Nigeria will host the African Peering and Interconnection Forum (AfPIF) for the first time from August 19 – 21, 2025, underscoring the country’s rising status as a continental connectivity hub. The Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN), which earlier this year surpassed 1 terabit per second of peak traffic, is at the center of this shift, signaling the growing ability to keep African internet traffic within Africa.
Organized by the Internet Society and the African IXP Association, AfPIF will gather global and African leaders in network operations, data centers, subsea cable systems, cloud platforms, and content delivery to address one of the continent’s biggest digital challenges: reducing its dependence on routing traffic through hubs in Europe and the Middle East.
“Hosting AfPIF 2025 is more than an honor for Nigeria – it’s an opportunity to shape the future of Africa’s internet,” said Muhammed Rudman, Chief Executive Officer of IXPN. “This is our moment to show that Africa can keep its traffic, its value, and its innovation within its own borders. By bringing together the global and African interconnection community in Lagos, we are building the relationships, infrastructure, and trust that will define the continent’s digital economy for decades to come.”
“As co-host of AfPIF 2025, Rack Centre is proud to welcome the global interconnection community to Lagos,” said Lars Johannisson, Chief Executive Officer, Rack Centre. “Our role as a carrier-neutral data center is to provide the resilient, scalable infrastructure that enables peering, cloud growth, and content delivery across Africa. AfPIF is the perfect platform to showcase how Nigeria can anchor the continent’s interconnection future, driving lower costs, better performance, and greater digital sovereignty.”
The forum comes as almost 70% of Africa’s internet traffic still leaves the continent before returning, driving up costs, slowing performance, and exposing sensitive data to multiple jurisdictions. IXPN’s rapid growth mirrors success stories like Indonesia’s OpenIXP, which has anchored entire digital ecosystems and attracted global cloud and content players.
Nigeria’s hosting of AfPIF will focus attention on building the infrastructure and policy environment to transform Lagos from West Africa’s main exchange into a pan-African interconnection capital, integrating colocation facilities, regulatory alignment, cloud incentives, and stronger cross-border links with Ghana, Senegal, and Côte d’Ivoire.
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