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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hi everyone- The <a href="http://internetsociety.org/">Internet Society</a> together with African IXP Association (AFIX) have published a press release today announcing that they will hold the 10<sup>th</sup> annual Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) in </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Port Louis, Mauritius. </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Hosted by <a href="RogersCapital.mu">Rogers Capital</a>, the conference will be held from 20-22 August 2019. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>As an annual event, <a href="https://www.afpif.org/afpif-10/">AfPIF</a> serves as a platform to expand and develop the African Internet.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> It brings key infrastructure, service, and content providers together in order to improve network interconnection, lower the cost of connectivity, and increase the number of users in the region<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>For more on the press release:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>English: <span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.afpif.org/2019/02/10th-africa-peering-and-interconnection-forum-to-be-held-in-mauritius/"><span style='color:purple'>https://www.afpif.org/2019/02/10th-africa-peering-and-interconnection-forum-to-be-held-in-mauritius/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:12.0pt;mso-line-height-rule:exactly'><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>French: <span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.afpif.org/fr/2019/02/le-10e-forum-africain-sur-le-peering-et-linterconnexion-se-deroulera-a-ile-maurice/"><span style='color:purple'>https://www.afpif.org/fr/2019/02/le-10e-forum-africain-sur-le-peering-et-linterconnexion-se-deroulera-a-ile-maurice/</span></a></span></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Follow the latest on AfPIF-10<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://twitter.com/AfPIF">https://twitter.com/AfPIF</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><a href="https://www.facebook.com/afpif">https://www.facebook.com/afpif</a>/<b> </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Regards,</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Betel Hailu</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>AfPIF Comms</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'> </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:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#D84C06'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>