Day 1: 17 June 2026
All times are in UTC/GMT
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:45
Introduction
House Keeping Rules
Co-Chairs
09:45 – 10:45
Formal Opening Session
10:45 – 11:00
Family Picture and Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:00
Session 1: West Africa’s Data Center Landscape
12:00 – 13:00
Session 2: Internet Exchange Point Growth, Challenges and Solutions
13:00 – 13:15
Peering Personal #1
13:15 – 14:45
Networking and Lunch
14:45 – 15:45
Session 3
Topics:
1. Tools and Automation
- Peeringdb
- IXP manager
- RIPE ATLAS
2. Peering and Interconnection Best Practice Case
1. Tools and Automation
- Peeringdb
- IXP manager
- RIPE ATLAS
2. Peering and Interconnection Best Practice Case
15:45 – 16:00
Peering Personal #2
16:00 – 16:15
Coffee Break
16:15 – 16:45
Session 4: Policy, Regulation, and the Internet Ecosystem: Are We Enabling or Inhibiting Growth?
16:45 – 17:00
Closing
Conclusion
Announcements
Gala Dinner
Co-Chairs
Announcements
Gala Dinner
Day 2: 18 June 2026
All times are in UTC/GMT
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:30
Peering Bilaterals #2
09:30 – 09:45
Recap Day 1
Co-Chairs
09:45 – 11:15
Session 5
Topics:
1. The state of Internet Interconnection in West Africa
2. Sovereignty and Localization
3. Panel: More local Content, Low-cost Bandwidth, What to Do?
1. The state of Internet Interconnection in West Africa
2. Sovereignty and Localization
3. Panel: More local Content, Low-cost Bandwidth, What to Do?
11:15 – 11:30
Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:30
Session 6: Engineering Equity - Women Engineers Breaking Barriers
12:30 – 13:00
Session 7: Innovation and Peering industry
Topics:
1. Open Fiber Optic Data Standard
2. AI, IoT, and 5G: What They Mean for Peering in Africa?
3. Pulse report on West Africa countries and data localization
1. Open Fiber Optic Data Standard
2. AI, IoT, and 5G: What They Mean for Peering in Africa?
3. Pulse report on West Africa countries and data localization
13:00 – 13:15
Peering Personal #3
13:15 – 14:45
Networking and Lunch
14:45 – 15:45
Session 8
Emerging Trends
AF-IX Update
AF-IX Update
15:45 – 16:00
Peering Personal #4
16:00 – 16:15
Coffee Break
16:15 – 16:45
Lightning Talks
1. AFRINIC Update
2. IXP in Benin Update
3. ccTld .nj Update
4. ICANN Update
2. IXP in Benin Update
3. ccTld .nj Update
4. ICANN Update
16:45 – 17:00
Wrap up Session
WAPF 2027 Host Country Announcement
Statistics of the Event
Closing Session
Statistics of the Event
Closing Session
17:00
Closing Cocktail (TBC)
Day 3: 19 June 2026
All times are in UTC/GMT
09:30
Benin Tour
- sites des Vaudouns Days,
- Temple des Pythons,
- Porte du Non-Retour,
- Musée de la Fondation Zinsou,
- Mémorial Zoungbodji
- Temple des Pythons,
- Porte du Non-Retour,
- Musée de la Fondation Zinsou,
- Mémorial Zoungbodji
