A deep dive into infrastructure maintenance! Real time text link is https://bit.ly/33zWELJ ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday December 1 2020, at 13:00-14.30 UTC, the African IXP Association, in partnership with the Internet Society, presents the fifth webinar in the Virtual Peering Series – Africa, with the theme 'Impact of Submarine Cable Cuts in Africa'. In this s" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering5%20>On *Tuesday December 1 2020*, at *13:00-14.30 UTC*, the* African IXP Association <https://www.af-ix.net/>*, in partnership with the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>*, presents the fifth webinar in the *Virtual Peering Series – Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/>*, with the theme '*Impact of Submarine Cable Cuts in Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/impact-of-submarine-cable-cuts-in-africa/>* '. In this session, we highlight the integral role of sub-sea cables, and the effects of their disruption. Given that the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has dominated news and discussion during 2020, it is easy to forget that there have been multiple cable disruptions during the first quarter of 2020, and the devastating ripple effect these had on connectivity across Africa. Our panel will both highlight the process of submarine cable recovery and repair, then discuss the “behind the scenes” activities required to ensure connectivity. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering5%20>Le *mardi 1er décembre 2020*, de *13h00 à 14h30* UTC, l'*Association africaine des IXP <https://www.af-ix.net/>*, en partenariat avec l'*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>*, présente le cinquième webinaire de la série *Virtual Peering - Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/>*, sur le thème «* Impact des coupures de câbles sous-marins en Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/impact-des-coupures-de-cables-sous-marins-en-afrique/>* ». Dans cette session, nous mettons en évidence le rôle essentiel des câbles sous-marins et les effets de leur perturbation. Étant donné que la pandémie de coronavirus (COVID-19) a dominé l'actualité et les discussions en 2020, il est facile d'oublier qu'il y a eu plusieurs interruptions de câble au cours du premier trimestre de 2020, et l'effet d'entraînement dévastateur qu'elles ont eu sur la connectivité à travers l'Afrique. Notre panel soulignera à la fois le processus de récupération et de réparation des câbles sous-marins, puis discutera des activités «en coulisses» nécessaires pour assurer la connectivité. *SPEAKERS / CONFERENCIERS* *Clementino Fernando*, Telecommunication Engineer, Angola Cables *Patrick Christian*, Principal Analyst, TeleGeography *Mark Tinka*, Head of Engineering, SEACOM *Ben Roberts*, Group Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Liquid Telecom *Christian Kaufmann*, Senior Director Network Architecture, Akamai Technologies *MODERATORS / MODÉRATEURS* *Andrew Owens*, Technical Lead for Interconnection & Peering, Teraco Data Environments *Matthew Chigwende*, Group Head of Network Engineering, Liquid Telecom *LIVESTREAMS* *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering5 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering5>* (English) *https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering5 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering5>* (Francais) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3qhgbuj <https://bit.ly/3qhgbuj> *(EN/FR Interpretation) *REAL TIME TEXT (AI, link will be posted during session)* (English) *TWITTER #IPeerinAfrica <https://bit.ly/IPeerInAfrica> @internetsociety @AfIX * *SIMULCASTS_* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live> *(AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/> *(AI captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/afpeering5 <https://archive.org/details/afpeering5>* *Permalink*: https://isoc.live/13085/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -