Towards ensuring NREN sustainability in WACREN...n NgREN – Nigeria n SLREN – Sierra Leone n...

TowardsensuringNRENsustainabilityinWACREN

OmoOAIYACSO,WACREN

[email protected]

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

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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


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


CriticalElements

§  LowInternetbandwidthprices§  Lowcostcampuswireless

§  InnovativeR&Eservices§  Well-trainedandmotivatedICTstaff§  Communityparticipationinservicedevelopmentandgovernance.


WACRENBusinessModel§  SkinnySecretariat§  FederateinterestsofNRENcommunities§  Capitalizenetworktoreduceoperatingcosts

§  IndefeasibleRightofUse-IRU§  Sharecostsofinternationalconnections§  LeverageNRENCapacities

§  Accesstosubmarinecommunicationcables§  PeeringwithlocalcommoditynetworksatInternetExchanges§  ResearchCommunities§  EstablishNOCsatNRENLevel&CapacityBuildingforNRENtechstomaintainNOCs

§  Localindustryrelationships


FinancialModel

§  SecretariatandStaffingCosts§  CostsofRegionalNetwork§  InternationalConnectivity§  ServiceCosts§  CapacityBuilding


SustainabilityTipsforNRENs

§  HaveaclearRENmissionandpoliciesownedbymembersandacceptedbyindustry.

§  Havearepresentativecouncilofmembersinadditiontotheboardtosustaincollective.

§  Driveconversationstowardscollaborationwithinthecommunityandwithexternalstakeholders–Government,Telcos,Regulator

§  Lookfordarkfibreorwavelengths–bechangeagents.§  Donotcompeteunfairlywiththemarket§  Ultimategoalistoincreasedemand!


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

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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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