07 June 2023

Catchpoint, the internet resilience company, and AFR-IX Telecom have embarked on a journey to improve the quality and reliability of internet connectivity in the continent.

By using Catchpoint’s internet performance monitoring platform (IPM), organisations will have the operational visibility required to ensure resilience – from applications to cloud services to internet protocols.

The goal of the project is to improve internet resilience by increasing the number of vantage points across geographies and within infrastructure vantage points from which organisations can monitor their services and applications to ensure high-performing, reliable internet connectivity.

“In today’s world, the internet is your new local network,” said Mehdi Daoudi, CEO, Catchpoint. “Our deep, global observability coverage plus advanced analytics help the world’s leading organisations identify and resolve issues before they impact their customers, their workforce, or their applications.

This pilot project will operate two backbone nodes in Accra and two in Lagos, allowing Catchpoint’s customers to have visibility over the performance and resilience of their products or services within these regions. The four new nodes supplement Catchpoint’s existing observability network footprint of 22 nodes distributed across Africa, spanning Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa.

“Using AFR-IX cloud infrastructure and connectivity to build backbone nodes in Accra and Lagos has allowed us to deploy rapidly and cost-effectively within budget,” said Gael Hernandez, director of ISP Strategy, Catchpoint. “Our customers are driving the demand for additional vantage points in the continent, so they can measure performance and increase the resilience of their services across Africa.”

If project outcomes are successful, Catchpoint will expand the number of synthetic nodes deployed in AFR-IX Telecom.