International Workshop on
African Research & Education Networking
September 25-27 2005 CERN - Geneva, Switzerland

CD-ROM Content

• Internet Connectivity in LDCs, by Bram Dov Abramson (ppt)
• African Virtual University (Low Cost VSAT Technologies: Final Report part1-1, part1-2, part2)
• AfriNIC [Africa in the Global Governance of Cyberspace, Factsheet (english, french), AfriNIC news-April 2005 (english, french), General Info (english, french), Introduction (french)]
• AFUNET (General Information) - CaseStudies (Addis Ababa, Bangui, Cocody, Conacry, Dakar, Mekelle, Lesotho, Pretoria, Tunisia, Yaounde, KNUST,
• AIMS (Overview (pdf, doc), AMI-Net: Overview, AIMS and AMI-Net,
• Association of African Universities (Bandwidth Initiative: Presentation, Report)
• Association of French speaking Universities (La réduction de la fracture scientifique en Afrique)
• ATICS (Preliminary Insights - Sept 2004)
• CATIA (Research on the Application and Regulatory Framework of VSAT Technology in Africa)
• CEENet ( Paper presented at the TNC 2005, Poznan, Poland, Building a National Research and Education Network, CEENet Tartu Declaration, MoU for establishing CARENA, MoU for the co?]operation of the NRENs in SEE, Varna Statement, ICT Knowledge for ICT Diffusion, Framework for an International Master of Science Programme in Information and Communication Technology for Development
• CIRAD ( General Information, Brochure, Presentation of the SIST Device
• Cisco Academy (Cisco's Network Academy Program in Africa)
• CLARA (ALICE/CLARA, The Latin American Networking Initiative)
• Geneva-Lesotho (PC Project in Lesotho, A project run under the umbrella of UNCTAD)
• Global VSAT Forum (Open and Closed Skies: Satellite Access in Africa)
• ICFA-SCIC (Digital Divide Executive Report, Report on the Digital Divide in Russia, Documents & Slides)
• ICTP & TWAS (eJDS: Free On-line Access to Scientific Knowledge, ICTP and Africa, ICTP and ICT, ITU News, Scientific Measure of Africa's Connectivity, Recommendations of the Round Table held in Trieste to help bridge the digital divide)
• IEEAF
• INASP (Optimising Internet Bandwidth in Developing Country Higher Education: Section1, Section2, Section3, Section4, Section5, Section6, Section7, Section8, Section9, Section10, Section11, Section12, appendixA, appendixB, appendixC, appendixD, appendixE, appendixF, appendixG, appendixH, appendixI, appendixJ, appendixK, infobrief July 2003: english, french, Executive manager’s overview and briefing, Executive and senior institutional managers briefing sheet)
• ISF (AFRICA@home, a step towards an African GRID)
• ITU (Strengthening African capacity for cost-effective access to the Internet: Project Summary, ITU-D and WSIS, ITU’s Catalytic Role in forging Partnerships 4 ICT Development, ITU's role in supporting establishment of Policy and Regulatory Regimes in Africa, Strengthening African Capacity for Cost-Effective Access to the Internet)
• Joint Internet2 and IEEAF workshops
  • Enhancing African Research and Education Networks - May 5 2005 Arlington, Virginia (Report, Opening presentation, Nectar Net, CLARA Network, NEPAD ICT Programme, Research and Education Networks around the World: the Internet2 View, Enhancing Research and Education Connectivity in Africa: The findings of ATICS and information on the African Virtual University, NSF-funded Research Collaborations with SubSaharan Africa, An African perspective on R&E networking in sub-Saharan Africa, Regional Connectivity Program in Sub-Saharan Africa, Partnership for Higher Education in Africa, African Global Quilt Initiative Collaboration, Installing IT and Connecting the Dotsin Sub-Saharan Africa , Promoting African Research&Education Networking – Internet Bandwidth Challenges and Opportunities, PingER Quantifies the Digital Divide: Science Grid Feature Story June 22nd, Facilitating the Development of Pan-African Research and Education Networking (PAREN), ATTICS Report 2004, Progress and Challenges in Building National Research and Education Networks In Africa : A View from the Field)
  • Progress and Challenges in building an African Research and Education Network (Opening presentation, The quest for lower Bandwidth costs for African Universities, The Rwanda Case, Africa Network Operators Group - from a regional perspective, The Kenya Education Network Experience, Update on NREN developments in South Africa, SARUA Fiber Study, National Research and Education Networks: getting started in Malawi, Campus Network : UCAD, Escuela Superior Politecnica Del Litoral– ESPOL Network Infrastructure, Association of African Universities, Integrating ICT in the University functions,
• NEPAD (The NEPAD ICT Infrastructure Programme)
• NSRC (Network Analysis Times-Vol.6, N5, General Info, O'Reilly News-Connecting the Least Connected: Internet Assistance to Developing Countries
• PAREN (Promoting African Research and Education Networking - Summary of a Study Sponsored by the IDRC (Executive Summary Jan 2005, Final Report Jan 2005, Executive Summary Aug 2005, Executive Summary Aug 2005 revised, A survey of investment in education and research networking in Africa by development agencies and other organisations
• RSIS (Communiqué of the Workshop, Plenary Sessions (Part I, Part III), Annexes, Message from the Scientific Community, by Luciano Maiani. CERN Director General)
• Telecom Operators (FLAG Telecom Global Transmission Network Overview, Côte d'Ivoire Telecom: Existing & Emerging Telecom Infrastructure in Africa, Aperçu sur le projet pilote Wi-Fi de l'ONATEL: le Wifif@sonet, VSNL INTERNATIONAL: Global Network Overview, Global Footprint)
• TERENA (Compendium of National Research and Education Networks in Europe, 2004 Edition, 2005 Edition)
• Virtual Silk Road (The Virtual Silk Highway: a project to bridge the digital divide (submitted to the Venice IPSI Conference, July 2004), Project presentation
• Worldbank (Identifying key regulatory and policy issues to ensure open access to regional backbone infrastructure initiatives in Africa, Connecting Sub-Saharan Africa, Financing Information and Communication Infrastructure Needs in the Developing World: Public and Private Roles (Draft for Discussion), Press Release 28/02/05: World Bank Highlights Role of Private and Public Sectors in Closing Digital Divide, Development divides and digital bridges: Three reasons why ICT is key for achieving the MDGs, Interconnection Challenges in a Converging Environment, Backbone telecommunications infrastructure development initiatives in Southern and East Africa)