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<span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Hi
All,</span><BR>

<span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Please
find below Announcement for AfNOG 2013. Kindly send to various lists.</span><BR>

<span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Please
note Deadline for receipt of Applications is 25 January,
2013.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Best
Regards</span><BR>

<span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Nancy
Dotse&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfNOG
Secretariat</span><BR>

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<p class="ecxMsoPlainText">********</p>

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<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif";'>&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AIS
2013&nbsp; (AfNOG-14 and AfriNIC-18 Workshop &amp; Meeting,s 9 - 21 June, 2013)</span></b></p>

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<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Africa
Internet Summit (AIS) 2013, (formerly African Network Operators' Group(AfNOG)
and the African Network Information Centre (AfriNIC)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Workshop
&amp; Meetings) is pleased to announce that the 14th AfNOG Workshop &amp;
Meeting and the AfriNIC-18 Meeting would be held in Lusaka, Zambia from 9<sup>th</sup>
to</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>21<sup>st</sup>&nbsp;
June 2013.&nbsp; Every year, hundreds of Network Engineers from across the IT
industry in the Africa Continent and the world&nbsp; attend the AIS Event.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><i><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>"While
AIS&nbsp; fuels the rapid growth of Internet in Africa with trained technical
capacity, our content has been</span></i></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><i><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>determined
by the needs of the community. In so doing AIS's output training capacity has
multiplied in the past decade</span></i></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><i><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>and
the community flourished"&nbsp; </span></i><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Nii Quaynor.<i></i></span></p>

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<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>About
the Entire Event</span></b></p>

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<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AIS
is organizing a two-week event that includes the AfNOG Workshop on Network
Technology (offering advanced training in a week-long hands-on</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>workshop),
several full-day Advanced Tutorials, a one-day AfNOG Meeting, and a three-day
AfriNIC Meeting.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>In
addition, several side meetings and workshops will be hosted in collaboration
with other organizations.</span></p>

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<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Who
Should Attend</span></b></p>

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<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Network
engineers in the Africa region who wish to acquire the necessary skills in IT
must attend this Workshop.</span></p>

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<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Local
Host</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>The
Local Hosts for the Event are Internet Service Providers Association of Zambia
(ISPAZ)&nbsp; and Zambia Information &amp; Communications Authority (ZICTA)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Time
Table</span></b></p>

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<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Unix
Boot
Camp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9 June 2013 (Sunday)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfNOG
Workshop&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10 - 14 June 2013&nbsp;
(Monday – Friday)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfriNIC
RIM
(LIR)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
15&nbsp; June 2013 (Saturday)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Africa
Internet Standards Wkshop&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
15 June 2013&nbsp; (Saturday)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfriNIC
IPv6&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 15 - 17 June 2013 (Saturday -
Monday)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfricaCERT
Cybersecurity Day&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
15 June 2013 (Saturday)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfGWG&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
15 June&nbsp; 2013 (Saturday)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfNOG
Tutorials&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 16 - 17 June 2013&nbsp;
(Sunday - Monday)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfREN
Meeting /
AAF&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
17 June 2013 (Monday)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfNOG
-13
Meeting&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
18 June 2013 (Tuesday)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfOPS&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
19 June 2013 (Wednesday)</span></p>

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<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Africa
Internet Interconnection </span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&amp;
Traffic
Exchange&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 19
June, 2013 (Wednesday)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfriNIC-18
Meeting&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 20 - 21 June 2013 (Thursday
to Friday)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Venue
&amp; Hotel</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Venue&nbsp;
&amp; hotel for the event will be announced shortly.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>About
AfNOG</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfNOG
(See&nbsp; <a href="http://www.afnog.org/" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/</a> ) is a
forum for cooperation and the exchange of technical information between
operators of</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Internet-connected
networks in Africa. AfNOG has organized an event like this one every year since
2000.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>About
AfriNIC</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfriNIC
(See&nbsp; <a href="http://www.afrinic.net/" target="_blank">http://www.afrinic.net/</a> ) is a
Regional Internet Registry (RIR), responsible for Internet Number resources</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Management
in the Africa region. AfriNIC organizes two Public Policy meetings twice every
year.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfNOG
Workshop on Network Technology</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>The
AfNOG Workshop on Network Technology aims to offer advanced training to people
who are in the process of developing and enhancing an</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Internet-connected
network with regional and international connectivity. The target audience
includes senior and mid-level technical staff of</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>commercial
Internet Service providers (ISPs), academic networks, government networks, or
NGO networks.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>This
workshop builds on the experience of previous AfNOG workshops held annually
from 2000 to 2012 in thirteen different African countries, and</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>also
the Internet Society's INET workshops, held annually from 1993 to 2000 at eight
locations around the world. The workshop's instructors are an</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>international
team with many years of experience operating large networks and teaching about
network operations.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><u><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'><span style="text-decoration: none;">&nbsp;</span></span></u></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><u><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>The
workshop is divided into Six parallel tracks as below</span></u><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>:</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 48pt;" class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;"><span>·<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>SS-E
- Scalable Internet Services (in English), focused on the design and operation
of email, web, and other Internet services, in ways</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
that can scale to handle large numbers of end users.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.5in;" class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;"><span>·<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;SI-E
-&nbsp; Scalable Network Infrastructure (in English), focused on the design and
operation of networks using routers and switches, </span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
in ways that can scale to handle large numbers of interconnected sites.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.5in;" class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;"><span>·<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NM
-&nbsp; Network Monitoring &amp; Management (English)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.5in;" class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;"><span>·<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;AR&nbsp;
-&nbsp; Advanced Routing Techniques (English)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.5in;" class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;"><span>·<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CT&nbsp;&nbsp;
- CERT Training (English)</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p style="text-indent: -0.25in; margin-left: 0.5in;" class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;"><span>·<span style='font: 7pt/normal "Times New Roman"; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span></span><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;NM-F
-&nbsp; Suivi et Gestion de Reseau (en francais), similar to track NM-E, but
given in French.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Workshop application information is at :</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'><a href="http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_en.php</a>
</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'><a href="http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/applications/online_application_fr.php</a>
</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='color: black; font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>**Workshop Deadline - 25 January, 2013</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfREN
/ Africa Asia Forum</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>The
Africa Research and Education Networking&nbsp; (AfREN) and Africa Asia Forum
community (AAF) will&nbsp; be holding a one day meeting on 17 June 2013. The</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>meeting
will discuss issues of interest to the NREN community such as coordination on
activites in the region, advocacy, bandwidth consortia,regional RENs etc.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Additional
information on AfREN /AAF 2013 will be provided shortly.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfNOG
Tutorials</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfNOG
will offer 1 to 2 full-day(s) tutorials on advanced topics. Tutorials take
place in a classroom-style environment, and may include a hands-on</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>practical
component. Tutorials are non-commercial in nature, and most are technically
oriented. They are intended to offer advanced training on technology already</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>deployed
or soon to be deployed on networking and related services provisioning for ISP
operations.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Additional
information about AfNOG 2013 Tutorials will be available here shortly:&nbsp; &lt;
<a href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2013/tutorial/" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2013/tutorial/</a>
</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfricaCERT</span></b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'> &lt;
Cybersecurity : what solution for the African Continent &gt;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfricaCERT
is the African Computer Emergency Response Team. AfricaCERT organizes training
on CERT operations, advanced technical training and conference. </span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfricaCERT
meetings provide a forum for collaboration and exchange for Computer Emergency
response Teams and interested parties to share best practices,</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>information,
tools, techniques, and strategies that address problems related to
cyber-security. Further&nbsp; information is available</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>at
<a href="http://www.africacert.org" target="_blank">http://www.africacert.org</a> </span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>14th
AfNOG Meeting</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>The
14th AfNOG meeting will be held in Lusaka, Zambia 18 June 2013. AfNOG
conferences provide a forum for the coordination and dissemination of</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>technical
information related to backbone/enterprise networking technologies and
operational practices. The meetings are informal, with an emphasis on</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>relevance
to current and future African backbone engineering practices. The AfNOG 2012
conference in Serekunda, Gambia drew over 206 participants,</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>mainly
consisting of network engineering staff from national service providers, and
members of the research and education community.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Additional
information on the Conference schedule will be available here
shortly:&nbsp;&nbsp; &lt; <a href="http://www.afnog.org/afnog2013conference/" target="_blank">http://www.afnog.org/afnog2013conference/</a></span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfriNIC-18
Meeting</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>The
AfriNIC-18 meeting will be held in&nbsp; Lusaka, Zambia for three days from 19
- 21 June, 2013. AfriNIC Meetings are open to everyone and provide an</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>excellent
opportunity to take part in Internet policy discussions. These policies, which
describe how Internet Number Resources should be managed</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>and
distributed, are developed by the community. The Event will include tutorials,
presentations, update on the various working groups and the</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>AfriNIC
Public Policy Meeting. The three day meeting will be preceeded by a two-day
IPv6 training and IRM. </span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>The
meeting will focus on the IPv6 protocol and its deployment, especially in&nbsp;
Africa and the issue of the exhaustion of the IPv4 pool of address space. There
will </span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>be
an opportunity to discuss the challenges which our region faces with IPv4
address&nbsp; space exhaustion among others.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Further
information will be available at <a href="http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/" target="_blank">http://www.afrinic.net/meeting/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;
.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>African
Internet Standard Workshop and Africa Internet Interconnection &amp; Traffic</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Exchange</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>The
Internet Society will be organizing an Africa Internet Standards workshop &amp;
Africa Internet Interconnection &amp; Traffic Exchange Workshop on</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>15th
June 2013 and 19<sup>th</sup> June respectively in conjunction with the AfNOG
14 and&nbsp; AfriNIC 18 meetings in Lusaka, Zambia. The conference will discuss
the situation of Internet</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Interconnection
in Africa, the challenges as well as the solutions, including Internet Exchange
Points.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>The
meeting agenda will be available in due course.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><b><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Visa
Requirements</span></b></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>&nbsp;</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>Citizens
of certain countries require a visa to enter Zambia.&nbsp; </span>Please visit
this link to understand Visa requirements for nationals</p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText">travelling to Zambia. <a href="http://www.zambiaimmigration.gov.zm/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=92&amp;Itemid=117" target="_blank">http://www.zambiaimmigration.gov.zm/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=92&amp;Itemid=117</a>
</p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText"><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif"; font-size: 11pt;'>You
may also wish to check with the Zambia</span><span style='font-family: "Maiandra GD","sans-serif";'>n
Embassy or Consulate in your country for details.</span></p>

<p class="ecxMsoPlainText">&nbsp;</p>

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