About
The MIRA project is a joint initiative between African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC) and the Internet Society. The project will use Internet measurements gathered by specially provisioned measurement devices (called MIRA pods) located in different African countries.
The COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated the importance of reliable Internet connectivity. However, not all African countries have Internet infrastructure that is stable enough to provide an acceptable level of service to consumers. In Africa, Internet resilience has not been sufficiently measured to date and it is currently unknown how well some African countries would cope with Internet outages or disruptions. The MIRA project will therefore evaluate the capability of a country to provide continuous, stable, and reliable Internet connectivity.
Objectives
The key objectives are to:
- Collect and analyse empirical data to determine current levels of Internet resilience in African countries.
- Improve Internet measurement infrastructure in Africa by increasing the number of measurement vantage points that are active in Africa.
- Present the data for users at all levels (policymakers, engineers, network operators, decision-makers, Internet users, etc.).
- Learn more about the Internet Society's Measuring the Internet project and the AFRINIC Internet Measurement program.
- Start Date: Q2 2020
Funding sources: AFRINIC & Internet Society
Collaborators
- Amreesh Phokeer - Internet Society
- Kevin Chege - Internet Society
- Josiah Chavula - University of Cape Town
- Assane Gueye - CMU Rwanda
- Ahmed Elmokashfi - Simula Research Lab
More information
- MIRA Wiki (Github)
- MIRA Project Overview
- Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa
- The Internet Society and AFRINIC Launch Africa Internet Measurements Collaboration
Presentations
- Measuring Internet Resilience | A perspective from RIPE Atlas and RIPE RIS – Emile Aben
- Internet Measurement@AFRINIC – Amreesh Phokeer
- Measurement Lab – Lai Yi Ohlsen
- Measuring Africa’s Internet Resilience – Kevin Chege
