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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">Only one week to t</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">he 8th African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF), which will be held in Abidjan, C</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">ô</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt">te
D’Ivoire from 22-24 August 2017.</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Here is Why ALL African Internet and Data operators should be attending AfPIF-2017</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">:
<a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau/2017/08/why-all-african-internet-and-data-operators-should-be-attending-afpif">
https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau/2017/08/why-all-african-internet-and-data-operators-should-be-attending-afpif</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Registration to attend the event is still open until
<b>tomorrow Wednesday 16 August</b>. <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/afpif/2017/en/form/afpif">
https://www.internetsociety.org/afpif/2017/en/form/afpif</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Don’t miss Africa’s premier peering event!</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#44546A">Betel Hailu
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#6D6D6D">Africa Regional Bureau – Communications Coordinator
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#44546A">ISOC: Internet Society</span></b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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