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<span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">The African IXP Association, in partnership with the Internet Society, is proud to announce<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">The
Virtual Peering Series - Africa</span></i></a><i class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">: A collection of online events</span></i><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">that
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The Virtual Peering Series has been developed by the AfPIF Program Committee and event organizers with the goal of promoting awareness, fostering collaboration, and developing the region's peering and interconnection ecosystem in order to achieve the vision
of sourcing 80% of Africa's traffic locally. </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/effects-of-covid-19-on-the-african-internet/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Join us online on September 1, 2020 at 1300
UTC for the 1<sup class="">st</sup> event</span></a><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">, which will bring together the peering community to discuss-<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i class="">The Effects of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19) on
the African Internet space.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;" class="">Bonjour à tous et à toutes-</span><span style="color: black;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;" class="">L'Association africaine des IXP, en partenariat avec l'Internet Society, est fière d'annoncer <i class=""><a href="https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">la
série de peering virtuels – Afrique<span style="font-style: normal;" class=""> </span></a></i>: Un ensemble d'événements en ligne, qui mettront en évidence et analyseront les problèmes clés, et les développements récents de l'écosystème Internet en Afrique.</span><span style="color: black;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;" class="">La série de peering virtuels a été développée par le comité de programmation d’AfPIF et les organisateurs de l'événement dans le but de promouvoir la sensibilisation, de favoriser la collaboration et de
développer l'écosystème du peering et de l'interconnexion de la région, afin de réaliser la vision de l'approvisionnement de 80% du trafic africain, localement.</span><span style="color: black;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;" class=""><a href="https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/effets-du-covid-19-sure-linternet-africain/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;" class="">Rejoignez-nous le 1<sup class="">er</sup> septembre,
2020, à 13H00 UTC</a>, pour le premier évènement qui rassemblera la communauté de peering, pour discuter sur les effets du nouveau coronavirus (COVID-19) dans l’espace de l’Internet Africain.</span><span style="color: black;" class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div>
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