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UbuntuNet

Planning Workshop amongst IEEAF, RENU and UbuntuNet Kampala, 16 – 17 October 2007. UbuntuNet. Duncan Martin. What is UbuntuNet?. Organisation Purpose Strategy Projects. UbuntuNet: organisation. Born at WSIS in 2005 Incorporated in 2006 in Amsterdam Non-profit association

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UbuntuNet

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  1. Planning Workshop amongst IEEAF, RENU and UbuntuNet Kampala,16 – 17 October 2007 UbuntuNet Duncan Martin

  2. What is UbuntuNet? • Organisation • Purpose • Strategy • Projects

  3. UbuntuNet: organisation • Born at WSIS in 2005 • Incorporated in 2006 in Amsterdam • Non-profit association • Members are African NRENs • KENET, MAREN, MoRENet, RwEdNet, SUIN, TENET • Soon also RENU, TERNET, ZAMNET, others • Board of 9 directors • Chairperson: Prof Zimani D Kadzamira • Company Secretary: Margaret Ngwira • Development plan • Establish services and concomitant revenue • Establish home base in Nairobi • Appoint CEO, technical officer, admin officer

  4. UbuntuNet: purpose • Develop and improve connectivity between member NRENs and • other member NRENs • other RENs worldwide • the Internet generally. • Provide related auxiliary services to member NRENs • Develop the knowledge and skills of ICT practitioners in universities and research institutions in the region

  5. UbuntuNet: strategy • Focus on optical fibre • Help manage the migration from VSAT • Develop UbuntuNet regional backbone • Vision: REN backbone for Sub-Saharan Africa • Strategy: Develop sub-regional “clusters” • Reality: Not one cross-border link realised yet • Worldwide REN connectivity • The vision: High-speed connectivity to the World • The reality: No submarine cables; no backhaul • BUT: what about the SEACOM? IEEAF? • The Géant connection • Tunneled connections to Géant for all institutions • Connect via an UbuntuNet hub in Europe

  6. EG ET SD KE Southern TZ ZM UG Northern TZ NA MW BW RW MZ SA SW LS Projects: Cluster development UbuntuNet East Cluster UbuntuNet South Cluster

  7. Projects: The Géant connection Géant GeneralInternet UbuntuNet router

  8. Completed tasks • ASN, IPv4 and IPv6 address space from AfriNIC • CISCO 7606 router donated by CISCO • Installed in DANTE’s cage in Telecity, London • REN transit connection to Géant • To be organised in next few weeks • 1 Gb/s connection to LINX • Settlement-free peering with all comers • Internet transit • Soon • 1 Gb/s connection to Abilene

  9. Projects: Incorporating VSAT campuses UbuntuNet router Backhauls to London UbuntuNet routers at VSAT teleports in Europe VSAT-dependent campuses all over Africa

  10. Projects: Incorporate PHEA Bandwidth Consortium • Existing consortium of universities that buy VSAT capacity • 6 in Nigeria; 3 in Ghana, Makerere, Nairobi, Dar • Consortium initially created by PHEA • Located in AVU, Nairobi • Needs new home • Can UbuntuNet provide that new home? • IDRC and PHEA sounded out UbuntuNet • But UbuntuNet needs to establish capacity • Leadership from IDRC’s Steve Song • Matter being finalised

  11. Thanks for listening!

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