WAF-IX

Launch of West Africa Internet Exchange

Posted by peering@wafix.net on May 24, 2019 | Featured | No Comments

West Africa’s largest data centre provider, MDXI and global IXP platform provider, Asteroid have partnered to launch a carrier-neutral Internet Exchange Point (IXP) for West Africa. The West African Internet Exchange (WAF-IX), is based on Asteroid’s lightweight design and will … Read More

Tags: Asteroid, carrier-neutral, Internet Exchange, Internet Exchange Point, Remco van Mook, Vremudia Oghene-Ruemu, WAF-IX, West African Internet Exchange

Avanti Communications connects to WAF-IX

Posted by peering@wafix.net on May 2, 2019 | Featured | No Comments

We welcome Avanti Communications to the West African Internet Exchange. Avanti is our third peer following Cloudflare and MainOne within a month of launching WAF-IX. Avanti’s satellite technology delivers always-on, fast consumer broadband adopting the latest Ka-band satellite technology to … Read More

Tags: Avanti, Interconnection, IXP, Nigeria, WAF-IX