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Africa Peering and Interconnec0on Forum Panel discussion on the Content equa1on of NRENs August 11‐12, 2010 Meoli Kashorda, PhD, MIEEE Execu0ve Director, KENET and Professor of informa0on Systems, USIU Board Member, UbuntuNet Alliance

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Africa Peering and Interconnec0on Forum  

Panel discussion on the Content equa1on of NRENs August 11‐12, 2010 

Meoli Kashorda, PhD, MIEEE Execu0ve Director, KENET  and 

Professor of informa0on Systems, USIU Board Member, UbuntuNet Alliance 

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KENET is also an NREN •  KENET formed in 1999 and governed by a Trust Deed with 

following objects: –  Cost‐effec0ve bandwidth, Sharing of resources for learning and 

research, Promote collabora0on in higher educa0on 

•  KENET licensed as an Alterna0ve Network Facili0es Provider (private networks operator) since 2002 

•  KENET recognized by ICANN and AfriNIC as an NREN and allocated AS# and IP block 

•  KENET is the Na0onal Research & Educa0on Network of Kenya 

•  Founding member of UbuntuNet Alliance Meoli Kashorda  Overview of KENET  2 

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KENET the only not‐for‐profit operator in Kenya 

•  KENET a full member of TESPOK –  KENET connected to KIXP; KDN link at least 10 Mb/s but bursts even to 60 Mb/s (we host Open Source so]ware and will soon have Microso]) 

– KENET in the Board of KENIC; Registrar for .ac.ke domain 

•  KENET partners with commercial operators for layer 1 and layer 2 services; 75 ins0tu0ons connected; 70% on last fiber 

•  Human peering with GEANT, DFN, NSRC, Google, INASP, Ap0vate,  AfNOG, TENET 

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Connec0vity status   77 ins0tu0ons connected  (university campuses   59 ins0tu0ons on last mile fiber!   Over 220,000 university students 

  Distribu0ng about 500 Mb/s of undersea bandwidth   Commercial KDN 350 Mb/s (SEACOM) burstable   SEACOM STM‐1 IRU to London UA router 

  101 Mb/s of satellite bandwidth (full KENET‐owned earth sta0on) 

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Growth in Content Networks and Increased REN ac5vity in Africa 

Source – Lishan Adam

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AfricaConnect Project (14 m Euros) 

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AfricaConnect Project  

•  Procurement has started! •  Request for informa0on 

•  Procurement of IRUs – cross‐border and interna0onal to London  

•  14 million Euros, 20% from African NRENs 

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KENET KTCIP Diagram 

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KIXP 

Inter-Institution Traffic

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IP Address alloca0ons by KENET   KENET acquires IP Addresses for its member Universi0es and allocates them 

  Currently, each University has at least a /24 prefix with some having more (as big as /19)   Universi0es can peer with other ISPs 

  KENET has been allocated a /32 Ipv6 block and has allocated each University a /48 block 

  Implementa0on of IPv6 is underway 

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Peering Diagram 

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Download center 

•  Open source so]ware tools – FreeBSD, Linux 

•  Microso] downloads – Microso] server hosted by KENET 

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Off‐campus access 

•  Peering with key mobile operators would speed‐up access – Safaricom, Telkom 

•  Peering with e‐government sites 

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Research ins0tutes and databases •  Interna0onal research ins0tu0ons in Kenya host useful research databases –  ILRI, ICIPE, ICRAF, KEMRI, Remote Sensing (weather data) 

•  EBSCOhost Internet databases – University libraries being automated and research projects/thesis to be available on‐line 

•  RUFORUM (regional universi0es forum for capacity building in agriculture), Research ICT Africa, online journals, library associa0on, student innova0on Meoli Kashorda  African Peering and Interconnec0on Forum  16 

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E‐learning and University Websites •  All universi0es plan to deploy e‐learning content – Moodle, Blackboard – Target for large universi0es – 20% of courses online 

•  Streaming video and video conferencing applica0ons 

•  Less than 50% of 220,000+ university students live on‐campus – Off‐campus access via peering?  

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Higher Educa0on applica0ons  and services 

•  Higher Educa0on Loans Board – Student loan services and repayment portal 

– To be hosted by KENET •  University ERP systems web‐based 

– On‐line registra0on – Grade informa0on and calendars 

– Payment systems 

•  KENET higher educa0on portal 

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Q & A 

•  Any ques0ons?  

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Contacts  

Meoli Kashorda, Ph.D., MIEEE, MIET Execu0ve Director, Kenya Educa0on Network 

(hop://www.kenet.or.ke)  

and  

Professor of Informa0on Systems, USIU School of Business, Kenya (hop://www.usiu.ac.ke)  

E‐mail: [email protected] or [email protected]  

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