Central Africa Peering Forum 2022

Overcoming the Obstacles to Development of Peering and Interconnection Infrastructures in Central Africa

The Central Africa Peering Forum is an important event in the peering and interconnection ecosystem of the central Africa sub-region.

For the 2022 edition, the event was held online on 28 April 2022 at 14:00 UTC/GMT. We discussed how to meet the challenges of developing the peering and interconnection infrastructure in the sub-region and examine Internet exchange points (IXPs), submarine landing stations, and carrier hubs and data centers in the sub-region.

This event was supported by the Internet Society.

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Speakers and panelists

Chancelle Mbara Nkoussou

Head of Prospective Services, Post & Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency (ARPCE)

Chancelle Mbara Nkoussou is a Telecoms Engineer by training, and Head of Prospective Services at the Post & Electronic Communications Regulatory Agency (ARPCE) of the Republic of Congo. She is… Read more

Eustache Safari

Founder and Director, MDICIS Simplified Joint Stock Company

Eustache Safari is the Founder and Director of MDICIS Simplified Joint Stock Company, which specializes in the development of applications and content creation. Before MDICIS, while still a student, he… Read more

Guichard Tsangou

Director of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Economy, Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)

Guichard Tsangou is the Director of Posts, Telecommunications and Digital Economy at the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS). Among other things, he is in charge of the development… Read more

Landry Lingombe

Head of the Gabon Internet Exchange Point, GAB-IX

Landry Lingombe is the head of the Gabon Internet Exchange Point (GAB-IX). Having trained as an engineer, he has contributed to several projects such as the National Gabonese Backbone (BNG),… Read more

Samuel Triolet

Head of Partnership and a Peering evangelist, FranceIX

Samuel Triolet is an Economist by training, currently working at FranceIX which is France's Internet exchange point as the Head of Partnership and a Peering evangelist since 2020. Before joining… Read more