1. Partnership for Higher Education in Africa Bandwidth consortium update

2. Rationale: Global Connectivity

3. Bandwidth Consortium Members GHANA -Association of African Universities -University of Education, Winneba -University of Ghana MOZAMBIQUE -Eduardo Mondlane University UGANDA -Makerere University NIGERIA -Ahmadu Bello University -Bayero University -Obafemi Awolowo University -University of Ibadan -University of Jos -University Port Harcourt TANZANIA -University of Dar es Salaam KENYA -KENET

4. Partnership Bandwidth Grants African Virtual University ($5 million over three years) to buy bandwidth Tertiary Education Network of South Africa ($640,000 over three years) to improve bandwidth management

5. Consortium Operation African Virtual University UniversitiesIntelsat Partnership Foundations $1.3 million$2.6 million $1.6 million 93,000 kilobits per second of bandwidth

6. 1 st year bandwidth allocations Institution Bandwidth Purchase (Kbps) Bandwidth Subsidy from Partnership (Kbps) TOTAL Bandwidth for site (Kbps) AAU5125001012 KENET500020007000 UEW (Winneba)588820007888 Eduardo Mondlane8500400012500 Dar - es Salaam500040009000 Ahmadu Bello256040006560 Port Harcourt256025005060 Ghana512040009120 Bayero204825004548 Obafemi Awolowo256040006560 Jos256040006560 Ibadan384040007840 Makerere5000 10000 TOTAL511484250093648

7. Improved Bandwidth Supply Before bandwidth consortium After bandwidth consortium Total bandwidth of consortium universities 36,000 kbps (today) (only 12,000 kbps as of Jan 2004) 93,000 kbps Avg. cost per kbps of bandwidth $7.3$2.33 Bandwidth demand met 33%86%

8. Partnership for Higher Education