Day 2 C2C Summit Pretoria - Broadband for Universal Access

1. www.avantiplc.com PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
BROADBAND FOR
UNIVERSAL ACCESS
C2C, 2016
Shobena Appalraju

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Avanti connects people wherever they are - in
their homes, businesses, in government and on
mobiles.
Through the HYLAS satellite fleet and more than 180
partners in 118 countries, the network provides
ubiquitous internet service to 27 per cent of the
world’s population. Avanti delivers the level of Quality
and Flexibility that the most demanding telecoms
customers in the world seek.
Avanti is the first mover in high throughput satellite
data communications in EMEA. It has rights to orbital
slots and Ka-band spectrum that cover an end market
of over 1.5bn people.
The Group has invested $1.2bn in a network that
incorporates satellites, gateway stations, datacentres
and a fibre ring.
Avanti has a unique Cloud based flexible customer
interface that is protected by patented technology.
ABOUT AVANTI

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HIGHER DATA THROUGHPUT SPOT BEAMS
COST EFFECTIVE SMALLER DISHES
Higher Power
Higher value per Mbps
Low cap-ex
Replaces traditional
1.8m and 3.2m dishes
Up to 400Mbps within
IP trunking uplink.
Produced from a higher
frequency range and
spectral efficiency
$
KA-BAND ADVANTAGES
400
Mbps

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70%
of the population in
Sub-Saharan Africa
are under 30
Source: http://blog.euromonitor.com/2012/02/special-report-the-worlds-youngest-populations-.html2012

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60%
of the total unemployed in
Sub-Saharan Africa
are youth*
18 - 30
*Youth – 15 – 30 year olds. Source: African Development Bank/OECD

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South Africa has an
unemployment rate of
26.7%
Tradingeconomic – South Africa March 2016
54.50%
Of youth in South Africa are
unemployed

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Despite
the roll-out of fibre networks,
341 million people
in Sub-Saharan Africa
live 50km beyond fibre
nodes
Source: CTO 2012

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Avanti is
rewriting the way we think
about
connectivity
infrastructure

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Distance is not a barrier to speed
THE NEW ECONOMICS OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

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10%
Broadband
1.4%
GDP Growth
Statistic; World Bank

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Avanti gives you
the power to
create change

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38 million
children in Africa are not in
school and 80% of those
children are in rural areas
Today, 25% of
youth are illiterate in
Sub-Saharan Africa. Access to
internet provides
opportunities to improve
literacy and numeracy.

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iKnowledge brings ICT
training and digital education
to teachers in over
250
Tanzanian schools

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Avanti‘s network provides data communications that help deliver effective
international development programmes:
 iKnowledge is a project focused on bringing ICT and Satellite Internet Access to schools across 25 regions in
Tanzania. The project aims to Connect, Deliver, Train and Sustain schools in Tanzania through the support of its local
and international partners.
 100 Primary schools and 150 Secondary Schools in Tanzania has been equipped with satellite broadband access
and ICT equipment to allow teachers to use updated online teaching aids in their classes.
 With ICT infrastructure and broadband
connection via satellite, iKnowledge has
provided digital training for teachers and the
educational content for teaching purposes.
 iKnowledge has advanced teachers' digital
literacy and understanding through a
sustainable training model of 'Train the
Trainers'. It is provides educational content for
teachers to apply straight into the classrooms,
greatly improving educational engagement with
students
iKNOWLEDGE

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Over two years
Project iMlango will
provide improved education
outcomes to over
150,000
marginalised children in Kenya

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Avanti‘s network provides data communications that help deliver effective
international development programmes:
 Over one million children in Kenya do not regularly attend school, marginalised by a myriad of social issues
 Led by Avanti, Project iMlango is a first of its kind e-learning partnership, created to deliver improved educational
outcomes in maths, literacy and life skills for 150,000 school aged children in Kenya
 At the heart of Project iMlango sits a dynamic internet learning platform, accessed through high speed satellite
connectivity, where partners provide students with interactive
educational content
 Combining a fully integrated e-learning platform with
robust measurement over three years, the project
clearly demonstrates the numerous benefits of
broadband enablement by satellite to rural schools.
 The programme has clear applications across the
education sector in Sub-Saharan Africa
PROJECT iMLANGO

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