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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Subject: </span></b><span style="color:black">Save the date: AfPIF-2017 from 22 – 24 August 2017 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">AfPIF-2017 from 22 – 24 August 2017 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="color:black">Join us for 3 days of sharing, learning and networking at the 8<sup>th</sup> African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">An open and inclusive forum,
<b>AfPIF focuses on developing Internet interconnection and traffic exchange opportunities</b> by bringing together key players - infrastructure providers, Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), content producers and providers,
data center operators, policy-makers and regulators, to advance the peering ecosystem in Africa.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Why should you attend AfPIF-2017? Have a look through AfPIF-2016 website that contains the meeting report, briefs of presentations, emerging discussions, speakers and
sponsors at: <a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.internetsociety.org_afpif-2D2016_&d=DwMGaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=SdEu5nRFXI1ccDMSB3kZ2wNlqnPF0MwzMy30CWH7Tio&s=Q-YwUxv_4UVylXjJR134S8koF-e_TSaJKxHXKAXV0hA&e=">https://www.internetsociety.org/afpif-2016/[internetsociety.org]</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Make sure you do not miss this premier peering event in Africa!</span><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#D84C06"> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#44546A">Betel Hailu </span>
</b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#919191">| </span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#6D6D6D">Africa Regional Bureau – Communications Coordinator
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#44546A">ISOC: Internet Society</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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