Partnership for Higher Education in Africa Bandwidth consortium update.

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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 UniversitiesIntelsat Partnership Foundations $1.3 million$2.6 million $1.6 million 93,000 kilobits per second of bandwidth

1 st year bandwidth allocations Institution Bandwidth Purchase (Kbps) Bandwidth Subsidy from Partnership (Kbps) TOTAL Bandwidth for site (Kbps) AAU KENET UEW (Winneba) Eduardo Mondlane Dar - es Salaam Ahmadu Bello Port Harcourt Ghana Bayero Obafemi Awolowo Jos Ibadan Makerere TOTAL

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%

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