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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Save the Date!</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h1>
<h3 align="center" style="text-align:center" id="g-ldeasgbl"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0061D5">The African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) 2023 will take place on 22 - 24 August 2023, in Accra, Ghana.</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Organized by the African IXP Association (Af-IX) and Internet Society (ISOC), AfPIF aims to promote the development of national and cross-border interconnection, offering the technical community a unique opportunity to showcase
interconnection challenges and opportunities in Africa.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">This year’s forum is hosted by MainOne and will be fully in-person with live-streaming available for those unable to attend. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Look out for more details on our AfPIF website:
<a href="https://www.afpif.org/afpif2023/%20" target="_blank">https://www.afpif.org/afpif2023/
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">You can also subscribe to receive updates: </span>
<span style="color:#212121"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><a href="https://forms.internetsociety.org/afpif-2023" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">https://forms.internetsociety.org/afpif-2023</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">We want to thank our first confirmed sponsors - Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Meta, Flexoptix, Paix, AMS-IX, AWS, Linx, and De-CIX for their support. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">See you all in Accra soon!</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<h1 align="center" style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Réservez la date !</span></strong><o:p></o:p></h1>
<h3 align="center" style="text-align:center" id="g-ldec0mdo"><span style="color:#0061D5">Le Forum africain de Peering et d’Interconnexion (AfPIF) 2023 aura lieu du 22 au 24 août 2023, à Accra, au Ghana.</span><o:p></o:p></h3>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Organisé par l'Association africaine des IXP (Af-IX) et l'Internet Society (ISOC), l'AfPIF vise à promouvoir le développement de l'interconnexion nationale et transfrontalière, en offrant à la communauté technique une occasion
unique de présenter les défis et les opportunités de l'interconnexion en Afrique.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Le forum de cette année est organisé par MainOne et se déroulera en personne, avec une retransmission en direct pour ceux qui ne peuvent pas y assister en présentiel.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Vous trouverez de plus amples informations sur le site Web de l'AfPIF :
<a href="https://www.afpif.org/afpif2023/" target="_blank">https://www.afpif.org/afpif2023/.</a>
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<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Vous pouvez également vous inscrire pour recevoir des mises à jour :
<a href="https://forms.internetsociety.org/afpif-2023" target="_blank">https://forms.internetsociety.org/afpif-2023</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Nous souhaitons remercier nos premiers sponsors confirmés - Liquid Intelligent Technologies, Meta, Flexoptix, Paix, AMS-IX, AWS, Linx et De-CIX pour leur soutien. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A bientôt à Accra !</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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