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LIONEX1

Lilongwe Open Neutral Internet Exchange

Lilongwe, Malawi · 0 facilities · 5 networks · Visit IX website →

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About LIONEX1

LIONEX1 is Malawi's open and neutral exchange in Lilongwe, constituted as a company limited by guarantee and governed by its members as a mutual not-for-profit, launched with the Government of Malawi and sector stakeholders. Five networks connect over 53 Gbps: inq. Digital Malawi, the Malawi Research and Education Network and Converged Technology Networks each at 1G, with Cloudflare and Legend Dynasty at 20G apiece over aggregated 10G ports. Both IPv4 and IPv6 peering are supported on 196.60.122.0/24 and 2001:43f8:1720::/64, bilaterally and multilaterally.

LIONEX1 at a Glance

Founded
Announced August 2024
Operated by
LIONEX — a Malawi-registered company limited by guarantee, a mutual not-for-profit governed by its members, launched with the Government of Malawi and sector stakeholders
Port options
1G and 10G, with two participants at 20G over aggregated 10G ports. Peering LAN 196.60.122.0/24 and 2001:43f8:1720::/64
Member networks
5 networks (Aug 2026)
Traffic
53 Gbps of connected member capacity (Aug 2026)
Getting connected
Open to ISPs, content providers, CDNs, government networks, VoIP providers and research institutions, subject to Executive Committee approval, and requires an autonomous system number plus registry-allocated address space. Bilateral and multilateral peering are both supported over IPv4 and IPv6

Facilities reaching LIONEX1 (0)

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Networks at this exchange (5)

Cloudflare (AS13335) Converged Technology Networks Limited (AS328949) EdgeNext (AS139057) Malawi Research and Education Network (AS37215) Skyband (AS37187)