About us

TISPA strives to bring together the Internet community to collectively make the internet accessible to as many Tanzanians as possible. They are the founders of the Dar-es-salaam Internet eXchange Point (commonly known as the TIX) based on the 13th Floor, Posta House in Dar-es-salaam and the co-founders of tzNIC.

What We Do

The purpose of the Association is to advance and protect the interests of the members while promoting the advancement of the Internet sector, promoting the accessibility and uptake of the Internet and contributing to the general national development agenda.

We aspire to bring together the Internet community to collectively make the Internet accessible to as many people as possible by encouraging the proliferation of Internet services in the sector, and have their effects be as positive as possible to the users and the country in general.

Achievements

A registered NGO

22 Active members and 37 organisation connected at TIX, out of this 22 are TISPA members and 15 are non-members including 5 government agencies (ex. EGA, TRA & BOT)

Internationally recognized by bodies such as AIS, AfNOG, AfriNIC, AfPIF, AfrISPA, AfTLD and ISOC.

TCRA donated 5 x IXPs in Dodoma, Mwanza & Arusha, Zanzibar & Mbeya

TIX – was the FIRST IX in East Africa

Launched the Google Global Cache (GGC) -2014

Launched AKAMAI Cache – 2016

Host AfPIF-7 -2016

Host SAfNOG-4 -2018

Our Mission Statement

“To bring together the Internet community to collectively make the Internet accessible to as many people as possible by encouraging the proliferation of Internet services in the sector, and have their effects be as positive as possible to the users and the country in general”

Purpose of the Association

Vision

To be the association of choice for the Internet Service Providers of Tanzania

Mission

To be the leading platform of representation and innovation ideas for improving Internet access and availability in Tanzania.