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Open Access Conference14 – 16 November 2007Bagamoyo, Tanzania
Research and Education Networks in Africa – Creating an open access environment for
universities and research institutions
F F Tusubira, Don Riley, Ed Fantegrossi
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Contents• Part 1: Layers and Roles
• Part 2: UbuntuNet Alliance – Plans, Progress, and acknowledgements
• Part 3: UbuntuNet Alliance – New Initiatives working with IEEAF
• Conclusion
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Part 1: Layers and Roles – Many dimensions, many players
IEEAF, etc
UbuntuNet, etc
NREN National Infrastructure
Teachers, Researchers, Libraries,Classrooms, Labs, Management
Regional Infrastructure
Campus Infrastructure
Content Networks (Researchers,Libraries, Universities
Management)
Global REN Infrastructure
TERNET, etc
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Part 2: UbuntuNet – Context, Plans and Progress
• Ubuntu or Obuntu: - “I am because we are”• …Ubuntu is not just a philosophy – it is a way of
life that defines the relationship of the individual to the community and vice versa …
• … It recognises that individual good arises out of the community good and vice versa…
• …It is about the responsibility of caring for the general welfare, supporting others: development
• Obuntu means “the essence of humanity”; Omuntu means “a human being”
• Hence UbuntuNet Alliance
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What is UbuntuNet Alliance?
• …A registered organisation of NRENs (Inc. 2006)• …Sees an African continent holding its own as a
member of the global research and education community…
• … Through enabling the connectivity of national and regional RENs …
• … With sufficient and affordable connection to each other and the GII..preferably via fibre ...
• Current members: TENET, KENET, MoRENet, MAREN, RwEdNet, SUIN
• In process: TERNET, ZAMREN, RENU, Eb@le …
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Current Status (Eastern, Southern Africa)
Formal REN, advanced network and sufficient bandwidth: NONE
Formal REN and underlying infrastructure: Malawi, Mozambique, Kenya, South Africa, Sudan, other?
Formal REN but no underlying infrastructure: Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, DRC, other?
REN in formation: Uganda, other?
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Plans and Progress To-date (1)• Plans:
– Refine strategic plan and develop a master plan– Establish services and revenue-streams– Local registration and home base in Nairobi– Appoint full-time staff (CEO, Technical, Admin, etc)
• Completed tasks– Obtained IPv4 and IPv6 address space (AfriNIC)– Obtained a CISCO 7606 router donated by CISCO,
installed in DANTE’s cage in Telecity, London– REN transit connection to Géant
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Plans and Progress To-date (2)• To be set up:
– 1 Gb/s connection to LINX (https://www.linx.net/)– Settlement-free peering with all comers; includes
bilateral agreements between RENs– Internet transit– Connections to other networks, like Internet2– Also now working with IEEAF
• Working with the Bandwidth Consortium– Plans to merge activities and set up NOC– Ongoing discussions with IDRC and PHEA– Basis for a major connectivity proposal
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Plans and Progress To-date (3): Clusters
NA
South Cluster
Southern TZ
LS
BW
ZM
MW
MZSA
SW
East Cluster
UG
Northern TZ
KE
SD
ET
EG
RW
Ack: Duncan Martin, UbuntuNet
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Plans and Progress (4): VSAT Virtual RENsUbuntuNet
router
UbuntuNet routers at VSAT
teleports in Europe
VSAT-dependent
campuses all over Africa
Backhauls to London
Ack: Duncan Martin, UbuntuNet
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Plans and Progress (5): Connection to Géant
GéantGéantGeneral Internet
UbuntuNet router
Ack: Duncan Martin, UbuntuNet
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Appreciation to our supporters to-date• Sida• Cisco• KTH (Sweden)• DANTE• Open Society Institute• Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA)• TENET's FRENIA (Fostering Research and
Education Networking in Africa) Program, funded by The Andrew W Mellon Foundation.
• IDRC and Connectivity Africa• USAID• Partnership for Higher Education in Africa
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Part 3: UbuntuNet – New Initiative Working with IEEAF
• The IEEAF comes to us with their own “Ubuntu” vision: The Global Quilt
• They come not to own or to operate, but to enable
• They come bearing scraps of cloth to help make patches, and even some thread to help us make the stitches to sew the patches together
• They come to work alongside, as needed to help us realize our own quilt, as part of the bigger Global Quilt of RENs
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Global Quilt Initiative for Africa
"Non Nobis Solo” - Not by ourselves alone
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IEEAF Global Quilt
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Global Medical Research Exchanges (GMRE)•IEEAF - successful in getting donations for RENs because of partnership with the private sector.
•GMRE - The business driver that generates the donations to IEEAF Africa.
•GMRE brings investment for economic development that leverages the new infrastructure:
- to build open “technology exchange points”- to build data centers and technology R&D Parks- to generate “endowments” for the R&E community
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GMRE brings to bear:Lifetime Business Experiences Internationally in
Telcom & Energy Deregulation
Multi-national Corporate Migration Requirements
International Investment Banking Marketplace Interests
GMRE brings both personal and financial commitment from business:
$1.7 Billion Science & Technology Parks
Multi-National Corporate Clients.
Global Telcos as customers for the telecom donators to the IEEAF “as a thank you.”
Global Investment Bankers via NYC.
GMRE Brings Economic Drivers
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•Starts with International bandwidth coming to GMRE TEP
•Dark fiber for RENs
•Data Center
•Research Park
GMRE Technology Park Model
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GQI Multi-Layer Phasing
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Conclusion
• It is real, and it is happening, and UbuntuNet is committed to success of RENs in Africa.
• It is only possible through open multiple partnerships, both regional and global.
• “Be the Change you want to see in the world” – Mahatma Gandhi
• ASANTE SANA!