Every year I say that AfPIF is the single best event that ISOC puts on. Because interconnecting networks is the very essence of what we do. This year it is virtual, and spread out over time, but no less valuable. ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday November 3 2020, at 13:00-15.00 UTC, the African IXP Association, in partnership with the Internet Society, presents the fourth webinar in the Virtual Peering Series – Africa, with the theme 'IXP Traffic Behavior During the Pandemic in Africa'." [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering4>On *Tuesday November 3 2020*, at *13:00-15.00 UTC*, the* African IXP Association <https://www.af-ix.net>*, in partnership with the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>*, presents the fourth webinar in the *Virtual Peering Series – Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/>*, with the theme '*IXP Traffic Behavior During the Pandemic in Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/ixp-traffic-behavior-during-the-pandemic-in-africa/>* '. This session aims to understand the behavior of traffic at African IXPs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Was there significant traffic increase due to the lockdown? Were there countries where there was a decrease in traffic mainly because people traditionally accessed more Internet from their offices? How critical are IXPs in these situations? It would also be relevant to understand the inter-regional traffic pattern during the pandemic. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering4>Le *mardi 4 novembre 2020*, de *13h00 à 15h00 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 quatrième webinaire de la *série Virtual Peering - Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/ixp-traffic-behavior-during-the-pandemic-in-africa/>*, sur le thème « *Comportement du trafic IXP pendant la pandémie en Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/comportement-du-trafic-des-ixp-pendant-la-pandemie-en-afrique/>* ». Cette session vise à comprendre le comportement du trafic sur les IXP africains pendant la pandémie COVID-19. Y a-t-il eu une augmentation significative du trafic en raison du verrouillage? Y a-t-il eu des pays où le trafic a diminué principalement parce que les gens accédaient traditionnellement à plus d'Internet depuis leurs bureaux? Dans quelle mesure les IXP sont-ils critiques dans ces situations? Il serait également utile de comprendre la configuration du trafic interrégional pendant la pandémie. *SPEAKERS* *Kyle Spencer*, Executive Director, Uganda Internet Exchange Point, and Co-Coordinator, African IXP Association *Andrew Baskett*, Edge Strategy Manager, Facebook *Andrew Owens*, Technical Lead for Interconnection & Peering, Teraco Data Environments *Muhammed Rudman*, CEO, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) *Amreesh Phokeer*, Research Manager, AFR *MODERATORS* *Darwin Costa*, Senior Business Development Latin America (LATAM) & Africa, DE-CIX *Chidinma Iwe*, Systems Architect, Cisco *LIVESTREAMS* *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering4* <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering4> (English) (open captions) *https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering4 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering4>* (Francais) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM **https://bit.ly/2TKzcpM* <https://bit.ly/2TKzcpM> (EN/FR Interpretation, English closed captions) *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC>* (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>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/afpeering4 <https://archive.org/details/afpeering4>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12938/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -