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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:11.0pt'>Hi everyone- The Internet Society and African IXP Association (AFIX) have published a press release today announcing that they will hold the 9<sup>th</sup> annual Africa Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) in Cape Town, South Africa hosted by the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA). The conference will be held from 21-23 of August 2018 in conjunction with iWeek, South Africa’s leading Internet industry conference, which will run from 20-24 August 2018.<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</a> serves as a platform to expand and develop the African Internet. It connects infrastructure, service, and content providers with policymakers in order to identify and discuss ways 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><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>More on this press release at <a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/news/press-releases/2018/internet-society-african-ixp-association-partner-south-africas-internet-service-providers-association-afpif-iweek/">https://www.internetsociety.org/news/press-releases/2018/internet-society-african-ixp-association-partner-south-africas-internet-service-providers-association-afpif-iweek/</a>.<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Follow the latest on AfPIF @ iWeek<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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Betel Hailu<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>AfPIF Comms<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></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><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>