Kezias Mwale presentation on the role of satellite in connecting the unconnected

1. The Special Role of Satellite in Connecting the Unconnected
a presentation to the Future-Sat Africa, Sheraton Hotel, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 4 October 2016
Kezias MWALE
Radiocommunications Coordinator
k.mwale@atu-uat.org
www.atu-uat.org
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2. 1. Satellite uniqueness and the particularly important in Africa
2. Case studies
3. Some challenges that remain
4. Change facilitators
5. Recommendations
6. Summary/conclusion
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3. 1. Coverage of hard to cover areas such as deserts, seas,
lakes, mountainous areas, etc, where terrestrial
infrastructure is infeasible.
2. Lower coverage-cost ratio over terrestrial networks
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Source: DigiSat, 2014 Source: Avanti, 2016
Avanti’s ARTEMIS Coverage View from 21.5° East
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4. 1. Vast landmass and vast population distribution
renders Satellite connectivity as the only cost
effective way in some areas – Tokyo has the
population of the entire Zambia (yet Zambia is
344 times the size of Tokyo)
2. Limited/poor development of fixed connectivity
even in the medium term
3. Satellite connectivity is faster to deploy though
affordability remains a major drawback.
4. Independence from the hard-to-lay and
expensive terrestrial infrastructure
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Source: Avanti, 2016
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5.  iMlango in Kenya
1. 169 schools connected via Ka-band
2. 150,000 pupils connected (50,000 of
which are marginalized girls)
3. 1679 teachers trained
4. Avanti is ready to replicate this success
via their Every Child Online Project
 UNSAF Project in Tanzania
1. 25 academic school (1 per the 25 regions
of Tanzania)
2. 75 teaching lab school per region
3. 150 administrative schools per region
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6.  National Library Project in
South Africa
 High speed broadband to 222 national
libraries across South Africa
 Angola’s Media Library Network
(ReMA)
 Phase 1: 6 Media Libraries and 6 mobile Media Units
 Phase 2: 6 Media Libraries by end 2016.
 Phase 3: 13 Media Libraries and 12 mobile Media Units by
end of 2017.
 Number of visitors since opening in 2012 = 1,020,895
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Source: Avanti, 2016 Source: Mediatecas, 2016

7. 1. Holistically poor investment climate
1.1 Legal (e.g. rule of law (the Zambian case), justice systems, licensing frameworks)
1.2 Corruption
1.3 Infrastructure (e.g. power, road…)
1.4 Market structures (e.g. regional single/common markets)
1.5 Financials (e.g. repatriation of profits, financing, stock markets)
1.6 Civil instabilities in some countries
1.7 Content – limiting the uptake of services
2. Consumer side challenges
2.1 Cost of satellite connectivity (gratifying that this is changing)
2.2 Low or no incomes – limits what can be spent on connectivity even when connectivity is key to improving incomes
3. Operator side challenges
3.1 Service outages – due to various technical issues some natural some not-so natural
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8.  Spot beam / HTS
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1x
4x(1)
Source: SES, 2016
 Dense-mess satellites
Low Earth Orbit Constellation
- Height 1200 km
- Planes 18
- Satellites 720+
- Gateways 500+ /50+sites
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9. 1. Satellite operators to continue to think-outside the box by devising ways to connect the
unconnected through win-win-win arrangements: e.g. the OneWeb’s connectivity
solution.
2. Countries ought to see connecting the unconnected (via satellite means or otherwise) as
investment for inclusive social-economic development of the communities and country
as a whole: ICTs are a key driver of social-economic development (e.g. the SA’s library
connectivity service).
3. Sensitization: there is need for a collaborative, robust sensitization on the value of ICTs
to the unconnected in order to captivate interest and placement of value on ICT
infrastructure (e.g. the case of Rascomstar in DRC).
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10. 1. Satellite has a special role in connecting the unconnected in Africa for various
reasons
2. Case studies in Angola, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa are a good example of
connecting the unconnected yielding triple-wins (community, operator and
government)
3. Challenges remain notably cost of service: gratifying to note that this is been
address via competition and enhancements in technology (launch costs, dense-
mess satellite, beam satellite, HTS, …)
4. Triple-wins are a good way of connecting the unconnected
5. “the world must not rest until everyone is connected”
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11. thank you!
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Avanti’s ARTEMIS
Source: Avanti, 2016
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