<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_quote">As noted below, there is a press release on this at <a href="https://go.icann.org/3RqlHZC">https://go.icann.org/3RqlHZC</a><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span><br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></div><br><div class="msg-1740593529417118185"><u></u>
<div style="direction:ltr;background-color:#f6f7f7;font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:15px;color:#101517;line-height:1.7;margin:0;padding:0">
<table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="m_-1740593529417118185body" style="border-collapse:collapse;background-color:#f6f7f7;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-1740593529417118185container" style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;display:block;max-width:832px;width:100%;margin:0 auto">
<div class="m_-1740593529417118185content" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:block;margin:0 40px;padding:40px 0px 24px">
<table role="presentation" class="m_-1740593529417118185main" style="border-collapse:collapse;background:#ffffff;width:100%;border-radius:2px"><tbody><tr><td class="m_-1740593529417118185wrapper" style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;box-sizing:border-box;padding:40px 56px">
<table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><table role="presentation" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100%"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div style="margin-bottom:24px">
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><a href="https://isoc.live/16281" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><img src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Building-African-IXP-Infrastructure-300x169.png" alt="ISOC LIVE" width="300" height="169" style="max-width:100%;margin-bottom:24px;clear:both;float:right;margin-left:1em;padding:4px;background-color:white;border:1px solid #ccc"></a>On <strong>30 January 2023</strong> the <strong><a href="https://icann.org" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers</a></strong> (ICANN) and the <strong><a href="https://InternetSociety.org" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong> (ISOC) presented a webinar “<strong>Building African IXP Infrastructure: Progressing the Coalition for Digital Africa</strong>” to discuss the ever-changing landscape of African interconnection and explore <strong><a href="https://www.coalitionfordigitalafrica.africa" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">their new partnership</a></strong> to improve IXP infrastructure in Africa. Organization leaders shared their thoughts about the future of peering and interconnection in Africa and how this partnership will help users across the continent.</p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>PRESENTATION</strong><br><strong>Michuki Mwangi</strong>, Distinguished Technologist, Internet Growth, Internet Society</p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>PANEL</strong><br><strong>Sally Costerton</strong>, Interim President & CEO, ICANN<br><strong>Andrew Sullivan</strong>, President & CEO, Internet Society<br><strong>Kyle Spencer</strong>, Co-Coordinator, African IXP Association (Af-IX)</p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>HOST/MODERATOR</strong><br><strong>Pierre Dandjinou</strong>, VP, Stakeholder Engagement – Africa, ICANN</p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>EN YOUTUBE <a href="https://youtu.be/Sowh5lKqIDc" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Sowh5lKqIDc</a></strong></p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"> </p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px">Le <strong>30 janvier 2023</strong>, l'<strong><a href="https://icann.org/fr" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers</a></strong> (ICANN) et l'<strong><a href="https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong> (ISOC) ont présenté un webinaire « <strong>Construire une infrastructure IXP africaine : faire progresser la coalition pour l'Afrique numérique</strong> » pour discuter du paysage en constante évolution de l'interconnexion africaine et explorer <strong><a href="https://www.coalitionfordigitalafrica.africa" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">leur nouveau partenariat</a></strong> pour améliorer l'infrastructure IXP en Afrique. Les dirigeants d'organisations ont partagé leurs réflexions sur l'avenir du peering et de l'interconnexion en Afrique et sur la manière dont ce partenariat aidera les utilisateurs à travers le continent.</p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>PRÉSENTATION</strong><br><strong>Michuki Mwangi</strong>, Technologue émérite, Croissance Internet, Internet Society</p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>CONFÉRENCIERS</strong><br><strong>Sally Costerton</strong>, présidente-directrice générale par intérim, ICANN<br><strong>Andrew Sullivan</strong>, président et chef de la direction, Internet Society<br><strong>Kyle Spencer</strong>, co-coordinateur, Association africaine des IXP (Af-IX)</p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>HÔTE/MODÉRATEUR</strong><br><strong>Pierre Dandjinou</strong>, vice-président, Engagement des parties prenantes – Afrique, ICANN</p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>FR YOUTUBE <a href="https://youtu.be/lV8rTRO0NdY" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/lV8rTRO0NdY</a></strong></p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>TRANSCRIPTION</strong><br><strong>EN <a href="https://archive.org/download/coalitionforadigitalafrica/Building%20African%20IXP%20Infrastructure.pdf" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://archive.org/download/coalitionforadigitalafrica/Building%20African%20IXP%20Infrastructure.pdf</a></strong><br><strong>FR <a href="https://archive.org/download/coalitionforadigitalafrica/Construire%20une%20infrastructure%20IXP%20africaine.pdf" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://archive.org/download/coalitionforadigitalafrica/Construire%20une%20infrastructure%20IXP%20africaine.pdf</a></strong></p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>PRESS RELEASE <a href="https://go.icann.org/3RqlHZC" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank"><span class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"></span>https://go.icann.org/3RqlHZC</a></strong></p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>SLIDES</strong><br><strong><a href="https://archive.org/download/coalitionforadigitalafrica/Building%20African%20IXP%20Infrastructure_SLIDES.pdf" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://archive.org/download/coalitionforadigitalafrica/Building%20African%20IXP%20Infrastructure_SLIDES.pdf</a></strong></p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>TWITTER <a href="https://bit.ly/3HnjXvy" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">#CoalitionForDigitalAfrica</a> @pdandjinou @sallycosterton @ICANN @SullivanISOC @InternetSociety @michukis @ISOC_Africa @kyleville @Af_IX #IXP #peering</strong></p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>MASTODON <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CoalitionForADigitalAfrica" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">#CoalitionForDigitalAfrica</a> </strong></p>
<p style="font-family:-apple-system,system-ui,blinkmacsystemfont,"Segoe UI",Roboto,Oxygen-Sans,Ubuntu,Cantarell,"Helvetica Neue",sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;margin:0;line-height:1.7;padding:0;color:#101517;margin-bottom:24px"><strong>ARCHIVE</strong><br><strong><a href="https://archive.org/details/coalitionforadigitalafrica" style="color:#007117;text-decoration:underline" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/coalitionforadigitalafrica</a></strong></p></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="m_-1740593529417118185footer" style="clear:both;text-align:center;width:100%;padding-bottom:40px"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small"><b>Permalink <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;text-align:start"><a href="https://isoc.live/16281">https://isoc.live/16281</a></span></b></div></div>
</td>
</tr></tbody></table><img alt="" border="0" src="http://pixel.wp.com/b.gif?blog=151329629&post=16281&subd=isoc.live&ref=&email=1&email_o=jetpack&host=jetpack.wordpress.com" width="1" height="1" style="border:none;max-width:100%"><img src="https://pixel.wp.com/t.gif?has_featured_image=0&_ui=2239291&locale=en¤cy=USD&country_code_signup=US&signup_flow_name=&email_domain=punkcast.com&blog_id=151329629&post_id=16281&date_sent=2023-02-01&email_id=4f730e24ace3f098017ffbe70af49b71&email_name=new-post&template=new-post&_en=wpcom_email_open&browser_type=php-agent&_aua=wpcom-tracks-client-v0.3&_ul=wwwhatsup1&_ut=wpcom%3Auser_id&blog_tz=-5&blog_lang=0&user_lang=en&_ts=1675253939459" style="border:none;max-width:100%"></div>
</div></div><br clear="all"><div><br></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>-</div></div></div></div></div></div>