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Africa R&E Network Update
Winter 2012 Internet2 Joint Techs Meeting
Carlos Vicente Network Startup Resource Center
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 $197
Source: talk by Duncan Martin (TENET) at Science and Cyberinfrastructure in Africa workshop at NCAR, August 5-6, 2011
Africa NRENs
• Enhanced capacity from new fiber cables is driving REN buildout on national and regional scales.
• Virtually every country (even Somalia) has REN activities
• Not many RENs yet in operation in Sub Saharan Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa to date)
UbuntuNet Alliance • The regional REN in
eastern and southern Africa
• Non-profit association of member NRENs ! "#$%&'()'*+,-''"./"+0&.'()'"./(12(3-
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• No intra-connectivity yet – AfricaConnect (EU funded)
to fix that
Ubuntunet Internet Géant
TENET/ SANReN
KENET
TERNET
UbuntuNet, London
UbuntuNet, J
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
