African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)

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The African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) 2025 will take place from 19 to 21 August 2025 in Lagos, Nigeria.

What is African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF)?

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The African Peering and Interconnection Forum addresses the key interconnection, peering, and traffic exchange opportunities and challenges on the continent and provides participants with global and regional insights for maximising opportunities that will help grow Internet infrastructure and services in Africa.

Who Should Attend

The forum targets executives, Chief Technology Officers (CTOs), peering coordinators and business development managers from the African region, Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and operators, telecommunications policy-makers and regulators, content providers, Internet Exchange Point (IXP) operators, infrastructure providers, data center managers, National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) as well as carriers and transit providers. The forum is planned as a non-profit event and international sponsorship and support have been sought to convene the event.


Photo Gallery of the Previous AfPIF Events

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2016 summary
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AfPIF 2012
AfPIF 2018 attendees on day one

Image credit: © D-WAY Production (leading image), © Aubrey Attuquaye Korley (top 6 photos in the image gallery), © Lewis IHORINDEBA (next 6 photos in image gallery section), © Nyani Quarmyne (rest of the photos)