Africa’s Digital Dream Africa’s Digital Dream Saturday, 09.09.2006

Kai U. WulffManaging Director

Kai U. WulffManaging Director

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Status UpdateStatus Update

• Current Network– Coverage of 48 Towns in Kenya

• Footprints– UG– TZ– DRC– Southern Sudan

• Butterfly Network– Coverage expected bee seamless by 2007

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Status UpdateStatus Update

• Our Promises– Coverage of 20 Towns in Kenya

Nakuru

Kisumu

Nairobi

Mombasa

Nanyuki

Embu

Eldoret

Nyeri

Malindi

Meru

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Status UpdateStatus Update

• All the Major ISPs in Kenya

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Status UpdateStatus Update

• International Gateways (currently 6 doing 70% of Kenyas international traffic)

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Status UpdateStatus Update

• Current Network– Coverage of 48 Towns in Kenya

• Regional Expansion– Purchase of InfoCom Uganda– Partnering with SatCoNet in TZ

• Pan African Expansion– DRC setup with W3K, full Wimax overlay end

2006– Congo B planned Jan 2007– 13 more countries under negotiation

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KDN Fiber Rollout existing and plannedKDN Fiber Rollout existing and planned

Submarine Fiber

NakuruKisumu

EldoretTororoUganda

Nairobi

Mombasa

160km

160km

340km

160km

165km

155km

To Moyale

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Phase II planned Phase II planned

Arusha

Mombasa

Lunga Lunga

Dar es Salaam

Namanga

Nairobi

164 km

104 km

KDN

under construction

366 km

174 km

109 km--

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266 km

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163 km

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69 km

273

km

TOTAL LENGTH: NAIROBI - DAR ES SALAAM 917 KM

TOTAL LENGTH: DAR ES SALAAM - MOMBASA 429 KM

TOTAL LENGTH OPTIONAL (about A7 AND A14)DAR ES SALAAM - MOMBASA 505 KM

TOTAL LENGTH OPTIONAL DAR ES SALAAM - MOMBASA 907 KM

290 km

Moshi

Korogwe

Chalinze

Bagamoyo

Tanga

PanganiSegera

Mssata

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EASSy Fiber or FLAG directEASSy Fiber or FLAG direct

Zanzibar

Malaba

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Our Commitment to AfricaOur Commitment to Africa

• Provided a data connection to the Kenya Network Information Centre – Kenic, free of charge.

• Planned connection on fiber for the East African IXPs

• Connected various Government Buildings • Operated a unique Internship Programme• We are exploring a Micro Finance based

School sponsoring program

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CommitmentsCommitments• Metro Fiber

– High Quality/High Speed affordable data infrastructure linking the business district to the EPZ, more than 200KM already deployed in 2 cities and 2 towns, last mile will be ADSL2+ 25 000 connections within the next 12 month

• Roll-out Wi-Fi technology– Cover 3 cities and 12 towns plus using Wi-Fi as last mile extension

within 18 months

• Roll-out Wi-Max technology– Cover KE, UG and TZ within 18 months

• National Fiber Backbone– Linking Mombasa to Busia– Inter-connecting with UG and TZ

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Commitments continuedCommitments continued• 802.16e

– Overlaying our existing network with a seamless 802.16e mobile Wimax network to offer to other carriers

• CDMA– Under review, closely bound to frequency

acquisitionUniversal Access

• Covering 80% of (East) Africa’s population withaffordable voice/data access technology

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What we want from youWhat we want from you• Social Responsibility

– What are you buying and what impact will it have to your market

• Market Intelligence– We have to change our market by driving the sector rather

than being drive.

• Focussed Education– HR ressources to serve the market demand

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Asanteni

Sana

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