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EI4Africa Demonstrators Dr. Amos Nungu Dar Es Salaam Institute of Technology Tanzania

Technology Transfer Alliance - TTA  History – Communication System Design (CSD) Course @ KTH – Sweden  Now – TTA Alliance – The Website - http://ttaportal.org/ – How to Join – Visit the Website First TTA meeting was June 2012 in Tanzania – – Next Meeting – collocated with eI4Africa , June 2014 in Tanzania

Technology Transfer Alliance An Association of Research and Higher Education Institutions Promoting, and supporting each other in, their strategic role to contribute to the development of the societies in which they exist by Providing opportunities for their researchers, teachers and students to engage in strategic projects for academic credit

Based on integration of Research, Education and Innovation Problem-oriented, project-driven learning, peer learning and vicarious learning Diverse teams Relay projects with handover procedures One semester 5 (months) 50-100% Coaching up the competence chain, Bsc, Msc, PhD, teachers/researchers Part of the curriculum in all relevant programmes Forum of stakeholders to form and fund projects

Project examples University of Malawi Blantyre Campus network DIT Campus network Internet exchange points (mz,rw,na,mw,zm,bu) Rwednet-Kigali 1Gbps city network ring Serengeti Broadband Network EkoKonnect university network SomaliREN city rings and national infrastructure Carenet infrastructure supporting outpatients Solar-driven, open source based PC-router (ready for business) Ultracapacitor batteries (prototypes soon ready for business)

ICT Research Experimental Networks

ICT Research Experimental Networks  The DEMAND is there  The SUPPLY !? YES, it exist  How do we do it then?  Research and Development (experimental nets)  Bootstrapping – get initial funding from somebody  Sustainable Business Models  Community Involvement  TTA Model – use academia

Serengeti Broadband Network -SBN

Setup, Running the SBN  Replacing a Router in  A similar setup in each Nata termination  One Box for Active  A Network Operating Equipments, another for Center (NOC) at site, DIT, Passive Equipments. and a copy at KTH

Extending the SBN