<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear Colleagues,<br><br>I would like to extend my warm welcome to Tanzania and it is our hope that this forum will bring together key players to address the opportunities in interconnection, peering and traffic exchange in Africa<br><br>Besides the richness of natural resources like  wildlife, water 
bodies such as the ocean, lakes & rivers and minerals, Tanzania is well
 endowed with abundant significant cultural and natural heritages  which
 include  archaeological, palaeontogical and historical resources 
ranging from the Pliocene period about four million years ago to the 
present time.<br><br></div>For those who might be interested in visiting some of these places after the event, visit the official website for Tanzania National Parks: <a href="http://www.tanzaniaparks.com/kili.html">http://www.tanzaniaparks.com/kili.html</a><br><br></div>Regards,<br></div>Matogoro J<br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 12:56 PM, Betel Hailu <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hailu@isoc.org" target="_blank">hailu@isoc.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5">



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<div>Hello everyone- Yesterday, the<span style="font-family:Calibri;text-align:justify"> Internet Society published a press release announcing </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;text-align:justify">that it is brining, in partnership with the </span><span style="font-family:Calibri;text-align:justify">Tanzania
 Internet Service Providers Association (TISPA),</span><span style="font-family:Calibri;text-align:justify"> its annual Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) to Tanzania.</span><span style="text-align:justify"> </span><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2016/" style="text-align:justify" target="_blank">AfPIF-7</a><span style="text-align:justify">
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<font face="Calibri" size="3">English: <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-brings-african-peering-and-interconnection-forum-tanzania-first-time" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.org/news/internet-society-brings-african-peering-and-interconnection-forum-tanzania-first-time</a></font></p>
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<font face="Calibri" size="3">French: </font><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/news/linternet-society-tiendra-pour-la-premi%C3%A8re-fois-le-forum%C2%A0africain-sur-le-peering-et-l" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/news/linternet-society-tiendra-pour-la-premi%C3%A8re-fois-le-forum%C2%A0africain-sur-le-peering-et-l</a></p>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">Read our blog post here: </span><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau/2016/03/afpif-coming-tanzania" style="font-family:Calibri" target="_blank">https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/africa-bureau/2016/03/afpif-coming-tanzania</a></p>
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<div><span style="font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium;text-align:justify">And on social Media:</span></div>
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<div>We will be opening registration soon, so stay tuned!</div>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">MATOGORO Jabhera<br>Assistant Lecturer & Coordinator - Microsoft Innovation Center, Tanzania<br>College of Informatics and Virtual Education<br>The University of Dodoma (<a href="http://www.udom.ac.tz" target="_blank">www.udom.ac.tz</a>)</div></div>
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