Partnership for Higher Education in Africa

Bandwidth consortium update

Rationale: Global Connectivity

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

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

Consortium Operation

African Virtual University

Universities Intelsat

Partnership Foundations

$1.3 million $2.6 million

$1.6

milli

on

93,000 kilobits per second of

bandwidth

1st year bandwidth allocations

InstitutionBandwidth 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

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%

Partnership for Higher Education