Connecting Zambia, Empowering Digital Growth
Who We Are
The Lusaka Internet Exchange Point (LSK IX) is Zambia’s neutral, non-profit platform where Internet Service Providers (ISPs), content providers, and network operators interconnect locally to exchange internet traffic efficiently. By keeping traffic within the country, LSK IX significantly reduces international bandwidth costs, delivers faster speeds, and strengthens Zambia’s digital resilience and independence.
History
LSK IX was established to strengthen Zambia’s internet ecosystem by enabling efficient local traffic exchange. Since its inception, the exchange has grown steadily — continuously adding new peers, upgrading its infrastructure, and playing a key role in supporting Zambia’s national digital transformation initiatives.
Our Services
Public Peering
Route Server Service
Monitoring & Statistics
Private Peering / Closed-User Groups (CUGs)
Hosting & CDN Opportunities

By peering at an Internet Exchange Point (IXP), you bypass traditional transit routes, dramatically reducing latency, improving performance, and cutting bandwidth costs. Ideal for ISPs, content providers, enterprises, and cloud services looking for better connectivity and greater control.

Our Route Server Service lets you connect once to the route server and instantly exchange routing information with multiple networks at the exchange. It reduces configuration complexity, speeds up new peer activation, supports customized policies, and ensures efficient, scalable multilateral peering.

Gain full visibility into your peering activity with comprehensive, real-time monitoring tools.
Track traffic volumes, performance metrics, latency, packet loss, and peering utilization through intuitive dashboards and detailed reports. Quickly identify issues, optimize routes, plan capacity, and make data-driven decisions to maintain peak network performance.

Create your own secure, private interconnection environment outside the public peering fabric.
Closed-User Groups (CUGs) allow you to exchange traffic directly with specific partners, customers, or suppliers over a dedicated VLAN. This gives you full control, higher security, guaranteed performance, and complete privacy — ideal for sensitive data exchange, large volume transfers, or business-critical connections.

Bring your servers, cache nodes, or full Content Delivery Network (CDN) infrastructure directly into the Lusaka Internet Exchange Point.
By hosting onsite, you benefit from ultra-low latency, direct access to all peered networks, reduced bandwidth costs, and significantly improved content delivery speeds for end users across Zambia and the region. Perfect for ISPs, streaming platforms, cloud providers, gaming companies, and large content owners.
Why Choose us?
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14+
Networks & ISPs Connected
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98.5%
Average Network Uptime
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80%
Reduction in International Bandwidth Cost
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2.8 Tbps
Peak Traffic Handled
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100% Local Traffic Exchange
Enabling true digital sovereignty for Zambia’s internet infrastructure.

Reduced latency
Fully neutral, non-profit, and community-owned exchange point that keeps local traffic local.

Enhanced local content delivery
Faster and more efficient delivery of local and regional content through direct peering.

Support for Zambia’s digital sovereignty
Promotes digital independence by keeping Zambian internet traffic within the country.

Improved network resilience
Local traffic exchange significantly improves redundancy

Lower international upstream costs
Significant savings on international bandwidth costs.

Advanced Monitoring & Statistics
Real-time monitoring portal with detailed statistics and reports for all members.
Ready to secure your future?
Experience faster speeds, significant cost savings, and improved network
reliability through local peering.”
Our Partners
