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<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#DDDDDD" style="width:100%;background:rgb(221,221,221)"><tbody><tr><td><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" style="width:100%;padding:10px"><tbody><tr><td><div style="direction:ltr;max-width:600px;margin:0px auto;overflow:hidden"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="width:100%;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);max-width:1024px;min-width:320px;margin:0px auto"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="20" bgcolor="#ffffff"><tbody><tr><td><table style="width:100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><div style="direction:ltr;margin-top:1em;max-width:560px">
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocafrinic" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://isoc.live/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/MoU-Afrinic-isoc-300x169.png" alt="livestream" width="300" height="169" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; clear: both; float: right; margin-left: 1em; padding: 4px; border: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);"></a>On <strong>July 24 July 2020</strong> the<strong> <a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/" target="_blank">Internet Society</a></strong>, a global non-profit organization dedicated to ensuring the open development, evolution, and use of the Internet, and <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://afrinic.org" target="_blank">AFRINIC</a></strong>, the Regional Internet Registry (RIR) for the African region, announced the launch of a new collaborative effort, <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/news/press-releases/2020/the-internet-society-and-afrinic-launch-africa-internet-measurements-collaboration/" target="_blank">Africa Internet Measurements</a></strong>. This collaborative effort, a key component of the Internet Society’s <strong><a style="color:rgb(37,133,178)" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/issues/measurement/" target="_blank">Measuring the Internet</a></strong> project, builds upon a strategic, long-term partnership agreement held between both organizations aimed at strengthening continent-wide collaboration to drive the development of the Internet in Africa through projects and research related to Internet measurements, Internet resilience, routing security, open Internet standards, and Internet Exchange Points (IXPs).</p>
<p style="direction:ltr;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4em;color:rgb(68,68,68);font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;margin:0px 0px 1em"><strong>SIGNERS</strong><br><strong>Dawit Bekele</strong>, Regional Vice President - Africa, Internet Society<br><strong>Eddy Mabano Kayihura</strong>, CEO, AFRINIC</p>
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