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AfPIF-2016 Fellowship: Call for Applications

Posted Monday, May 23, 2016 - 13:27

The AfPIF fellowship program is designed to offer sponsorship opportunities for qualified applicants to attend the AfPIF-2016 event scheduled from August 30 to September 1, 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Applicants should be individuals actively engaged in Internet policy, business, and/or technical development relating to peering and transit.

Note that the application deadline is 12 June 2016. For full details, and to apply, click here: https://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2016/Afpif2016fellows

AfPIF 2016 Announced: Aug 30th to Sept 1st, Dar es Salaam

Posted Monday, April 18, 2016 - 16:38

The Internet Society will bring its annual Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) to Tanzania for the first time. The organisation has partnered with the Tanzania Internet Service Providers Association (TISPA) to hold the seventh annual AfPIF in the country’s capital, Dar es Salaam, from 30th August to 1st September, 2016. Serving as a platform to expand Internet infrastructure and services across Africa, the event will bring together key players to address the opportunities in interconnection, peering and traffic exchange on the continent.

The forum seeks to build cross-border interconnection opportunities and facilitate discussions on African Internet infrastructure challenges, including terrestrial capacity, development of national and regional Internet Exchange Points (IXP), and local content.

Read the full press release here: http://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2016/news/internet-society-brings-a...

AFIX Benchmark Survey Report - 2015

Posted Wednesday, August 26, 2015 - 15:53

This slide deck includes a summary of findings from the African IXP Association's 2015 Benchmark Survey as presented by Kyle Spencer at the African IXP Association (AFIX) General Meeting and the African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) 2015 in Maputo, Mozambique.

This content is licensed as Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0): http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

For more information about the AfPIF 2015 event, please visit this link: https://www.afpif.org/afpif2015/

Other presentations from the AFIX General Meeting can be found here: http://www.af-ix.net/?q=resources/2015/08/afix-2015-event-presentations

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PDF icon AFIX 2015 Benchmark Survey Report - AFIX and AfPIF 2015 Slide Deck.pdf1.82 MB


AFIX 2015: Event Presentations

Posted Monday, August 24, 2015 - 13:28

Attached are copies of presentations given at AFIX 2015 in Maputo Mozambique on Monday, August 24th, 2015. The event is part of AfPIF 2015 and is sponsored by The Internet Society. The AfPIF 2015 event website can be found here: https://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2015/home

A copy of the event agenda can be found here: http://www.af-ix.net/?q=resources/2015/08/afix-2015-meeting-agenda

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PDF icon 01 - Kyle Spencer - Welcome.pdf118.45 KB
PDF icon 02 - Michuki Mwangi - National IXPs.pdf975.5 KB
PDF icon 03 - Andrew Owens - Sustainability Models.pdf264.43 KB
PDF icon 04 - Fiona Asonga - Value Added Services.pdf743.78 KB
PDF icon 05 - Ghislain Nkeramugaba - Content Delivery Networks.pdf135.89 KB
PDF icon 06 - Frank Habicht - Security Best Practices.pdf143.35 KB
PDF icon 07 - Madhvi Gokool - AFRINIC - IXPs - Aug 2015.pdf235.41 KB
PDF icon 08 - Bijal Sanghani - IX-F Best Practices.pdf864.36 KB
PDF icon 10 - Kyle Spencer - AFIX Benchmark Survey 2015.pdf1.82 MB


AFIX 2015: Meeting Agenda

Posted Tuesday, August 18, 2015 - 12:59

The AFIX 2015 general meeting will be held on Monday, August 24th in Maputo, Mozambique at the Southern Sun hotel. The event is part of AfPIF 2015 and is sponsored by The Internet Society.

Copies of the event presentations can be found here: http://www.af-ix.net/?q=resources/2015/08/afix-2015-event-presentations

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PDF icon AFIX 2015 - Event Agenda.pdf134.83 KB


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