<p class="wp-block-paragraph"> Mauritius
will host the 10<sup>th</sup> ;anniversary edition of the Africa Peering
and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) at the Intercontinental Hotel, Balaclava,
from 20-22 August 2019, which is being organised by the Internet Society and
African IXP Association (AFIX) in collaboration with Rogers Capital.<br>
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In a release by Apo Group on August 13 and  ;made available to OpenLife, AfPIF 2019 will
connect and bring key infrastructure, service, and content providers together
with policymakers in order to identify and discuss ways to improve network
interconnection, lower the cost of connectivity, and increase locally available
content, for the benefit of Internet users across the region.<br>
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AfPIF is an annual event that serves as a platform to develop the African
Internet, and was created to address the fact that most of Africa’s local
Internet traffic is exchanged outside the continent. At the same time, Africa
imported over 99% of the Internet traffic consumed, which created an “Internet
Transit Deficit”. ;Exchanging traffic locally through Internet Exchange
Points (IXP), reduces Internet access costs and network delays and increases
content access speeds.<br>
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“AfPIF has contributed considerably in changing the Interconnection environment
in Africa over the last 10 years. Locally traffic exchanged traffic has
increased from less than 1 GB to close to 800 GB today,” explained Dawit
Bekele, Africa Regional Bureau Director for the Internet Society. “This is a
remarkable The achievement thanks to the strong community established around
AfPIF and I am sure that this year’s event will contribute to an even more
interconnected African Internet,” he added.<br>
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This is the first time that the event is being held in Mauritius and the Indian
Ocean Islands region, which is seeking to develop its role as an innovation hub
for the region. The Minister of Technology, Communication and Innovation, Hon.
Yogida Sawmynaden is due to speak at the event and Rogers Capital will act as
the local host.<br>
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“We are pleased to host AfPIF 2019 in Mauritius especially with the special
privilege that this year’s event will coincide with the celebration of its 10
years of existence. As a diversified and sophisticated business hub for the
region, we believe Mauritius may help open new business perspectives for the
AfPIF delegates. We are looking forward to welcoming the delegates in August
2019 and to providing our support for the development of Internet
Infrastructure in Africa,” said Dev Hurkoo, Managing Director, Rogers
Capital-Technology.<br>
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Over 250 participants from across the African continent are expected to attend
the event, with leading technology providers Liquid Telecom, Seacom and Huawei
as Platinum sponsors and AFRINIC, Emtel Business, Linx, Microsoft and Rogers
Capital as Gold sponsors. <br>
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Concluding on the opportunities ahead, Kyle Spencer, Co-Coordinator of the
African IXP Association said “our target is to localize 80% of Africa’s
Internet traffic by 2020, and I believe we’re well on our way. Packet Clearing
House reports that Africa currently sees the highest growth of domestic
bandwidth production in the world, registering a 92% increase from 410 Gbps to
786 Gbps within the last 12 months — and our internal industry benchmarking
data corroborates this. It’s an exciting time for Africa, and we look forward
to building on this momentum in Mauritius.”</p>

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