Virtual Peering Series – Africa#12 and #13: WomenTechConnect Fundamentals

Lunch & Learn: Fundamentals Series #1

12 October 2021
13:00 UTC

Thank you for joining the first WomenTechConnect Fundamentals in partnership with AfPIF Virtual Peering, LINX and Workonline Communications. In this webinar, we covered Service Provider Essentials: All you need to know about BGP, MPLS, VPNs and more, presented by Senior Network Engineer, Michelle Opiyo. Michelle took you through the fundamentals of routing, including key concepts of routing basics, and some critical use cases during her career at Workonline Communications. You had the opportunity to ask all the questions you had been afraid to ask.

Lunch & Learn: Fundamentals Series #2

19 October 2021
13:00 UTC

In the second webinar, we covered Datacentre Operations and Engineering: All you need to know about the ins and outs of Datacentres, presented by Peering & Interconnect Specialist at Teraco Data Environments. Yolandi took you through the fundamentals of the technical requirements of racking, stacking and patching, and some fascinating insights into Africa’s most interconnected datacentres, Teraco Data Environments. You had the opportunity to ask all the questions you had been afraid to ask.