1) June 15, 2015 – June 19, 2015 Workshop on adoption of the African Internet Exchange System Project curriculum as an academic program in collaboration with cisco network academies in Nairobi, Kenya.

African Union Commission (AUC) in collaboration with Cisco network Academies organized a workshop on adoption of the African Internet Exchange System Project Curriculum as an academic program.

The aim is to put in place an accredited academic programme on Internet Exchange Technologies to support development of Internet technical capacity in the continent.

AXIS project content has been developed to deliver capacity building workshop on Best Practice and Technical aspects of establishing Internet Exchange Points in Member States.

The objectives of the workshop are to:
• Present the AXIS content to the CISCO Networking Academies in Africa
• Discuss processes to integrate and adopt the AXIS content at the CISCO Academies as an accredited sustainable academic programme
• Formulate a roadmap to integrate and adopt the AXIS content as an accredited sustainable academic programme

Participants representing from more than 28 Universities / Technical institutes in 18 countries whose curriculums are taught in English and have Cisco Network Academy center have participated in the workshop.