The Internet Society Welcomes the Comoros Chapter

We are excited to announce the new Internet Society Comoros Chapter! ISOC Comoros officially launched in July in front of an in-person and online audience at the Retaj Hotel.

Journalists joined several distinguished guests, including:

• Dawit Bekele, Internet Society’s Regional Vice-President for Africa
• Mohamed Said Abdallah Mchangama, President of the Federation of Comorian Consumers (FCC)
• Amina Abdallah, Coordinator of the World Bank’s Phase 4 of the Regional Communications Infrastructure Program for Africa (RCIP-4)
• Hamidou Mhoma, President of the Comorian ICT Association
• Chamsoudine Soudjay, Secretary General of the Comorian ICT Association
• Amroine Mouzaoui, Executive Secretary of the Comorian Movement for Entrepreneurs
• Raymane Ali Matoir, Director of Human Resources of Telma Comores
• Youssouf Abdoulmadjid, Chief Operating Officer of Comor’Lab
• Moussa Abdallah Moumine, Coordinator of the General Inspectorate of National Education

Since the country’s very first connection to the Internet in July 1998, the Internet industry has continued to evolve, along with telecommunications. The country is beginning to benefit from the rise in competition in the ICT sector, and as such the establishment of ISOC Comoros brings an added dimension to the development, promotion, and use of the Internet for the greater good of the entire country.

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