[afren] Fwd: [AfrICANN-discuss] Press Release: Strengthening the Internet Infrastructure for Research & Education

[principal at dit.ac.tz]

Dear sir,
highly appreciated, a good move.
regards, kondoro

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>> From: "Lillian O. Sharpley" <lillian at afrinic.net>
>> Date: March 29, 2010 10:34:07 AM GMT+04:00
>> To: africann at afrinic.net, announce at afrinic.net
>> Subject: [AfrICANN-discuss] Press Release: Strengthening the
>> Internet Infrastructure for Research & Education
>> Reply-To: africann at afrinic.net
>>
>> For Immediate Release
>>
>> http://www.afrinic.net/press_release_MOU_300310.htm
>>
>>
>>     "Strengthening the Internet Infrastructure for Research &
>> Education "
>>
>> In recognition of the invaluable potential of Research and Education
>> Institutions in the African region and to further Internet development
>> processes, the Association of African Universities (AAU) and the
>> African Network
>> Information Centre (AfriNIC), have signed a Memorandum of
>> Understanding (MoU) to
>> support the membership cost of registration for Internet Protocol
>> (IP) resources
>> through AfriNIC. In this agreement, which is now effective, the AAU
>> will cover
>> the remaining 50% of the setup and first year membership fees (up to
>> a maximum
>> of $5,000 USD per member) for eligible African Academic and Research
>> institutions, as well as Research and Education Networks (RENs) that
>> request IP
>> address resources. These members will then have to make provisions for
>> subsequent year membership fees.
>>
>> "IP address allocations must be considered critical for universities’
>> infrastructure in order to improve inter-campus communications as
>> well as
>> increase information sharing for a productive and efficient use of
>> the Internet
>> as a learning tool and for research and development" says Dr.
>> Boubakar Barry,
>> Coordinator, Research and Education Networking Unit, AAU.
>>
>> This incentive builds on the already existing and permanent benefit
>> that AAU
>> members and other African educational and research institutions
>> enjoy, which is
>> a 50% discount offered by AfriNIC for their annual membership fees
>> for IP Number
>> resource allocations or assignments.
>>
>> "This new agreement between AAU and AfriNIC is expected to make
>> African
>> universities and academic institutions more visible on the Internet
>> as they can
>> significantly decrease the use of NAT by using publicly routable IP
>> address.
>> Currently, many universities have hundreds of computers and
>> thousands of student
>> devices behind Network or Port Address Translation (NAT/PAT).
>> Universities in
>> our region should lead our effort to fight the myth of NAT and
>> restore the
>> Internet's end-to-end paradigm. Deploying an infrastructure based on
>> public IP
>> addresses is also a key factor for a smooth transition to IPv6 in
>> such a campus
>> environment" says Mr. Adiel Akplogan, CEO, AfriNIC.
>>
>> The AAU and AfriNIC wish to thank TENET and its FRENIA program for
>> providing the
>> first grant that allowed the start of this initiative. There are
>> more ongoing
>> discussions to increasing AfriNIC’s training activities within
>> academic
>> institutions. Currently, only 18 countries in the African region
>> have at least
>> one university that has its own assignment/allocation. Additionally,
>> allocations
>> to Education Networks represents six percent (6%) of the total
>> allocation in the
>> African region, with South Africa having 82% of these (most of which
>> are legacy
>> assignments), followed by Kenya and Mozambique, both having four
>> percent (4%),
>> then Egypt with three percent (3%).
>>
>> For further information please contact renu[at]aau.org and/or
>> contact[at]afrinic.net. Additional information on the application
>> process can be
>> obtained at http://www.aau.org/announce/detail.htm?ai=251
>>
>> Additional information about benefits of becoming an AfriNIC member
>> or about the
>> incentives for universities and academic institutions can be found at
>> http://www.afrinic.net/projects/afrinic_aau.htm.
>>
>> The Association of African Universities (AAU) is the apex
>> organisation and forum
>> for consultation, exchange of information and cooperation among
>> institutions of
>> higher education in Africa. For additional information, visit
>> www.aau.net
>> .
>>
>> The African Network Information Center (AfriNIC) is the Regional
>> Internet
>> Registry (RIR) for Africa, responsible for the distribution and
>> management of
>> Internet number resources throughout the African region.
>>
>> Contact: Lillian Sharpley
>> Communications Area Manager
>> press at afrinic.net
>> AfriNIC
>> www.afrinic.net
>>
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