AF-CIX Sponsors African Interconnection Forum in Ghana

Emma Okonji

AF-CIX, an interconnect platform hosted in Rack Centre and aimed at boosting internet speed and improving network performance for Internet Service Providers,

Content Delivery Networks, Cloud Providers and Enterprises in Nigeria, is sponsoring the ongoing 2023 African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) in Ghana.

The event which started on Tuesday this week, will come to a close today at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, Ghana.

AfPIF is an a unique annual conference that aims to promotes the development of national and cross-border interconnection in Africa and offers offering the African technical community a unique opportunity to showcase interconnection challenges and opportunities. It focuses on Internet interconnection dynamics, content distribution, and transit obstacles at local and regional levels.

The annual event aims to encourage peering and networking opportunities by offering a Forum where key stakeholders – infrastructure and service providers, IXPs, regulators, and policymakers – can interact in a casual yet professional setting, exchanging their experiences and gaining insights from industry experts.

The Forum aims to foster peering and networking opportunities where key players- infrastructure and service providers, IXPs, regulators, and policymakers can engage in a relaxed but business-like environment, sharing their experiences and learning from experts in the field.

Speaking on the support of AF-CIX for the Forum, the Head of Peering and Exchange Platforms, Obinna Adumike, said: “We are glad proud to be a silver sponsor for the ongoing 2023 African Peering and Interconnection Forum in Ghana. The choice to sponsor this event is in line with our business objective of endorsing the enhancement of interconnection in Africa. We are dedicated to promoting traffic localisation, cost efficiency, resiliency, and security for ISPs, CCPs and Enterprises. As we are all aware, today's world heavily relies on interconnectivity.

“The decision to sponsor the event aligns with our business objective of supporting the growth of interconnection in Africa. We are committed to driving traffic localisation, cost efficiency resiliency and security and for our networks and enterprise businesses, resiliency and security. As we all know, today’s world largely depends on interconnectivity.”