<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Dear Delegate,</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We are now counting days to AFRINIC-34 Online that will take place from </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">15</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super;" class="">th</span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">-18</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><span style="font-size:0.6em;vertical-align:super;" class="">th </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">November 2021.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">As you prepare to participate, here are your meeting updates:</span></div><br class=""><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;text-align: justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:4pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The Meeting Platform</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.7999999999999998;text-align: justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:12pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(37, 37, 37); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Meetecho is the AFRINIC-34 Online Conference Platform. The platform brings together video and audio conferencing, meeting material sharing, text chat, shared notepad capability, and mic queue management. </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">After your registration, you will receive a unique token and the meeting URL 2 weeks before the event. Here is </span><a href="https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-34/participate" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">how you can participate in AFRINIC-34 Online</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. We will also be doing the platform testing with delegates on </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">9th November 2021</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> from </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">11:00-12h00 UTC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> and you are welcome to join us.</span></p><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">New Comers Session</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We are excited to meet and welcome delegates who are attending the AFRINIC Meeting for the first time. We have planned a session on Zoom on </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">12th November 2021</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> at </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">09:00-11:00 UTC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. If this is your first AFRINIC Meeting, we would love to meet you at the Newcomers Session. </span><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86300676589?pwd=WThGT041OXpwODhDbXY4MW5LeDBUZz09" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Register Here</span></a></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">AFRINIC-34 Online Agenda</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">The AFRINIC-34 Online </span><a href="https://meeting.afrinic.net/afrinic-34/agenda" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Draft Agenda</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> is now available online. The meeting will start with a closed session with AFRINIC Stakeholders - from our Membership and Governments on the </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">15th November 2021</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Side Events</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">On the meeting program we have a host of other side events that you should look out for:</span></div><ul style="margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-inline-start:48px;" class=""><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type: disc; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;" aria-level="1" class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Closing Cocktail: </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">18th November 2021 </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">starting at </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">13.00UTC</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""> hosted on Spatial Chat</span></div></li></ul><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">AFRINIC-34 Online Sponsorship</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; text-align: justify; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We have numerous sponsorship packages designed to fulfil a range of objectives including high profile branding, networking, speaking and thought leadership. This allows you to reinforce your position as a leading provider of digital transformation solutions. We are calling on African ISPs to take advantage of this opportunity and support the regional meeting and take advantage of the one-off offer in the African ISP Category that is worth </span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">USD.500</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. More information on </span><a href="https://bit.ly/AFRINIC34-OnlineSponsorshipCategories" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-weight: 700; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Sponsorship is available here</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">. </span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">We look forward to seeing you in AFRINIC-34 Online in a few days!</span></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Kind Regards,</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">AFRINIC-34 Online Team.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><a href="mailto:meeting@afrinic.net" style="text-decoration:none;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; text-decoration: underline; text-decoration-skip: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">meeting@afrinic.net</span></a></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">……………………..</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Cher délégué,</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Nous comptons maintenant les jours avant la réunion AFRINIC-34 en ligne qui aura lieu du 15 au 18 novembre 2021.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Alors que vous vous préparez à participer, voici les dernières nouvelles de la réunion :</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">La plateforme de réunion</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Meetecho est la plateforme de conférence en ligne de l'AFRINIC-34. La plateforme regroupe la vidéoconférence et l'audioconférence, le partage du matériel de réunion, le chat textuel, la possibilité de partager un notepad et la gestion de la file d'attente des micros. Après votre inscription, vous recevrez un jeton unique et l'URL de la réunion 2 semaines avant l'événement. Voici comment vous pouvez participer à AFRINIC-34 Online. Nous testerons également la plateforme avec les délégués le 9 novembre 2021 de 11h00 à 12h00 UTC et vous êtes invités à nous rejoindre.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Session pour les nouveaux arrivants</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Nous sommes ravis de rencontrer et d'accueillir les délégués qui participent à la réunion AFRINIC pour la première fois. Nous avons prévu une session sur Zoom le 12 novembre 2021 de 09:00-11:00 UTC. Si c'est votre première réunion d'AFRINIC, nous serions ravis de vous rencontrer lors de la session des nouveaux arrivants. Inscrivez-vous ici</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Agenda en ligne d'AFRINIC-34</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">L'agenda provisoire de la réunion AFRINIC-34 est maintenant disponible en ligne. La réunion débutera par une session avec nos partenaires - nos membres et les gouvernements - le 15 novembre 2021.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Événements parallèles</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Le programme de la réunion prévoit une série d'autres événements parallèles que vous devriez tout particulièrement suivre :</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Cocktail de clôture : 18 novembre 2021 à partir de 13.00UTC, organisé par Spatial Chat.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Parrainage en ligne de l'AFRINIC-34</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Nous proposons de nombreuses formules de parrainage conçues pour répondre à toute une série d'objectifs, notamment une image de marque, le réseautage, participation à des conférences ainsi que le leadership de réflexion. Cela vous permet de renforcer votre position en tant que fournisseur de premier plan de solutions de transformation numérique. Nous appelons les FAI africains à profiter de cette opportunité pour soutenir la réunion régionale et profiter de l'offre unique dans la catégorie des FAI africains d'une valeur de 500 USD. Plus d'informations sur le sponsoring sont disponibles ici.</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Nous nous réjouissons de vous voir bientot à AFRINIC-34 Online dans quelques jours !</span></div><br class=""><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">Sincères salutations,</span></div><br class=""><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class="">L'équipe d'AFRINIC-34 Online.</span></div><div style="line-height: 1.7999999999999998; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;" class=""><a href="mailto:meeting@afrinic.net" class="">meeting@afrinic.net</a></span></div></body></html>