At the same forum, the European Association of IXPs announced a project that will allow African IXPs to pair up with European IXPs and benefit from training and technical support. Netnod in Sweden, Amsterdam IX in Holland and De-Cix in Germany are the European IXPs pairing up with IXPs in Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa and Mozambique.

"Since 2005, Euro-IX has invited IXPs outside of Europe to join the association. The idea is to help further development, improve and strengthen IXP community in Africa," said Bijal Sanghani, head of Euro-IX secretariat.

The project will allow the IXPs in Europe and Africa to directly share training and technical challenges, and African IXPs will have a chance to participate at Euro-IX meetings.