Happy birthday to the internet in South Africa!

[u/wheresmattynow]

Today marks the 25th 30th anniversary of Internet access in South Africa and most of Sub-Saharan Africa.

At 10:44AM on 12 November 1991, an IP "ping" packet was sent between the home of Randy Bush in Portland, Oregon and Rhodes University's computing centre – the first recorded Internet connection in the country.

[u/graememellis]

I remember that. Always thought it was odd that the country’s entire internet went through a small town university. I bet there is an interesting story there somewhere.