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Highlight of the Day: Opening Ceremony

The AIS'17 Opening Ceremony took place on Monday 29 June at 17:00. Formally opened by Victor Kyalo, Principal Secretary of the Ministry of ICT in Kenya, the session also saw speeches by Sunday Folayan (Chair of the AFRINIC Board), Francis Wangusi (GCAK), Sarah Kiden (AFRALO), Dr Nii Quaynor (AfNOG Convenor), Jean Robert Hountomey (AfricaCERT), George Mokogi (TESPOK), Pierre Dandjinou (ICANN), Dawit Bekele (ISOC) Ousmane Moussa Tessa (WACREN) and Alex Corenthin (AfTLD). The Opening Ceremony was followed by a Welcome Cocktail.

AIS'17 Newcomers' Session

Earlier in the day, first time meeting attendees were given a comprehensive introduction to AIS'17, the AFRINIC meetings and the AFRINIC community. Discussions centred on the various organisations and stakeholders that make up the African - and global - Internet industry, what AFRINIC is and does, the AFRINIC community and the Policy Development process.

Sunday's Workshops and Tutorials

Workshops continued into Sunday with attendees taking part in:

AFRINIC's Internet Number Resources Management Training Course
FIRE Africa Workshop
AFNOG Tutorials
Android Apps Tutorial
Google Apps Tutorial

AfREN Forum

The forum included updates from WACREN, UbuntuNet Alliance, and ASREN. Dr. Nii Quaynor gave a report on the “Status of NRENs in Africa” followed by a session chaired by Dr Pascal Hoba, Ubuntunet Alliance, on opportunities for partnering and mobilising resources. The last session, AfREN Communique Writing, was chaired by Ms Nodumo Dhlamini from the AAU.

AfGWG

The AfGWG-16 Meeting saw several government officials, regulators and law enforcement agencies gather on Monday 29 May from 10:00 am to 3.00 pm.

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Welcome

Welcome to the Africa Internet Summit 2017 (AIS'17) and the AFRINIC-26 Meeting! Below you'll find highlights of first week's events.

Workshops & Tutorials Overview

Workshops have been ongoing since Sunday 21 May, with over 300 participants attending the workshops and tutorials so far.

AfNOG Tracks

AfNOG Workshop Participants at AIS'17

Over 280 participants from 35 African countries attended AfNOG tracks. The week kicked off with several bootcamps:

Unix Systems Administration Bootcamp
Routing Bootcamp
Cert Bootcamp

These were followed by 6Lab-based technical tracks, mostly taught in English, with one being taught in French:

Scalable Internet Services
Scalable Network Infrastructure
Network Monitoring and Management
Network Monitoring and Management
Advanced Routing Techniques
CERT Training

An award ceremony was held on Friday 26 May to present participants with their certificates.

CERT Workshops

AfNOG CT-E training led by AfricaCERT concluded its seven days programme. Kate Gagnan from FIRST.org conducted two days of training, introducing standard operation of CSIRTs (Security Incident Response Team), and provided several hands-on experiences for attendees.

The JPCERT training focused on the importance of log analysis in the case of incident or APT attacks. Achievements and experiences of the CERT teams were shared during these sessions and the AfricaCERT team held a day-long meeting to discuss the five-year review and strategic plan during the AfricaCERT Day.

The AfricaCERT training was conducted by three instructors from JPCERT/CC(Japan) and ANSSI (France) and is supported by ShadowServer Foundation, which shared details on how to effectively proceed threat intelligence data with attendees. The AfricaCERT training was also supported by GlobalCyberAlliance.

Instructor's Corner

Koichiro Sparky Komiyama (FIRST.Org/JPCERT): "I would like to express my sincere appreciation to all the support provided by AfNOG/AFRINIC staff including our NOC team guys. It is now proven that the AfricaCERT community is maturing and we are now getting into the phase that mutual learning in the region works."

AfChix Tech-Women Summit

Panelists of the first AfChix Tech-Women in ICT

The first AfChix Tech-Women Summit took place at AIS'17 on 27 May with around 100 participants attending to listen to key female leaders in the ICT industry talk about their experiences.The theme for the Summit was ''A Spectrum of Opportunities” and included a number of panel discussions which aimed to:

Provide a platform for African Women in Technology to learn from each other through the various summit sessions.
Provide opportunities for network and inspiration for African Women in Technology.
Strengthen the AfChix Network through increased visibility of AfChix’s work and programs.

The Summit was organised by AFChix in partnership with AFRINIC, AfNOG, ISOC, NSRC and the Anita Borg Institute (ABI).