Africa R&E Network Update - Internet2 in Africa - 2011 Month Location Event March Ghana Association of African Universities (AAU) Network Assistance April Senegal Campus Networking

Africa R&E Network Update

Winter 2012 Internet2 Joint Techs Meeting

Carlos Vicente Network Startup Resource Center

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Why Africa?

Africa: A hotbed of NREN Activity •  Sub Saharan Africa has historically not

been well connected •  As of two years ago, we had

– 1 low capacity (120 gig) cable serving all of South and West Africa

– No fiber in East Africa – Satellite connections dominate – Bandwidth costs $3000 - $12,000/megabit

•  Connectivity is improving rapidly

2009

GLO1

Now

2013

Kenya (KENET) Example

Source: talk by Kevin Chege (KENET) at Science and Cyberinfrastructure in Africa workshop at NCAR, August 5-6, 2011

South Africa (TENET) Example Start Date Platform

Charge per Mbps $1USD = R7

2001-03-01 Satellite R 52,425 $7490 2003-08-25 SAT-3 R 60,545 $8650 2005-08-25 SAT-3 R 21,428 $3060 2006-08-10 SAT-3 R 20,184 $2880 2007-04-01 SAT-3 R 21,025 $3000 2008-01-01 SAT-3 R 15,045 $2150 2008-06-01 SAT-3 R 14,245 $2035 2009-10-01 SAT-3 R 13,375 $1910 2010-01-01 SEACOM R 1,380 $197 2011-01-01 SEACOM R 1,380 $197

Source: talk by Duncan Martin (TENET) at Science and Cyberinfrastructure in Africa workshop at NCAR, August 5-6, 2011

Africa NRENs

•  Enhanced capacity from new fiber cables is driving REN buildout on national and regional scales.

•  Virtually every country (even Somalia) has REN activities

•  Not many RENs yet in operation in Sub Saharan Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa to date)

UbuntuNet Alliance •  The regional REN in

eastern and southern Africa

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•  No intra-connectivity yet –  AfricaConnect (EU funded)

to fix that

Ubuntunet Internet Géant

TENET/ SANReN

KENET

TERNET

UbuntuNet, London

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UbuntuNet,

UbuntuNet, Johannesburg

10Gbps

LINX

•  West and Central African Regional REN –  Still in the works –  Benin, Burkina Faso,

Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo

–  Will participate in AfricaConnect project

–  NOC will be in Dakar, Senegal (SenRER)

NSRC in Africa - 2011 Month Location Event March Ghana Association of African Universities (AAU)

Network Assistance April Senegal Campus Networking at UCAD May Kenya DNSSEC with KENIC May-June Tanzania African Network Operators Group (AfNOG) June Kenya Wireless and R&E Networking July Nigeria NREN Design Workshop October Malawi AfChix Unix Systems Administration October Senegal Network Monitoring & DNSSEC November Ghana Campus Netwoking Workshop at KNUST

Ghana •  Ghanaian Academic and Research

Network (GARNET) –  Founding members: UG, KNUST, UCC,

UDSL, UEW, UMaT

•  Very close to operational status –  Will start with 17 institutions, connecting

groups of 5 in a phased approach –  Will leverage Vodafone’s MPLS cloud –  Cost has been a slowing factor

•  Intention is to connect to WACREN eventually

•  In 2011 NSRC provided training, technical assistance, network equipment and books

GARNET

Kumasi, Ghana 2011

Network Startup Resource Center

•  NSRC enhances network operations globally, making it easier for US scientists to collaborate with international partners

•  Builds goodwill for NSF and US scientists collaborating with R&E sites and network training facilities throughout the less-connected areas of the world

Thanks

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