Just starting. / Commence à peine. A couple more speakers have been added / Deux conférenciers supplémentaires ont été ajoutés Patrick Christian, Telegeography Ben Ryall, Meta ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday 1 February 2022 at 13:00-14:30 UTC the African IXP Association, in partnership with the Internet Society, host 'Unlocking Cross-Border Connectivity into Landlocked Countries in Africa '. The focus of this 15th webinar in the Virtual Peering Ser" [image: LIVESTREAM (EN)] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering15>On *Tuesday 1 February 2022* 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/>*, host '*Unlocking Cross-Border Connectivity into Landlocked Countries in Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/unlocking-cross-border-connectivity-to-landlocked-countries-in-africa/> *'. The focus of this 15th webinar in the *Virtual Peering Series – Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/>* will be on the integral role of cross-border connectivity to access subsea cables in bridging the digital divide growing between coastal countries and landlocked countries in Africa. *SPEAKERS* *Brian Longwe*, Co-founder and CEO, Converged Technology Networks *Emmanuel Kwarteng*, Country Manager, MainOne *Ben Roberts*, Group Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, Liquid Intelligent Technologies *MODERATORS* *Michelle Opiyo*, Senior Network Engineer, Workonline Communications *Jacob Dagunduro*, Head, Technical Services, Internet eXchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) *LIVESTREAM ENGLISH http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering15 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering15> *(Open Captions) Le *mardi 1er février 2022* de *13h00 à 14h30 UTC*, l'*African IXP Association <https://www.af-ix.net/>*, en partenariat avec l'*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/regions/africa/>*, accueillera « *Débloquer la connectivité transfrontalière vers les pays enclavés d’Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/debloquer-la-connectivite-transfrontaliere-vers-les-pays-enclaves-dafrique/>* ». L'accent de ce 15e webinaire de la série *Virtual Peering - Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/virtual-peering-series-africa/>* sera sur le rôle essentiel de la connectivité transfrontalière pour accéder aux câbles sous-marins dans la réduction de la fracture numérique croissante entre les pays côtiers et les pays enclavés en Afrique. *INTERVENANTS* *Brian Longwe*, Cofondateur et PDG, Converged Technology Networks *Emmanuel Kwarteng*, Directeur national, MainOne Ghana *Ben Roberts*, Directeur de la technologie et de l’innovation au sein du groupe, Liquid Intelligent Technologies *MODÉRATEURS* *Michelle Opiyo*, Ingénieure réseau principale, Workonline Communications *Jacob Dagunduro*, Responsable des services techniques, point d’échange Internet du Nigéria (IXPN) *LIVESTREAM FRANÇAIS http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering15 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering15>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3fFSEiF <https://bit.ly/3fFSEiF> *(EN/FR) (EN Closed Captions) *REAL TIME TEXT **https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC* <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC> (EN) *TWITTER #IPeerinAfrica <https://bit.ly/IPeerInAfrica> @AfPIF @Af_IX @ISOC_Africa @blongwe Emmanuel Kwarteng @MainOneGH @benliquidkenya @RackCentre @wolcomm @Facebook @FLEXOPTIX @paixio @MicrosoftAfrica #captioned * *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive> *(EN) *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/afpeering15 <https://archive.org/details/afpeering15>* *SPONSORS* *FLEXOPTIX <https://www.flexoptix.net/>* | *Meta <https://meta.com/>* | *Microsoft <https://www.microsoft.com/>* | *Paix <https://paix.io/>* | *MainOne <https://www.mainone.net/>* | *Rack Centre <https://rack-centre.com/>* | *Workonline Communications <https://www.workonline.africa/>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -