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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hi everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">AfPIF-2017 from 22 – 24 August 2017 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">Join us for 3 days of sharing, learning and networking at the 8<sup>th</sup> African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">An open and inclusive forum,
<b>AfPIF focuses on developing Internet interconnection and traffic exchange opportunities</b> by bringing together key players - infrastructure providers, Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), content producers and providers,
data center operators, policy-makers and regulators, to advance the peering ecosystem in Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Why should you attend AfPIF-2017? Have a look through AfPIF-2016 website that contains the meeting report, briefs of presentations, emerging discussions, speakers and
sponsors at: <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2016/">https://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2016/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">More information about the event will be shared in the coming weeks.<b><i><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Make sure you do not miss this premier peering event in Africa!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="FR" style="color:black">--Réservez les dates--<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="FR" style="color:black">AfPIF-2017 du 22 au 24 août 2017 à Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire</span></b><b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="FR" style="color:black">Rejoignez-nous pour les 3 jours de partage d’informations, d’apprentissage et de networking à l’occasion de la 8<sup>ème</sup> édition du forum africain sur
le peering et l’interconnexion<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Etant un forum multi-acteurs, ouvert et inclusif,
<b>AfPIF cherche</b> <b>à développer les opportunités d’interconnexion et d’échange de Traffic de l’Internet
</b>en s'assurant que les principaux acteurs – les fournisseurs d’infrastructure, les fournisseurs de service Internet, les Points d’échange de l’Internet (IXP), les fournisseurs et les producteurs de contenu, les régulateurs, les opérateurs de centre de données
et les décideurs - soient présents à cet événement. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Pourquoi y participer ? Jetez un coup d'œil au site web d'AfPIF-2016 qui contient le rapport du forum, les résumés des présentations, les discussions émergeantes,
les présentateurs et les sponsors de la réunion au : </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2016/"><span lang="FR">https://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2016/</span></a></span><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span lang="FR" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Ne manquez pas ce premier événement de Peering en Afrique !</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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