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EI4Africa Demonstrators
- Dr. Amos Nungu
Technology Transfer Alliance - TTA
History – Communication System Design
(CSD) Course @ KTH – Sweden
Now – TTA Alliance
EI4Africa Demonstrators Dr. Amos Nungu Dar Es Salaam Institute of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
EI4Africa Demonstrators Dr. Amos Nungu Dar Es Salaam Institute of - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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 -
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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
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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
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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)
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ICT Research Experimental Networks
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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
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Serengeti Broadband Network -SBN
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Setup, Running the SBN
A similar setup in each
termination
A Network Operating
Center (NOC) at site, DIT, and a copy at KTH
Replacing a Router in
Nata
One Box for Active
Equipments, another for Passive Equipments.
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