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CA hints at Kenya’s move to IPV6
This was stated by the Authority’s, Director General, Mr. Francis Wangusi, during the opening of the ICANN capacity building workshop…
This was stated by the Authority’s, Director General, Mr. Francis Wangusi, during the opening of the ICANN capacity building workshop for Africa’s Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) representatives, at Villa Rosa Kempinski Hotel, Nairobi.
The DG said that the Internet resources in Kenya have been riding in IPv4; but because of the expansion of the internet, the country should look at moving to IPv6, which is implemented in most developed countries.
He added that a move to IPv6 would come with advantages such as the ability to address more internet resources and a better and faster internet.
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Mr. Wangusi went on to say that the main reason most African countries have not moved to IPv6 is due to lack of awareness, by most governments, in the continent.
The ICANN capacity building workshop is being held in conjunction with Kenya’s CA. during the opening ceremony, Joseph Mucheru, Egh, Cabinet Secretary Ministry Of Information, Communications and Technology, took the stage and reiterate on Kenya’s ambition to growing internet traffic.
“We are focused on growing the Internet traffic because of the enormous potential it has for the people of Kenya. The industry regulator, the Communications Authority of Kenya, through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) has continued to support the Kenya Network Information Centre (KeNIC), which is the country’s ccTLD registry. Some of you may recall that KeNIC is a model that has won worldwide recognition, and through it, Kenya has encouraged and supported other countries in Africa to set up their own ccTLD registries,” said Mucheru.
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“The growing e-commerce sub sector has seen an increase in online transactions, all thanks to Internet growth. In the period between July and September 2016, mobile commerce transactions during the period were recorded at 247.9 million with the cost of goods and services valued at Ksh. 447.3 billion. We have a robust Internet connectivity infrastructure with four (4) undersea fibre optic cables landing at the Kenyan port of Mombasa and terrestrial fibre connectivity in all our 47 counties – the National Optic Fibre Backbone (NOFBI),” he added.