19 August 2024
Hilton Hotel, Kinshasa, DRC
| Day 0: 19 August 2024 | AFIX Meeting (Private Meeting) |
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20 – 22 August 2024
Hilton Hotel, Kinshasa, DRC
| Day 1: 20 August 2024 | Plenary Day 1 |
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| 08:00-09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00-10:30 | Welcome and Opening Remarks Africa’s Data Center Landscape Panel Moderator: Dr. Ayotunde Coker (OADC) Bhavik Pattni (Raxio), Ranjith Cherickel (iColo) Valtter Louhivuori (Finnfund), Obinna Adumike (Rack Center) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Internet Exchange Points How to Run an IXP for the First 5 Years – Darwin Costa (DE-CIX) IXP and Data Center Ecosystem Development – Djo Tshiabadala (Orange DRC) RDC Cache-Fill Strategies – Daniel Alongi Elenga (ISPA-DRC) IXP Tracker – Amreesh Phokeer (Internet Society) |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Tech, Tools, and Automation Introducing the Open Fibre Standard – Steve Song (Mozilla) Spatial Division Multiplexing: A New Paradigm – Mark Tinka (TransmissionCo) PeeringDB Update – Ben Ryall (Meta) AFRINIC: Tools to Help Secure Internet Routing – Behou Brice Abba (AFRINIC) Peering Personals #1 |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:30 | Internet Research and Analysis Towards Measuring Content Locality – Amreesh Phokeer (Internet Society) West Africa’s Digital and Infrastructure Outlook – Obinna Adumike (AF-CIX) Peering Personals #2 |
| 18:00-21:00 | Opening Peering Social (External venue, transportation will be provided) |
| Day 2: 21 August 2024 | Plenary Day 2 |
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| 08:00-10:30 | Peering Bilaterals #1 (Registration and Newcomers Session to Run Concurrently) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Formal Opening Session MC : François-Xavier Kabemba, Directeur General, FAST Congo – Welcome by Local Host (ISPA-DRC), Laurent Ntumba – AfPIF Organizers (AFIX), Kyle Spencer – DRC Internet Users Community, Francoise Mukuku M.M, President ISOC DRC Chapter – Internet Society MD and incoming CEO, Sally Wentworth – President of the College of the Regulatory Authority of Posts and Telecommunications of Congo (ARPTC), Christian Katende – Minister of Post, Telecommunications and Digital, Augustin Kibassa Maliba ISOC > AFIX Handover Ceremony Keynote: Network Infrastructure Trends in Africa – Patrick Christian (TeleGeography) Group Photo |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | Exploring DR Congo RDC Market Overview – Laurent Ntumba (ISPA-DRC) DRC-IX in a Second Role for its Growth – Nico Tshintu (ISPA-DRC) Meta’s Edge in Africa: Planning for the Future – Ben Ryall (Meta) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:30 | Empowering Women Engineers: Breaking Barriers and Building Futures Panel Moderator: Massaka LoLo (AMWIBA) Oumie Lindo (SEGUCE), Gloria Tshiunza (Liquid) Olga Kavira (DRC Ministry of Posts and Telecom), Purity Musalila (Zambia) Sally Wentworth (Internet Society) |
| 18:00-21:00 | Gala Dinner (External venue, transportation will be provided) |
| Day 3: 22 August 2024 | Plenary Day 3 |
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| 08:00-10:30 | Peering Bilaterals #1 (Registration to Run Concurrently) |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:30 | Analyzing Collateral Impact of Cable Cuts in Africa Theophilus Benson (CMU/CMU-Africa) Cable Sharks: Myth or Menace? Panel Moderator: Mark Tinka (TransmissionCo) Nomsa Mwayenga (Meta), Dr. Ayotunde Coker (OADC) Theophilus Benson Peering Personals #3 |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch |
| 14:00-15:30 | AFRINIC Update Cedrick Adrien Mbeyet (AFRINIC) Interconnection Policy and Regulation Panel Moderator: Serge-Parfait Goma (OSC242) Christian Katende (ARPTC), Philippe Kouame (Cote d’Ivoire Regulator) Mohammed Rudman (IXPN), Yves Nseka (Liquid Telecom) |
| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee Break |
| 16:00-17:30 | Emerging Trends at IXPS: Challenges and Opportunities Moderator: Michuki Mwangi (Internet Society) Darwin da Costa (DECIX), Kyle Spencer (UIXP), Mathieu Paonessa (GVA) Open Mic |
| 17:30-18:00 | Closing Session and AfPIF Host Announcement for Next Year |