<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small">AFRINIC are hosting today's meeting, a MIRA progress report. English only this time round.<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><br><u></u>
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ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday 16 September 2021 at 13:00 UTC the Measuring the Internet in Africa (MIRA) project will hold its first quarterly update meeting. The project uses Internet measurements gathered by measurement devices called MIRA pods, which are located within " </span>
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<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><a style="color:#2585b2" href="http://livestream.com/internetsociety/miraupdate1" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/miraupdate1-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width:100%;height:auto;margin-bottom:12px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong>Thursday 16 September 2021</strong> at <strong>13:00 UTC</strong> the <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://pulse.internetsociety.org/resilience" target="_blank">Measuring the Internet in Africa (MIRA) project</a></strong> will hold its <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/6220" target="_blank">first quarterly update</a></strong> meeting. The project uses Internet measurements gathered by measurement devices called MIRA pods, which are located within African countries, to 1) Determine levels of Internet resilience in African countries over time by recording specific metrics, including throughput and latency (the time it takes to reach various Internet destinations); 2) Increase the number of Internet measurement vantage points in Africa, i.e., the places from which measurements are taken; 3) Make the data available to everyone, everywhere on the <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://pulse.internetsociety.org" target="_blank">Internet Society’s Pulse platform</a></strong>.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">During this one hour webinar, topics include: The MIRA Internet Resilience Index; MIRA Pods deployment and hosting; MIRA Pods data visualization</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em">MIRA is a joint initiative between <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="http://www.afrinic.org/" target="_blank">African Network Information Centre</a></strong> (AFRINIC) and the <strong><a style="color:#2585b2" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong>.</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:#444;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0 0 1em"><strong>SPEAKERS</strong><br><strong>Arthur Carindal</strong>, AFRINIC<br><strong>Simon Seruyinda</strong>, AFRINIC<br><strong>Kevin Chege</strong>, Internet Society<br><strong>Amreesh Phokeer</strong>, Internet Society<br><strong>Dieudonne Munganga</strong>, Researcher<br><strong>Henok Sisay</strong>, Researcher</p>
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