21 August 2023
Accra City Hotel, Ghana
| Day 0: 21 August 2023 | AFIX Meeting |
|---|---|
| 08:00-09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30-10:30 | Plenary AFIX Agenda – invite-only event |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Plenary AFIX Agenda – invite-only event |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Plenary AFIX Agenda – invite-only event |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:30 | Plenary AFIX Agenda – invite-only event |
| 17:00-20:00 | AfPIF Registration |
| 18:00-21:00 | Welcome Cocktail |
22 – 24 August 2023
Movenpick Ambassador Hotel Accra, Ghana
| Day 1: 22 August 2023 | Plenary Day 1 |
|---|---|
| 08:00-17:00 | Registration |
| 08:00-09:30 | Peering Bilaterals #1 |
| 08:45-09:15 | Newcomers Session |
| 09:30-10:30 | Keynote: African Network Geography Update, Patrick Christian (Principal Analyst, TeleGeography) Session 1: Peering Tools – Peering Toolbox, Yolandi Cloete, Peering & Interconnect Specialist, NAPAfrica – PeeringDB Update, Ben Ryall, Edge Strategy Manager, Meta Peering Personals #1 |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-13:15 | Formal Opening Session – Welcome by Local Host (MainOne) – Ghana Internet Service Providers (GISPA), Michael Nfodzo – AfPIF Organisers (AFIX), Kyle Spencer – Ghana Internet Community, Prof. Quaynor – Deputy Director General, National Communication Authority (NCA), Prof. Ezer Osei Yeboah-Boateng – Minister of Communications and Digitization, Hon Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, Guest of Honor |
| 13:15-14:30 | Lunch |
| 14:30-15:30 | Session 2: Market Overviews #1 – The Growing Interconnection Ecosystem in Africa, Oluwasayo Oshadami, General Manager, Technical Solutions and Managed Networks, MainOne – Development of Internet in (West) Africa and Cooperative Business Models, Wouter Ensing, Business Development Manager, Amsterdam Internet Exchange Peering Personals #2 |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:30 | Peering Bilaterals #2 |
| 18:00-21:00 | Beers for Peers at Bloom Bar (House No. F, 330/2 Troas St.) |
| Day 2: 23 August 2023 | Plenary Day 2 |
|---|---|
| 08:00-17:00 | Registration |
| 08:00-09:30 | Peering Bilaterals #3 |
| 08:00-09:15 | Women Tech Connect Breakfast |
| 09:30-10:30 | Peering Strategy – Don’t Forget the Peers! Interactive Session Asking ISPs What They Want from an IXP, Nurani Nimpuno, Head of Global Engagement, London Internet Exchange (LINX) Market Overviews #1 (continued) – Interconnecting Realities, Ben Ryall, Edge Strategy Manager, Meta Peering Personals #3 |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Session 5: Women Tech Connect – Empowering Women Internet Engineers: Mentorship, Advocacy, and Allyship Strategies for Success Panelists: – Estelle Akofio-Sowah, West Africa Regional Manager, for CSquared – FLORA OKINE, Girls-in-ICT Ghana Mentor and RF Spectrum Engineer for the National Communications Authority – Funke Opeke, CEO of MainOne – Maud Adjeley Ashong Elliot, VP of Internet Society Ghana Chapter – Wabu Mojavu, Executive: Business Operations and Strategy for Africa Data Centres Session 6: Policy and Regulations – Africa’s Digital Economies and Digital Divide, Martin Atkinson, Senior Manager of Peering and Interconnection EMEA, Equinix Peering Personals #4 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Session 7: BGP Tools – Generating IRR Filters and Monitoring BGP on Mikrotik Routers, Ben Ryall, Edge Strategy Manager, Meta, and Lee Hetherington, Tech Lead, Edge, Meta – ASPA: RPKI-based AS_PATH Verification, Ben Maddison, Co-founder and Director, Workonline Communications – BGP Routing Policy Best Practices, Frank Ribeiro, Senior Network Engineer, Netflix Peering Personals #5 |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:30 | Peering Bilaterals #4 |
| 18:00-21:00 | Gala Dinner |
| Day 3: 24 August 2023 | Plenary Day 3 |
|---|---|
| 08:00-09:30 | Peering Bilaterals #5 |
| 09:30-10:30 | Session 8: Market Overviews #2 – Mombasa to Kinshasa – Unlocking Trade in a Digitally Connected Continent, Ben Roberts, Group Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Liquid Intelligent Technologies – How Far behind Are We Really?, Yolandi Cloete, Peering & Interconnect Specialist, NAPAfrica Peering Personals #6 |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | – Subsea Cables Only Go So Far – in Connecting the Unconnected, Martin Atkinson, Senior Manager of Peering and Interconnection EMEA, Equinix Session 9: Market Overviews #3 IXP Panel – Collaboration between Same Market IXPs Moderator: Dr. Angus Hay, Africa Data Centers Panelists: – Muhammed Rudman, IXPN – Daniel Inet, GIXA – Obinna Adumike, AF-CIX – Nurani Nimpuno, LINX – Wouter Ensing, AMS-IX Peering Personals #7 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | – An Analysis of the African Peering Ecosystem, Martin Thodi, University of Cape Town Wrap Up Session Lightning Talks – 50/50 Vision – AfPIF 2023, Jean Baptiste Millogo, Director, Internet Technology & Development, Internet Society – IXPDB Snapshots – Automated Regional Benchmarking, Kyle Spencer, Af-IX – Anonymising *flow – ICANN Africa DNS Study 2022 – DNS Observatory – Interconnection Policy and Regulations Case of Kenya, Fiona Asonga, CEO KIXP Open Mic Announcement of 2024 Venue Closing Session |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:30 | Peering Bilaterals #6 |