reducing the barriers to a smart interconnected africa
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Smart Africa Government event, Nairobi - KenyaTRANSCRIPT
REDUCING THE BARRIERS TO A SMART INTERCONNECTED AFRICA GOVERNMENT
Edwin OpareTechnical Lead & Open Data EvangelistData.gov.gh
Nairobi , Kenya – 30th September 2013
Focus Areas
Increasing Access & Interconnectivity within and across Governments
Ensuring Open & Free flow of Information across Governments (The Open Internet)
The Internet - the fabric to achieving a smart, interconnected Government: Contributions to GDP
Africa…
Access & Interconnectivity
Africa in numbers
One of the richest and promising continents 54 economies 11 countries out of the 20 fastest growing
economies in the world are in Africa More than 1 Billion inhabitants
Internet users growth more than 1000% over the past 4 years.
ICT contribution GDP in the region growing rapidly
Source: World Bank, AFRINIC
Africa in numbers
Smart Planet = Smart Africa
Instrumented Interconnected Intelligent
Source: IBM
The Africa Internet Evolution
Submarine Cables Africa
SAT3 – 2001 TO 2008SEACOM, TEAMS -
2009
Submarine Cables in AfricaMAINONE, GLO-1, EASSY -
2010 WACS - 2011
Submarine Cables in Africa
ACE - 2012
Submarine Cables in Africa
2014 OUTLOOK
Overall investment
Density of cable landings by country for 2012
Source: Analysys Mason
Internet Penetration
Source: http://www.itu.int/net4/itu-d/icteye/
Internet Costs
Average price per GB of traffic for low, medium & high usage Internet access bundles. (Source: Analysys Mason, Google, Telegeography)
What is wrong?
What is wrong?
Too many roadblocks Lack of liberalization(lack of competition) High cost of licenses High taxes on equipment & services Rights of way challenges
Lack of investment & services (PPP) Promote investment in & use of exchange
points(IXPs)
Political Leadership
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
An Internet exchange point (IX or IXP) is a physical infrastructure through which Internet service providers (ISPs) exchange Internet traffic between their networks.
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
27 EXCHANGE POINTS IN AFRICA South Africa – 5
Kenya – 2 Egypt – 2 Tanzania – 2 Nigeria – 1 Ghana – 1 Rwanda – 1 Congo-Brazzaville – 1 Congo-Kinshasa – 1 Angola – 1
Malawi – 1 Mauritius – 1 Mozambique – 1 Swaziland – 1 Tunisia – 1 Zambia – 1 Uganda – 1 Zimbabwe – 1 Cote D'Ivoire – 1 Botswana – 1
Source: https://prefix.pch.net/applications/ixpdir/
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
Typical Internet Connection in one region, province,
state, district
Internet Exchange Points (IXPs)
Example IXP(Peering) Connection in one region, province, state, district
Source: Analysys Mason
Benefits of IXPs
Keeps local traffic local(reduces tromboning)
Lowers bandwidth cost for the end user
Lowers operating costs for local ISPs Reduces latency of local traffic,
improving connection speeds Provides better quality of service for
local content
The Open Internet
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The Open Internet – Network Neutrality
What if you woke up one day and… could NOT access
because
your ISP or Government says so ?!!
NN is all aboutTraffic Management
End
Start
Bandwidth
Incre
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Deman
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Lead
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Network Neutrality defined
The principle that Internet service providers and governments should treat all data on the Internet equally, not discriminating or charging differentially by user, content, site, platform, application, type of attached equipment, and modes of communication.
Network Neutrality
Consumers deserve access to the lawful Internet content of their choice.
Consumers should be allowed to run applications and use services of their choice, subject to the needs of law enforcement.
Consumers should be able to connect their choice of legal devices that do not harm the network.
Consumers deserve to choose their network providers, application and service providers, and content providers of choice.
The Internet & GDP
The Internet & GDP
Conclusion
Liberate the Africa Internet Economy Adopt local Open Internet regulations
& Africa-wide Open Internet Policy Create the Africa IXP Association
(AfrIXPA) Promote growth & development in
Africa via a smart interconnected Africa
Think Smart! Think Africa!
- aeopare