The vision of Soudan Soft City (SSC) is to make Sudan the hub of Soft Information Technology in Africa and Middle East. That will be achieved through creating a world-class infrastructure including Software Technology Parks, implementation of e-Governance projects and Human Resource Development, as well as Expandable VSAT Satellite hap backbone. Mohamed Adam developed this concept was part of an initiative offered to the Sudanese government through Al-Khartoum University.

1. Sudan Soft City (SSC) National Soft Technology Park

2. Answers for ever evolving needs … The Vision 2 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

3. The Vision 3 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net) The vision of Soudan Soft City (SSC) is to make Sudan the hub of Soft Information Technology in Africa and Middle East. That will be achieved through creating a world-class infrastructure including Software Technology Parks, implementation of e-Governance projects and Human Resource Development, as well as Expandable VSAT Satellite hap backbone.

4. Developing National Technologies… The SSC Concept 4 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

5. SSC Objectives 5 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net) Economic Activity Generation and IT Infrastructure Development including Software Technology Parks. Support the development of new ideas. Provide facilities and expertise and infrastructure support for Technology Projects. Creation and Implementation of e-Governance projects. Preparing the ground for the development of ICT. Creating job opportunities for university graduates, and shaping ICT Specialist Human Resource capital. Rising Internet Penetration Index & Exported ICT National Income Rates. Support Enterprise development and Nation wide Technology dependence. Export and trade and become Primary source for ICT in MEA. Innovation and entrepreneurship development and support. Technology Transfer & Technology Diffusion implementation.

6. Partners of the project… The Collaboration 6 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

7. Initiative Collaboration The Project will be the results of collaboration between : The Government buddies. Academic Association. IT Industry. This will insure the successful participation of every party in this Initiative. 7 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

8. The SSC Flagship … Software Technology Park 8 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

9. The Offer of Software Technology Park One-Window operation for local and foreign investors. No restrictive lease requirements, flexible lease agreements, with spaces structured to allow companies to grow and contract . Shared high speed internet access via private link to ISP; Modern Communication Systems including wireless LAN/WAN, WiMax and VSAT infrastructure. Highly customized dedicated Data Center within secured server room . 24 hour access to premises improved with Intelligent AV security systems. Central Purchase unit with Best Buyer Guide for all extra equipments. Central Secretary and Help disk, as well as Private phone lines with voice mail. 9 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

10. The Offer of Software Technology Park Advance Shared Conference room , Digital Labs and Multiple meeting rooms . Dedicated consultants, IT Support, Business Advisors and Marketing Agent. Internal Funding Facilitator and Legal representative. Internal IP registrar service with Copyrights received worldwide. Expert Training, Development supervision and project management. Supporting Member networking and collaboration sessions. Recreation and Service facilities and Activities. 10 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

11. SSC Concept Design 11 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

12. SSC Concept Design 12 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

13. The Backbone … SSC VSAT 13 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

14. VSAT / Satellite Hub SSC Zone Will Have 24 x 7 Internet Connectivity in the Next 2-3 Years. Enable 24 x 7 monitoring & surveillance. Assist the Emergency Management and providing road-side. Assist providing security to Citizens. Telemedicine facilities will be provided to all hospitals in Lectures and Seminars will be Transmitted using Virtual Classrooms. 14 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

15. The Backbone … IT Human Resource Development 15 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

16. IT Human Resource Development Under the Demand Based Training Project, the SSC Should train 10,000+ citizens in the First 12 months. The training has ranged from Basic ICT to advance level trainings including Oracle, SAP, .NET, JAVA, Project Management, and other Technologies. Creating Elite National Expert personnel in many ICT fields like : Software Development. Hardware Development. Digital Media & Smart Content Development. Technology Transfer & Diffusion. Technology Implementation & Commercialization. Developing Strong Marketing Arm utilizing cutting edge technology in marketing and presenting the new concepts and ideas. 16 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

17. The Economic Results … Impact of IT InfrastructureDevelopment Projects 17 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

18. Economic Impact The Software Technology Park alone would: Create 10,000 jobs in the IT & Telecom Sector. Generate economic activity of 50 Million US Dollars Annually. In three years time, SSC will train additional 50,000 individuals on various technologies. Hence trained IT Human Resource Pool of approx 100,000 would be available in Sudan. Bring in FDI of more then 1.5 Billion US Dollars into Sudan IT Sector in the Next 5 Years 18 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

19. The Developers … ICTLabs™ International 19 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net)

20. 20 All Rights Reserved © 2008 ICTLabs International (www.ictlabs.net) Who We are … ? ICTLabs™ International is a company represents the interest of high profile Technology Syndicate of partners and associates working to enhance the ICT foundation and industries in the emerging market, through establishing local Incubation initiatives aimed at R&D output commercializing, attracting foreign investment into emerging markets, developing the means to transfer technology and facilitate technology diffusion.