Day 1: 17 June 2026
All times are in UTC/GMT+1
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:45
Introduction
House Keeping Rules
Co-Chairs
09:45 – 11:45
Formal Opening Session
1. Welcome remarks, Internet society Benin Chapter
2. Welcome remarks, Local host representative
3. Welcome remarks, Representative of Benin Internet Ecosystem
4. Formal opening declaration
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Panel: Policy, Regulation, and the Internet Ecosystem: Are We Enabling or Inhibiting Growth?
Panelists: Benin, Côte Ivoire, Ghana, and AMS-IX representative; Moderator: Jean Baptiste Milogo
2. Welcome remarks, Local host representative
3. Welcome remarks, Representative of Benin Internet Ecosystem
4. Formal opening declaration
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Panel: Policy, Regulation, and the Internet Ecosystem: Are We Enabling or Inhibiting Growth?
11:45 – 12:15
Family Picture and Coffee Break
12:15 – 12:45
Session 1
Presentation - Q & A
Topic: How to build your first Optical Network: A look into Open DWDM
Speaker: Mark Tinka / TransmissionCo
Topic: How to build your first Optical Network: A look into Open DWDM
12:45 – 13:15
Session 2
Presentation - Q & A
Topic: The Cost of Downtime: Network Resilience as AI Scales
Speaker : Samuel Yameul Owusu Yeboah, CTO CSquared Ghana
Topic: The Cost of Downtime: Network Resilience as AI Scales
13:15 – 13:30
Peering Personal #1
13:30 – 15:00
Networking and Lunch
15:00 – 16:00
Session 3
Panel Discussion
Topic: Deepening ASN and IPV6 adoption with enterprises in Africa
Panelists: ABBA Brice - AFRINIC, Ghislain Nkeramugaba - ISOC, Network Operator - Olawale Owoeye, Cedarview communication, IXP Operator - Silas Peprah , Accra-IX; Moderator: Temitope Osunrinde - Africa Hyperscalers
Topic: Deepening ASN and IPV6 adoption with enterprises in Africa
16:00 – 16:15
Peering Personal #2
16:15 – 16:35
Coffee Break
16:35 – 17:10
Session 4
Lightning talks
Carl Aniambossou: COTIX Update, Abba Brice: AFRINIC Update, Jean Baptiste Millogo: Open Fiber Data Standard
17:10 – 17:30
Closing
Conclusion
Announcements
Co-Chairs
Announcements
18:00
Gala Dinner
Day 2: 18 June 2026
All times are in UTC/GMT+1
08:00 – 09:00
Registration
09:00 – 09:10
Recap Day 1
Co-Chairs
09:10 – 10:40
Session 5
Presentation & Panel
Topic: PeeringDB as a tool for pering and interconnection growth
Panelist: Ben Ryal - Meta/Chair PeeringDB Outreach Committee, Kelechi Nsofor - Sales Director Digital Realty West Africa, Network Operator - Samuel Yameul Owusu Yeboah, CTO CSquared Ghana; Moderator: Obinna Adumike - Head Converged Digital Infrastructure Africa
Topic: PeeringDB as a tool for pering and interconnection growth
10:40 – 11:10
Session 6
Presentation - Q & A
Topic: The Sovereignty Imperative
Speaker: Ayomide Jones - EMEA Business Development Manager, West Africa Equinix
Topic: The Sovereignty Imperative
11:10 – 11:40
Coffee Break
11:40 – 12:10
Session 7
Presentation - Q & A
Topic: IXPN, Banks & Fintechs
Speaker: Raphael Iloka -Marketing Manager Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria
Topic: IXPN, Banks & Fintechs
12:10 – 12:40
Session 8
Presentation - Q & A
Topic: Shared Infrastructure to Address West Africa’s Internet Penetration Gap
Speaker: Israel Ogboi (Telecables Nigeria by Angola Cables)
Topic: Shared Infrastructure to Address West Africa’s Internet Penetration Gap
12:40 – 13:10
Session 9
Presentation - Q & A
Topic: Beyond Peering: Strengthening DNS, DNS Ecosystem Security, and Operational Resilience in West Africa
Speaker: Yazid Akanho (ICANN)
Topic: Beyond Peering: Strengthening DNS, DNS Ecosystem Security, and Operational Resilience in West Africa
13:10 – 13:30
Peering personal #3
13:30 – 15:00
Networking & Lunch
15:00 – 16:00
Session 10
Panel Discussion
Topic: Internet peering as a lever for economic growth and national competitiveness in Benin
Panelist: APIEx, Banque Mondiale, ISOCEL, Concentrix; Moderator: Herve Hounzandji
Topic: Internet peering as a lever for economic growth and national competitiveness in Benin
16:00 – 16:15
Peering personal #4
16:15 – 16:35
Coffee Break
16:35 – 17:10
Session 11
Lightning talks
Ghislain Nkeramugaba: The Peering Disconnect
Beau-Clair Isidore Vieira: Les éléments d’une politique et/ou d’une stratégie d’interconnexion des réseaux en Afrique en Afrique de l’Ouest
Cedrick Adrien Mbeyet: Central Africa Peering Forum Update
Ghislain Nkeramugaba: The Peering Disconnect
Beau-Clair Isidore Vieira: Les éléments d’une politique et/ou d’une stratégie d’interconnexion des réseaux en Afrique en Afrique de l’Ouest
Cedrick Adrien Mbeyet: Central Africa Peering Forum Update
17:10 – 17:30
Wrap up Session/ WAPF 2027 Updates
Statistics of the event - WAPF 2027 Country announcement
Closing Session
Co-Chairs
Closing Session
17:30
Closing cocktail (TBC)
Day 3: 19 June 2026
All times are in UTC/GMT+1
08:00
Benin Tour
- sites des Vaudouns Days, - Temple des Pythons,
- Porte du Non-Retour,
- Musée de la Fondation Zinsou,
- Mémorial Zoungbodji
- Porte du Non-Retour,
- Musée de la Fondation Zinsou,
- Mémorial Zoungbodji
