; Peter Mell; Desire Banse; Faical Congo

e-Infrastructure and e-Services. 7th International Conference, AFRICOMM 2015, Cotonou, Benin, December 15-16, 2015, Revised Selected Papers

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On the Internet Connectivity in Africa

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-319-43696-8_8,
    author={Assane Gueye and Peter Mell and Desire Banse and Faical Congo},
    title={On the Internet Connectivity in Africa},
    proceedings={e-Infrastructure and e-Services. 7th International Conference, AFRICOMM 2015, Cotonou, Benin, December 15-16, 2015, Revised Selected Papers},
    proceedings_a={AFRICOMM},
    year={2017},
    month={1},
    keywords={Africa Internet Connectivity Measurement
},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-319-43696-8_8}
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Assane Gueye
Peter Mell
Desire Banse
Faical Congo
Year: 2017
On the Internet Connectivity in Africa
AFRICOMM
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-43696-8_8

Assane Gueye¹^,*, Peter Mell²^,*, Desire Banse²^,*, Faical Congo²^,*

1: University of Maryland
2: National Institute of Standards and Technology

*Contact email: agueye@umd.edu, peter.mell@nist.gov, desire.banse@nist.gov, faical.congo@nist.gov

Abstract

This study measures growth of Internet connectivity in Africa from 2010 to 2014 with a focus on inter-country relationships. An initial analysis reveals a modest increase in the number of participating countries but an explosive increase in the number of routers and network links. We then form the first country level topology maps of the African Internet and evaluate the robustness of the network. We study raw connectivity, pairwise shortest paths, and betweeness centrality, suggesting how improvements can be made to the inter-country African connectivity to enhance its robustness without reliance on paths traversing multiple continents.

Keywords: Africa Internet Connectivity Measurement

Published: 2017-01-04
Appears in: SpringerLink

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43696-8_8