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TowardsensuringNRENsustainabilityinWACREN
OmoOAIYACSO,WACREN
Competitive Edge of NRENs and Financial Sustainability
(fDLuDCf project) 03 July 2019
Overview
• AboutWACREN• Developmentsatcountrylevel• SustainingWACREN• BusinessandFinancialModels• OurNRENsustainabilitytips• WACRENNetworkupdate• AvailableNRENserviceportfolio
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AboutWACREN
• RegisteredinGhanain2010asnon-profit• 1stboardsetupin2011• MinimalactivityuntilCEOassumesofficein2013
• SmallroleinAfricaConnect1-2014• StartsimplementationofAfricaConnect2–2015
• 2ndboardinstituted-201503/07/2019 CompetitiveEdgeofNRENsandFinancial
Sustainability(fDLuDCfproject) 3
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GeographicalCoverage
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n Currently 12 formally established NRENs n RerBenin – Benin n FasoREN – Burkina Faso n Cameroon – RIC n RITER – Côte d’Ivoire n GARNET – Ghana n GhREN - Ghana n MaliREN – Mali n Niger-REN – Niger n NgREN – Nigeria n SLREN – Sierra Leone n TchadREN - Chad n TogoRER – Togo
n Associate members: RENATER (FR), Eko-Konnect (NG) n Initiatives in Gabon, Senegal, Liberia
Currentmembership
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NREN Development n Slow, but significant progress in some countries n Most advanced
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Country NREN
NRENfundingmodel(public/private/mixed)
NRENstaff(inFTE)
NumberofinstitutionsconnectedthroughNREN
Currentbackbonebandwidthcapacity
Benin
Réseaud'EducationetdeRechercheduBenin(RerBenin)� Mixed(foreseen) 3(part-time) 4 1.5Gbps
BurkinaFaso FasoREN Public 6(part-time) 0 1Gbps
GhanaGhanaianAcademicandResearchNetwork(GARNET) Mixed 4(part-time) 10 7Gbps
Nigeria�NigerianResearchandEducationNetwork(NgREN)� Mixed 18 40 2Gbps
Togo��Réseaud'EducationetdeRechercheduTogo�(Togo-RER�) Mixed 2(part-time) 4 1Gbps
Sustainability
▪ Whatdoesthismeantous?§ AbilitytofinanceWACRENfromservicerevenues§ Progressivelyreducedependencyondonorfunding
§ Howdoweplantoachieve?§ LongtermtransparentoperationalplanwithownershipandsupportfromNRENmembers
§ Buildandsustaindemandforservices§ Reduceoperatingcosts§ Involveprivatesector
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CriticalElements
§ LowInternetbandwidthprices§ Lowcostcampuswireless
§ InnovativeR&Eservices§ Well-trainedandmotivatedICTstaff§ Communityparticipationinservicedevelopmentandgovernance.
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WACRENBusinessModel§ SkinnySecretariat§ FederateinterestsofNRENcommunities§ Capitalizenetworktoreduceoperatingcosts
§ IndefeasibleRightofUse-IRU§ Sharecostsofinternationalconnections§ LeverageNRENCapacities
§ Accesstosubmarinecommunicationcables§ PeeringwithlocalcommoditynetworksatInternetExchanges§ ResearchCommunities§ EstablishNOCsatNRENLevel&CapacityBuildingforNRENtechstomaintainNOCs
§ Localindustryrelationships
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FinancialModel
§ SecretariatandStaffingCosts§ CostsofRegionalNetwork§ InternationalConnectivity§ ServiceCosts§ CapacityBuilding
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SustainabilityTipsforNRENs
§ HaveaclearRENmissionandpoliciesownedbymembersandacceptedbyindustry.
§ Havearepresentativecouncilofmembersinadditiontotheboardtosustaincollective.
§ Driveconversationstowardscollaborationwithinthecommunityandwithexternalstakeholders–Government,Telcos,Regulator
§ Lookfordarkfibreorwavelengths–bechangeagents.§ Donotcompeteunfairlywiththemarket§ Ultimategoalistoincreasedemand!
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WACRENNetworkUpdate
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WACRENNetwork
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WACRENNetworkdeploymentn NG-GH-UKAggregationlive
n IPtransitinLondonn PeeringwithGEANTIPn PeeringwithNEAARn PeeringatIXPNinprogress
n GHedgeLiven ServicestoGARNET[Aug2018]
n NGedgeLiven ServicestoNgREN[Dec2018]
n TGedgeliven ServicestoTogoRER[June2019]
n PreparingforCIandML-BF[anticipatedinQ4]
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WACRENNetworkdeployment(2)NOC/SOC:
- Availability- Stability- Performance- Flowanalysis- Documentation- Threatintelligencefeeds- DDoSMitigation
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Trafficcharacterisation
AggregatedInternetTraffic(GARNETMarch2019)
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Trafficcharacterisation(2)
AggregatedGlobalR&Etraffic
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Trafficcharacterisation(3)
TopAlertoverTime:last7days
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LessonsLearntn uRPF
n Fromstrictmodetoloosemoden Trafficsourcerfc1918andun-routedblocks
n IPv6stillnotpopularn V6peeringnotexciting
n BGPMultihomingstillanissuen NRENstoWACRENNetworksn CampusNetworkstoNRENs
n Incidentresponseteamstobebuiltn Alertscanbedealtwith
AvailableNRENserviceportfolio
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IdentityandTrust-eduIDn eduID.africa cloud hosted identity
provider platform deployed – https://eduid.africa n Extended to support Gsuite and o365 n Updated to support eduroam – Jan 2019 n Currently 8 pilot institutions
n ATI workshop to onboard institutions in Nigeria held in March 2019 - https://indico.wacren.net/event/80/
n ATI roadshow across region planned n eduroam confederation continues to grow
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VideoConferencing-ZOOM
n Cloud hosted video n Authentication in provider cloud n Meeting Connectors processing and
recording audio and video deployed in Ghana and Nigeria
n Can use commodity components for conferencing rooms
n Deployed as SP in WACREN eduID Federation
n Connectors planned for WACREN PoPs 22
Security–CollaborationFrameworks
n Developing regional CSIRT trust and support infrastructure n Starting with team databases and
secure communication platform n Vital for coordinating actions and
collaboration n Linked with Trusted Introducer,
AfricaCERT, FIRST, and JPCERT to maintain trust at global,regionalandnationallevel.
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TRAINING– WomeninWACREN
n Women-led capacity building initiative n To improve STEM skills through
experimentation with robots and electronics
n 10-week e-learning on Python completed n Starts July 1 as prerequisite to F2F
workshop later in the year n DevOps lifecycle managed on WACREN
Gitlab
n Maker space offered by Covenant University, Nigeria
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TRAINING–AllVarsityNewsNetworkn InitiativetodevelopaWACREN
communicationnetworkn Shareresourcestobetterinformaudiencesaboutthe
roleandpotentialofNRENsandstrengthenpartnershipswithkeystakeholders
n DocumentresearchinnovationfacilitatedbyorthatcouldbefacilitatedbyNRENsandimproveteachingandlearningincommunicationartsandsciencefields
n BuildsustainablestudentmediawithwideraudiencesaccessiblethroughRENs
n Kick-offworkshopinAccraincollaborationwithUSEmbassyinJune2019
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LIBSENSE–NREN&Librariesn Survey and workshops run in Ubuntunet
Alliance, WACREN and ASREN - https://spaces.wacren.net/display/LIBSENSE
n Terms of Reference developed for REN-Library collaboration
n Collaboration with ORCID to develop workshops and documentation resources in French
n Cloud based repository hosting service in development in collaboration with NII, Japan 26
n Iterative social program in partnership with Ubuntunet Alliance and ASREN for framework for capacity building in all areas of REN related skills development n Training, input into university programs, student
involvement, industry participation and fostering Internet research
n NRENs at the core as committed local partners for facilitation and ownership
n knowledge partners in and out of Africa provide global expertise, knowledge transfer and professional.
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Capacitybuilding– AfricaTrainingInitiative
CapacityBuilding– AfricaTrainingInitiativen Current focus
n Joining eduroam.africa and eduid.africa
n Campus network development – Enterprise wireless and IPv6
n TRANSITS I and CSIRT Maturity n Portal for the program to integrate
eduID and WACREN Zoom
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ThankYou
https://www.wacren.nethttps://twitter.com/WACREN
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