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Digital Divide, eGY-Africa and the way forward

Digital Divide, eGY-Africa and the way forward. Victor CHUKWUMA 1 , Babatunde RABIU 2 , Monique PETITDIDIER 3 , Les COTTRELL 4 , Charles BARTON 5 , 1 Department of Physics, Olabisi Onabanjo University, PO Box 351, Ago- Iwoye Ogun State, NIGERIA

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Digital Divide, eGY-Africa and the way forward

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  1. Digital Divide, eGY-Africa and the way forward Victor CHUKWUMA1, Babatunde RABIU2, Monique PETITDIDIER3, Les COTTRELL4, Charles BARTON5, 1 Department of Physics, OlabisiOnabanjo University, PO Box 351, Ago-Iwoye Ogun State, NIGERIA Tel: +234 805 5075 270, Email: victorchukwuma@yahoo.com 2Department of Physics,Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria. Tel: +234 803 070 5787, Email: tunderabiu@yahoo.com 3 LaboratoireAtmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales, 10-12 Avenue de l'Europe, 78140 Velizy, France. Email: monique.petitdidier@latmos.ipsl.fr 4Stanford Linear Accelerator, Computer Services, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, 2575 Sand Hill Rd, M/S 97, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA Tel: +1 650 926 2523, Email: cottrell@slac.stanford.edu 5Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200., Australia Tel: +61 2 62737477, Fax: + 61 2 6257 2737, Email: cebarton@gmail.com

  2. Research and higher education in Africa • Most research carried out in higher education institutions • Almost entirely financed by government • Lack of resources (infrastructure, equipment, financial and other incentives) • Little university-industry linkage • Isolation of researchers/research teams • Tertiary gross enrolment rate: 5% (World average: 24%; North America + Europe: 70%) • 600+ higher education institutions • As at May 2009, Association of African Universities has 213 members from the following 45 African countries. • Aging faculty • Brain drain

  3. Targets of eGY-Africa • Reverse digital divide between Africa and industrialized countries. • Brain drain • Need to reduce brain drain as result of frustration (lack of intellectual reward due to isolation) • Brain gain • Tap potential of diaspora for its contribution to African development • Massification • Blended distance learning as one response to the problem • Scarce resources • Need to share (not only information, knowledge, pedagogical resources, etc. but also human resources) • Regional/continental integration • Collaboration with AAU

  4. Update on the internet penetration

  5. Update on the internet penetration 2

  6. Update on the internet penetration 3

  7. AAU member-Universities and Internet Usage in Africa

  8. AAU member-Universities and Internet Usage in Africa 2

  9. Collaborations with NRENs in Africa • Established NRENs:TENET (South Africa), KENET (Kenya), MAREN (Malawi),EUN Egypt), MARWAN (Morocco), RNU (Tunisia) ,CERIST (Algeria) • New NRENs (UbuntuNet momentum): Eb@le (DRC), MoRENet (Mozambique),RENU (Uganda), RwNet (Rwanda),SUIN (Sudan),TERNET (Tanzania) • Emerging NRENS: ZAMREN (Zambia), NAMREN (Namibia), NgREN (Nigeria, Commitment of 10s of VCs to have it established by end of 2008), GARNET (Ghana),Cameroonian REN (embryo exists with RIC),Senegal (RENER), Côte d'Ivoire

  10. Collaborations with UbuntNet AllianceConnected to GEANT since January 2008 through 1 Gbps link • Formal REN, advanced network and sufficient bandwidth: NONE • Formal REN and underlying operational infrastructure: Kenya, South Africa, Sudan • Formal REN but no underlying operational infrastructure: Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, DRC, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique • REN in formation: Botswana, Swaziland, • Lesotho, Ethiopia, Namibia, Somalia, Eritrea

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