AF-CIX Sponsors African Peering, Interconnection Forum In Ghana

AF-CIX, an interconnect  platform hosted in Rack Centre aimed at boosting internet speed in Nigeria, is sponsoring the 2023 African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) in Ghana.

AF-CIX also improves network performance for internet service providers, content delivery networks, cloud providers and enterprises.

The event is scheduled for 22 – 24 August 2023 at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra, Ghana. Stakeholders from the global data and connectivity industry will grace the Forum.

Speaking on the support of AF-CIX for the Forum, the Head of Peering and Exchange Platforms, Obinna Adumike, said, “We are glad proud to be a silver sponsor for the 2023 African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) billed to hold in Ghana. The choice to sponsor this event is in line with our business objective of endorsing the enhancement of interconnection in Africa. We are dedicated to promoting traffic localisation, cost efficiency, resiliency, and security for ISPs, CCPs and Enterprises. As we are all aware, today’s world heavily relies on interconnectivity.

The decision to sponsor the event aligns with our business objective of supporting the growth of interconnection in Africa. We are committed to driving traffic localisation, cost efficiency resilience and security and for our networks and enterprise businesses, resilience and security. As we all know, today’s world largely depends on interconnectivity”.

According to him, “AF-CIX provides a platform for peering interconnection services between service providers, cloud and content providers, Content Delivery Networks and Enterprise business. Beyond traffic growth and localization, we provide the enablement for next level digital adoption, low latency cloud adoption and functional traffic engineering for participants. He stated that with the interconnect platform, participants or including businesses enterprises would enjoy the largest aggregation of cloud, content, and network service providers. The platform was launched in March 2023 and already has over 20 Participants”.