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--></style></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Hi everyone,<br><br>The Africa Internet Exchange Point Association (AFIX), in partnership with the Internet Society (ISOC), is inviting individuals or entities based in Africa to submit an Expression of Interest (EoI)<br>for the provision of secretariat and administrative services for AFIX.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>The attached document includes background information, the scope of work, and submission instructions. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>For any questions please e-mail: <a href="mailto:secretariat@af-ix.net" target="_blank">secretariat@af-ix.net</a>.<br><br>Please feel free to share this announcement and the attached document widely.<br><br>The submission deadline is October 5th, 2018.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Thank you,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'>Betel Hailu </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#919191'>| </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#6D6D6D'>Africa Regional Bureau – Communications Coordinator </span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#919191'>| </span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'>ISOC: Internet Society</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'>skype: betty.hailu | <u><a href="http://www.InternetSociety.org"><span style='color:#44546A'>www.InternetSociety.org</span></a> </u>|  </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#44546A'>Follow Us  </span></b><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'> </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=25 height=23 id="_x0000_i1025" src="cid:image001.png@01D44C31.F2582B40" alt="ion: Macintosh HD:Users:betelhailu:Desktop:facebook.png"></span></a><a href="https://twitter.com/ISOC_Africa"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:blue;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=22 height=23 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.png@01D44C31.F2582B40" alt="ion: Macintosh HD:Users:betelhailu:Desktop:twitter.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>