1. Iman Abuel Maaly, Vice-Chair, UbuntuNet Alliance, Sudan Iman Abuel Maaly, Vice-Chair, UbuntuNet Alliance, Sudan 12-13 December 2012, Dubai, UAE

3. 1.Eb@le, DRC 2.EthERNet, Ethiopia 3.iRENALA, Madagascar 4.*KENET, Kenya 5.*MAREN, Malawi 6.*MoRENet, Mozambique 7.XNet, Namibia 8.*RwEdNet, Rwanda 9.SomaliREN, Somalia 10.SudREN, Sudan 11.Southern Sudan (de facto) 12.*TENET, South Africa 13.TERNET, Tanzania 14.RENU, Uganda 15.ZAMREN, Zambia Alliance Membership (14)

4. UbuntuNet, London Internet UbuntuNet, Mtunzini LINX GÉANT AMS-IX UbuntuNet, Amsterdam MoRENet KENET TENET TERNET ZAMREN 10Gbps, SEACOM 5Gbps, WACS SudREN

5. 2 Gbps light path Transfers e-VLBI data in real time HartRAO (Hartebeesthoek Radio-Astronomy Observatory, South Africa) JIVE: (e-VLBI Data processing at "D“ wingeloo, Netherlands) UbuntuNet Géant+ TENET SurfNet HartRAO SurfNet

7. SLIDE 7 The Research and Education Network for sub-Saharan Africa

8. SLIDE 8 The Research and Education Network for sub-Saharan Africa Lusaka Blantyre Nairobi Mombasa Dar es Salaam Kampala Kigali Maputo Mtunzini Windhoek Kinshasa Terrestrial Ring: Nairobi  Kampala  Kigali  Dar Backbone Ring: Nairobi  Dar  Maputo  Mtunzini Backbone: Windhoek  Mtunzini Backbone: Kinshasa  Mtunzini. Khartoum Cape Town

9. The Twinning umbrella Secondment of experts to NRENs Attachment to advanced networks Workshops to address common capacity building needs (online as much as possible) Implementation of AfricaConnect Establishment of a regional online lab Working with identified universities to improve engineering curricula

10. 1. African Transit Service (IPv4 or IPv6): IP Interconnectivity within Africa with other UbuntuNet NRENs and African commodity peers and transits 2. Global Transit Service (IPv4 of IPv6): IP Interconnectivity worldwide withRegional RENs the Internet (delivered at LINX, AMSIX)

11. 3. Intercontinental Connectivity Service: Layer 2 Interconnectivity between Africa and Europe (UbuntuNet Backbone Hub in Africa to UbuntuNet Hub in Amsterdam or London) 4. Intercontinental Restoration Service: Protects individual specified circuit in the event of submarine cable outage

13. The Real Need – many universities still pay >$2,000 per Mbps/month (target: <$100); Development opportunity: reaching out to all levels of education; Market impact/ dividend: negotiated reduction in BW cost will drive the entire BW market; Alliance community commitment: Already raisied > €1.2m of our contribution; Policy level awareness of benefits in Africa EUC support and goodwill