1. THE DRC INTERNET ECOSYSTEM AND THE PEERING DEVELOPMENT
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THE DRC INTERNET ECOSYSTEM AND THE PEERING DEVELOPMENT
Présented by :
Nico TSHINTU BAKAJIKA

2. THE ACTORS TO THE PEERING SUCCES

3. THE PEERING DEVELOPMENT ACTORS IN THE DRC
Observation
Community &Governance
Existing and dynamic
KINIX (IXP)
Main actor and first beneficiary
Customers
Potential
Market
Very weak
Regulation
Not adapted to the peering evolution
Municipal Fiber
Very low coverage
Inter-city Fiber
Zero Coverage
Cross border Fiber
Data center
Zero
Transit network
Existing at very high cost
International content network
low presence
Local content network
Low presence
DNS
Only ccTLD .cd
CERT

4. KINIX is a not profit IXP, first realization of DRC-IX project whose two other phases to be realized are LUBIX and GOMIX
Synergy
KINIX 1( )
KINIX 2 (2012 to now)
Nomber of peers :7
Traffic volume: between 400 Mbps and 1.5 Gbps
Supported
Previous days free ports (supported of ISPA-DRC)
Currently paying ports
Caming action : attraction
Added values hosting
Applications that can contribute to improving the services quality of peers
Content (international CDN and local CDN)

5. National traffic remains national
WHY RDC-IX
National traffic remains national
Opening to the networks of other regions of the continent and the world :
KINIX :
8 countries of Central Africa
All countries in East and North Africa
The countries of Europe and America (North, Central and South)
LUBIX :
1 Countrie of central Africa
All countries of Southern Africa
South America
GOMIX :
All the countries of East Africa
Asia

6. International CDN : Reconciliation of end-user content
CHALLENGES
The existence of a synergy between the various actors in the national Internet ecosystem
ISP: Social Dynamics
International CDN : Reconciliation of end-user content
Local CDN : Creating and promoting content
Regulator : Regulation adapted to the peering development
Government : Endow the country with Internet infrastructures (digital transport and storage ) and encouraging private investment
Technical and technological appropriating through training and knowledge exchange
Encourage the Internet use to make public services more accessible to the general public (end users)

7. THANK YOU