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AfPIF 2019 Announced: To Be Held In Mauritius

Posted Sunday, February 10, 2019 - 17:57

The Internet Society and African IXP Association (AFIX) have announced that they will hold the 10th annual Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) in Port Louis, Mauritius from 20-22 August, 2019 in collaboration with the local host, Rogers Capital.

AfPIF is an annual event that serves as a platform to develop the African Internet. It brings key infrastructure, service, and content providers together in order to improve network interconnection, lower the cost of connectivity, and increase the number of users in the region. First held in 2010, the event was created to address the realization that most of Africa’s Internet traffic is sourced or exchanged outside the continent.

For the full press release, click here: https://www.internetsociety.org/news/press-releases/2019/10th-africa-pee...

Expression of Interest - Establishment of an AFIX Secretariat

Posted Friday, September 14, 2018 - 15:11

The Africa Internet Exchange Point Association (AFIX), in partnership with the Internet Society (ISOC), is inviting individuals or entities based in Africa to submit an Expression of Interest (EoI) for the provision of secretariat and administrative services for AFIX.

The attached document includes background information, the scope of work, and submission instructions. For any questions please e-mail secretariat@af-ix.net.

The submission deadline is October 5th, 2018.

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PDF icon AFIX - EoI - Secretariat.pdf56.67 KB


AFIX 2018: AfPIF Event Presentations

Posted Saturday, September 1, 2018 - 14:56

Attached are copies of presentations given at AFIX 2018 meeting in Cape Town, South Africa on Monday, August 20th. The event was held in conjunction with the Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) and was sponsored by The Internet Society. The AfPIF event website can be found here: https://www.afpif.org/afpif2018/

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PDF icon 1 - AFIX 2018 - Welcome, Agenda, Background, Introductions.pdf86.66 KB
PDF icon 2 - AFIX 2018 - Event Agenda - Updated.pdf74.69 KB
PDF icon 5 - AFIX 2018 - Frank Habicht - Looking Glass is Not a Vanity Item.pdf424.24 KB
PDF icon 6 - AFIX 2018 - Michal Halenka - Fenix - Promoting Safer Peering.pdf569.6 KB
File 7 - AFIX 2018 - Michuki Mwangi - MANRS-IXPP.pptx6.49 MB
File 8 - AFIX 2018 - Hisham Ibrahim - Why Layer3 IXPs Dont Make Sense.pptx1.73 MB
PDF icon 9 - AFIX 2018 - Walt Wollny - IXPs and Beyond.pdf2.02 MB
PDF icon 11 - AFIX 2018 - Andy Davidson - Introduction to IX-F and IXPDB.pdf1.62 MB


Call for Volunteers to Join the 2019 Program Committee

Posted Friday, August 3, 2018 - 00:18

The AfPIF Program Committee is now seeking volunteers from the community to join the AfPIF-2019 Program Committee.

The program committee is responsible for selecting future AfPIF host country, developing the agenda of the annual AfPIF event. For more information on the scope of work, structure of PC, membership terms, amongst others. Please see the program committee charter for more details about its role and responsibilities: http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/afpif-program-committee-governance-st...

If you would like to apply, please follow the guidelines and instructions outlined here: https://www.afpif.org/call-for-volunteers-to-join-the-afpif-program-comm...

AfPIF 2018 Registration Instructions

Posted Thursday, August 2, 2018 - 23:58

The AfPIF 2018 registration system is open along with the Meeting Tool. Please visit this link to sign up: https://iweek.org.za/registration-2018/

You should automatically get instructions for using the Meeting Tool once you register. If you have any trouble, please contact afpif@isoc.org or management@meetingtool.net for assistance.

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