Partnership for Higher Education in Africa

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Partnership for Higher Education in Africa
Bandwidth consortium update
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Rationale Global Connectivity
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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

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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

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Consortium Operation
93,000 kilobits per second of bandwidth
1.3 million
2.6 million
African Virtual University
Universities
Intelsat
1.6 million
Partnership Foundations
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1st year bandwidth allocations
Institution Bandwidth Purchase (Kbps) Bandwidth Subsidy from Partnership (Kbps) TOTALBandwidth for site (Kbps)
AAU 512 500 1012
KENET 5000 2000 7000
UEW (Winneba) 5888 2000 7888
Eduardo Mondlane 8500 4000 12500
Dar - es Salaam 5000 4000 9000
Ahmadu Bello 2560 4000 6560
Port Harcourt 2560 2500 5060
Ghana 5120 4000 9120
Bayero 2048 2500 4548
Obafemi Awolowo 2560 4000 6560
Jos 2560 4000 6560
Ibadan 3840 4000 7840
Makerere 5000 5000 10000
     
TOTAL 51148 42500 93648
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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
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Partnership for Higher Education