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From Philadelphia to Philadelphia: UbuntuNet Alliance ubuntunet

From Philadelphia to Philadelphia: UbuntuNet Alliance www.ubuntunet.net. F F “Tusu” Tusubira , ceo@ubuntunet.net. Contents. The Beginning.. The Alliance Today Current Operations Sustainability Fibre Opportunites mapped AfricaConnect : Filling the Regional Gaps. What we believe.

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From Philadelphia to Philadelphia: UbuntuNet Alliance ubuntunet

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  1. From Philadelphia to Philadelphia:UbuntuNet Alliancewww.ubuntunet.net F F “Tusu” Tusubira, ceo@ubuntunet.net

  2. Contents • The Beginning.. • The Alliance Today • Current Operations • Sustainability • FibreOpportunites mapped • AfricaConnect: Filling the Regional Gaps

  3. What we believe.. • “We know that we have it in ourselves as Africans, to change all this [the challenges we face]. We must assert our will to do so. We must say there is no obstacle big enough to stop us from bringing about an African renaissance.” • ...Nelson Mandela

  4. The beginning.. Mid 2005: High cost of access; Availability of terrestrial fibre; EASSy cable plans: catalysts Embryonic/ developing NRENs in 5 countries (KENET, MAREN, MoRENet, RwEdNet, TENET) Side meeting of Africans and Friends (Chaired by Steve Song; supported by PHEA and IDRC): RREN Mooted Informal chat among African pioneers in the lobby, Duncan Martin of TENET mooted the name “Ubuntu” UbuntuNetAlliance Incorporated in March 2006.

  5. The Alliance Today Eb@le, DRC EthERNet, Ethiopia iRENALA, Mozambique *KENET, Kenya *MAREN, Malawi *MoRENet, Mozambique XNet, Namibia *RwEdNet, Rwanda SomaliREN, Somalia SudREN, Sudan Southern Sudan (de facto) *TENET, South Africa TERNET, Tanzania RENU, Uganda ZAMREN, Zambia Alliance Membership (14)

  6. Current Operations Internet • GÉANT AMS-IX LINX UbuntuNet, Amsterdam UbuntuNet, London KENET 5Gbps, WACS TERNET ZAMREN 10Gbps, SEACOM MoRENet TENET UbuntuNet,Mtunzini

  7. HartRAO to JIVE light path • 2 Gbps light path • Transfers e-VLBI data in real time • HartRAO (Hartebeesthoek Radio-Astronomy Observatory, South Africa) • JIVE: (e-VLBI Dataprocessing at Zwingeloo, Netherlands) Géant+ UbuntuNet TENET SurfNet HartRAO SurfNet

  8. Financial Sustainability:A Key Principle

  9. Fibre opportunities mapped..

  10. AfricaConnect: Filling part of the regional connectivity gap

  11. Terrestrial Ring: Nairobi  Kampala  Kigali  Dar Khartoum Kinshasa Kampala Nairobi Backbone:Kinshasa  Mtunzini. Kigali Mombasa Dar es Salaam Lusaka Blantyre Windhoek Maputo Backbone:Windhoek Mtunzini Backbone Ring: Nairobi  Dar  Maputo  Mtunzini Cape Town Mtunzini AfricaConnect: Filling part of the regional connectivity gap

  12. . . . . . . . . UbuntuNet Member NRENs AfricaConnect: Contractual Arrangements

  13. AfricaConnect: Financing • NRENs must come up with €2.8 million • Each NREN asked to commit to €280k • Treated as advance payments for services to be rendered by UbuntuNet • Incentive: dicsounted prices for those who pay in advance

  14. “When the webs of a spider combine, they can trap a lion” – Ethiopian proverb To Our Many Friend: PHEA, IDRC, OSISA, FRENIA (ANDREW MELLON), USAID, IEEAF, EUC, AAU, Cisco, SEACOM, NSRC.. We say:Asante Sana! Murakoze! ZikomoKwambili! NatondioMingi!Thank you! MerciBeaucoup!

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