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How to spray wireless for UNHCR with ROHN Tower

Tuesday, June 30th, 2015Mali, Projects, WEST AFRICA,
ROHN tower
In the last few years, United Nation UNHCR asked Afrikanet to provide wireless LAN in MALI thanks to the technology of the ROHN tower.

About ROHN:

ROHN towerROHN has been the world leader in tower design and tower manufacturing for more than six decades. It continues to meet the demands of their customers with innovation in design, continuous process improvement and a drive to employ the talent and knowledge leaders in the tower manufacturing industry. Whether it’s Guyed Towers, Self-Supporting Towers or Steel Poles, ROHN maintains one of the largest manufacturing and staging facilities in the tower design industry.

UNHCR

In the last few years, United Nation UNHCR asked Afrikanet to provide wireless LAN in MALI thanks to the technology of the ROHN tower.

tower for wirelessAFRIKANET solutions:

Afrikanet provided the tower via the company ROHM and sprayed wireless internet around to facilitate the needs of African people and connection between them.

The tower is a ROHN 25G. The 25G is available in the standard 10’ section length and a 7’ length which is UPS shippable. The 25G uses double bolted joints, proven to be the best method of joining tower sections for sturdiness and dependability. As a guyed structure, the 25G standard designs rise to a height of 190’. An 80’ tower can resist wind up to 30miles/h, and a 120’ up to 110miles/h.

The challenge of this project for Afrikanet was the shipment of the equipment. AFRIKANET succeed to provide the equipment in Mali in time from America by boat through Senegal by road.

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Internet hotspot for students in Ghana

Tuesday, June 30th, 2015Ghana, Projects, WEST AFRICA,
GHANA UNIVERSITY
Between 2011 and 2012 AFRIKANET provides to East Logan University main university in Ghana hotspot installation to help the education and connect every student together to facilitate their study.

About the University:

GHANA UNIVERSITY

The University of Ghana is the premier university and the largest university in Ghana was founded as the University College of the Gold Coast by Ordinance on August 11, 1948 for the purpose of providing and promoting university education, learning and research.

As a University poised to distinguish itself in the area of research to make an impact at the national and international level, the University has launched a new Strategic Plan. This new strategic plan (2014-2024) is intended to consolidate the gains made from the review of the University’s mission and practices and situate these within the context of a very dynamic environment of higher education in Ghana and beyond.

Its vision is to become a “World Class research-intensive University” over the next decade. And Afrikanet helped the university to attempt its goal by providing internet installation to help education and connect every student together.

The University of Ghana, has over the years built an image as one of the continent’s reputable universities which makes the University of Ghana the first choice for academics, researchers and students.

focused male african university student using laptop

AFRIKANET solution:

In order to facilitate the work of every student, AFRIKANET installed in the campuses a Hotspot express. Every student was able to connect to internet in this hotspot area whenever they want and work more easily.  For connecting to internet, every student needed to take a ticket appointment for browsing.

This experience was only able thanks to AFRIKANET and a join venture with Wisenet. We provided a dedicated C-Band solution with the science of Ubiquity for the distribution. This solution allowed installing software to control the connection of students.

Education is a big matter for AFRIKANET and we have very glad to have contributed to this project and increase the level of education in Africa, allows to students to have the same university education as in Europe and to take the same chance to success.

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TeleMedecine revolutions hospitals communication

Monday, June 29th, 2015Projects, Senegal, WEST AFRICA,
Africa Healthcare
Partner with JVM, in 2009, AFRIKANET provided wireless lan to network and linked hospitals between them in different cities of Senegal (Keungheuil, Kaffrine, Gossas, Sokone) to revolution hospitals communication.
  • Project Description

Thanks to this project the hospitals communication with transmission of medical images as well as patient data records and other medical information is now possible. The project uses a “Store and Forward” method. Tele-radiology, tele-dermatology and tele-consultation are the main applications. Once digitized, images from radio graphs, extracts of patient records and vocal messages are compressed, encrypted and stored in one file that is sent via the appropriate telecommunication link. The doctor receives the document and is able to give an instant opinion on the case. The opinion is transmitted back by Fax, Telephone or E-mail.

hospitals communication

  • Social Impact & Benefits

– Allow the underserved regions to get access to medical and health information over the national telemedicine network from the central medical database and other international medical websites through Internet to grant consensus building and awareness rising.

– Help local communities to get medical consultancy services from the center and other sites where medical specialists and consultants are appropriately available or concentrated.

– Ensure that local communities receive from health professionals’ medical education.*

hospitals communication

 

*http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/success_story/story_telemedicine.html

 

  • AFRIKANET solutions:

In partnership with JVM, AFRIKANET was able to provide wireless LAN to network hospital due to facilitate transmission between each hospital and make it easier. This project was not possible without Afrikanet and we are glad to have been part of this huge project in Senegal. Afrikanet provided wireless equipment Tranzeo and Zcomax with a range up to 50km.

                                         long rangemiddle range

Each site is connected to the main one: Koungheul. They all share the same internet connection, which is based at the main site.

hospitals communication

Our commitment to improve the network system in Senegal enabled hospitals to get a better communication between every spot.  AFRIKANET is proud to help African countries to develop themselves with a better education.

For more info about VSAT bandwidth and equipment do not hesitate to contact us.

Afrikanet’s contribution to health sector with SANRU

Friday, June 26th, 2015CENTRAL AFRICA, Congo Republic Democratic, Projects,

sanru project 2

sanru 1
Afrikanet Broadband Service agreed to deliver high speed internet connection by satellite  to SANRU central office.

About SANRU:

SANRU is a local non-governmental organisation and Christian faith based Organization. It is headquartered in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.

Health problems have been a long standing issue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo). The main health problems include HIV/Aids, Malaria, outbreaks of polio, cholera, typhoid, yellow fever, the Ebola virus, and hemorrhagic fever. HIV/Aids are the most serious health problem in the DR Congo due to the incurable nature of this disease. Furthermore, Tuberculosis has been an ever more serious health concern in the DR Congo.

SANRU was born in 1981 as the result of consecutive projects through the Medical Department of Council of Protestant Churches of Congo. SANRU is a civil NGO operating in the health care field, and especially in rural areas. SANRU owns projects but has no funds. When SANRU sets up a project or multiple projects, it makes regular disbarments from financing institutions.

Since 2000, SANRU has developed a strong partnership with IMA World Heath (Inter-church Medical Aid) of USA Missions.

sanru 1

SANRU’s main mission is Health for all and by all and this includes:

– The support of health activities for better health care of the population through MOH and mainly the establishment of Health Zones.

– The collaboration with national and international partners to provide technical, financial and logistical assistance to health care providers at national and provincial level.

– The promotion of health issues and general healthcare information.

AFRIKANET solution:

Afrikanet has made its primary objective to fight against the digital divide between northern and southern countries. Afrikanet strongly believes in its objectives as to help promising countries across Africa to access to various forms of technology while supporting their socio-economic development worldwide. To enable Africa to have a place in the digital world and support all African companies in their expansion by optimizing all means of communication including internet access, undeniable development tools.

SANRU adheres to the idea of health for all and believes in the necessity of the fairness in the care and to the well-being of all individuals. Woman and the child health care are priority interventions for SANRU, these two categories being the most vulnerable within the population.  SANRU fights against all discrimination based on the race, ethnic group, the tribe, the religion or political convictions.

Afrikanet Broadband Service agreed to deliver high speed internet connection by satellite  to SANRU central office. Within the ‘AXXESS’ project, Afrikanet was main internet provider. Afrikanet has provided SANRU main office with a VSAT on Ku-Band.sanru 3

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Afrikanet got a new partner in Zambia

Friday, June 26th, 2015EAST AFRICA, Projects, Zambia,
Zambia map

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AFRIKANET is pleased to cooperate with African Union

Friday, June 26th, 2015Cameroon, CENTRAL AFRICA, Projects,
african union
With its broadband services in Africa via satellite, AFRIKANET will ensure the telecommunication on daily basis and will support African Union in its development. African Union profit from our technical expertise, customer support and service delivered through a well-organized channel of partners all over the continent.

 

About the project

AFRIKANET is pleased to cooperate with DECLOG! This commission of African Union has chosen to use the VSAT solution (Very Small Aperture Terminal). With this equipment DECLOG make sure to meet the needs of its telecommunication.

DECLOG is a commission of African Union which is a continental union consisting of 54 countries in Africa. The only African state that is not a member is Morocco. The African Union was established on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa and launched on 9 July 2002 in South Africa, with the aim of replacing the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The Assembly is chaired by Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe. Member states of the African Union cover almost the entirety of continental Africa and several off-shore islands. Consequently, the geography of the African Union is wildly diverse, including the world’s largest hot desert (the Sahara), huge jungles and savannahs, and the world’s longest river (the Nile). The vision of the African Union is that of: “An integrated, prosperous and peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in global arena.”

african union

The objectives of the African Union are:

– To achieve greater unity and solidarity between the African countries and Africans.

– To defend the sovereignty, territorial integrity and independence of its Member States.

– To accelerate the political and social-economic integration of the continent.

– To promote and defend African common positions on issues of interest to the continent and its peoples.

– To encourage international cooperation, taking due account of the Charter of the United Nations and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

– To promote democratic principles and institutions, popular participation and good governance.

– To promote sustainable development at the economic, social and cultural levels as well as the integration of African economies.

– To coordinate and harmonise the policies between the existing and future Regional Economic Communities for the gradual attainment of the objectives of the Union.

– To advance the development of the continent by promoting research in all fields, in particular in science and technology.

 

AFRIKANET solution:

With its broadband services in Africa via satellite, AFRIKANET will ensure the telecommunication on daily basis and will support DECLOG in its development. DECLOG profit from our technical expertise, customer support and service delivered through a well-organized channel of partners all over the continent.

 

african union 2

 

In order to facilitate the conduct of operations, Africa Union asked AFRIKANET this year, 2015, to install VSAT equipment in order to have internet access in their working sites. The internet transmission is able thanks to the Ku-Band solution with an antenna VSAT 1,20m Rx/Tx and Modem reception iDirect x3 Evolution.

AFRIKANET provides also installation equipment on the site and satellite orientation. For any more requirements AFRIKANET does an after sales service and our team is available 24h/7d.

 

 

For more information about VSAT installation do not hesitate to contact us

A sign of international solidarity with Fondation Saint Martin

Thursday, June 25th, 2015Cameroon, CENTRAL AFRICA, Projects,
fondation saint martin
For the second year, the Fondation Saint Martin renewing their trust toward Afrikanet, and renewed their contract with us for keeping their internet access.

  • About the Fondation Saint Martin

As a sign of international solidarity, Alfred Müller AG (which is based in Baar, canton of Zug) established the Fondation Saint Martin in 1992. With a foundation capital of 2.5 million Swiss francs, it forms the basis for the financing of the «Water is Life» project. It is subject to supervision by the Swiss federal government. Its declared objective is to support solidarity projects, and it can be active throughout the world. Its current priority is the «Water is Life» drinking water project in Cameroon.

The «Water is Life» project

The «Water is Life» project is the result of an initiative on the part of Urs Egli, a Benedictine priest from Engelberg, who as head of the Catholic Mission in Otélé, southern Cameroon, found himself confronted with a high infant mortality rate and a population that was in very poor health.

The project originally set out to build 44 wells, but this number soon increased to 400, and in the meantime it has surpassed 1,350. In order to ensure a sustainable supply of drinking water, the St. Martin Foundation attaches a great deal of importance to the maintenance of wells, but it is also constantly pushing ahead with the construction of new ones.

Fondation saint martin 2

  • AFRIKANET solution:

Afrikanet contribution to “Water is Life” project

Afrikanet supports the foundation activity by offering its internet services on AMOS 5 C-band for the Otélé (Cameroon) site.  Network size is 2048 kbps down/ 512 kbps up, ratio 1:10. Afrikanet also provides VOIP services for the foundation.

fondation saint martin 1

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AFRIKANET added value to Ska Telecom Togo

Thursday, June 25th, 2015Projects, Togo, WEST AFRICA,
ska togo
The Togolese television became aware of the impact of development migration which turned SKA Telecom to have a partnership with AFRIKANET and a installation of a VSAT network has been entrusted.

 

About the project:

Major operator in Africa, USA and Europe for direct television broadcasting satellite, SKA TELECOM AFRICA is one of the leading global players in the professional chain of transmission of images from the repatriation of reports to the studios to the power of terrestrial networks analogue and digital television. Video applications, which are the heart of our business include broadcasting (Direct to Home or cable head-ends) contribution links and professional video networks.

ska telecom

One of the elements that reduce North-South digital divide is perhaps the passage of the analogue broadcasting to digital. The Togolese television became aware of the impact of development migration which turned SKA Telecom to have a partnership with AFRIKANET and a installation of a VSAT network has been entrusted.

AFRIKANET solution:

In order to meet the need that was submitted AFRIKANET proposes to install two antennas VSAT C-Band 2.4 of which will be headquartered in Lomé, the Togolese television Uplink only while the second will be in the downlink and Kara 2 sites will be in communication via satellite. Therefore the information that will be reworked referred to other satellites. The diagram below is an illustration of the proposed solution

vsat togo

Since 2013 the collaboration between SKA and AFRIKANET Telecom began effective. To date AFRIKANET has worked with SKA Telecom on many projects including the digitization of the Togolese TV, installing antennas in radios Lome and Kara, distribution Radwin equipment SKA Telecom. And over time their collaboration not only increased thanks to the quality of service offered AFRIKANET and the trust placed in it the SKA Telecom.

‘The added value of Afrikanet is multiple. That is why we work with them for several years. We are sure to have a trusted partner. That is why Afrikanet and Ska Togo are key references in terms of broadcasting but not only..’
Marco Adissou, Managing Director
SKA TOGO TELECOM

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The CCA Bank has an easy business life with AFRIKANET

Thursday, June 25th, 2015Cameroon, CENTRAL AFRICA, Projects,
cca bank
CCA BANK choose AFRIKANET to help them to expand their business thanks to a VSAT solution.

About CCA Bank:

CCA Bank is an investment banking firm that provides financial advisory services and asset management for project developers, institutional investors and debt providers in the financial sector

cca bank

To facilitate sustainable access to financial resources to the poor, the CCA has gradually opened 32 branches in 10 regions of Cameroon. CCA BANK main tasks of Offer financial services to the poor, to fight against poverty through micro financing to promote the creation of income generating activities in rural and urban areas and to fight against unemployment through the recruitment of staff exercising the CCA.

AFRIKANET Solution:

In order to interconnect these 32 agencies across the Cameroonian territory by secure connections to high speed broadband VSAT, CCA BANK needed a serious partner, with advanced technology in the high speed internet satellite and has representations in several other African countries. This will allow the CCA BANK to expand its service internationally with a better quality of service. That’s why they choose us, AFRIKANET, to help them to expand their business

How technology VSAT works:

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AFRIKANET with its representations in 17 countries in Africa, his experience of 16 years in broadband satellite internet and numerous clients in Africa, AFRIKANET appeared among the plethora of ISPs who have applied to the supply of the CCA as leader and the only one able to cover the pending CCA BANK.

 

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AFRIKANET and the Oil and Gas sector

Thursday, June 25th, 2015Angola, CENTRAL AFRICA,
catarina project
AFRIKANET worked on Catarina project to be part of the oil and gas industry and helped it in order to help to facilitate the maritime communication.
  • About the project

This project was referred by Oil Comm 2012 conference in Houston. The Cobalt International Energy company needed internet connectivity on its new rig that was shipped from South Korea to Angola where the oil is explored.

oil and gasSince Brazil unveiled its enormous oil and gas resources in pre-salt, all the companies made the parallel with the Angola deep water suspected to host similar reserves because of the symmetry of the geology across the South Atlantic ocean. As a result of the first investments made by the major companies bringing in all their technology, Angola may envisage to restore its production of crude oil to 2008 levels. As the second largest producer in Africa, Angola delivered 1.7 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude oil in average along 2012. Angola expects to run at 1.8 to 1.9 million b/d in 2013 and is targeting 2 million b/d in 2014with the additional contribution of the Kizomba first phase and its satellites. Within this exploration frenzy, Cobalt managed to take operator role in the Blocks  20 and 21. In the Block 20, Cobalt holds 40% working interest and share partnership with BP and the national oil company Sonangol. In water depth ranging between 1,300 and 1,400 meters, Cobalt is currently drilling the Lontra-1 exploratory well in the north of the Block 20 with the Petroserv SSV Catarina semisubmersible platform. If Cobalt‘s expectations are confirmed, Lontra-1 could appear as one of the largest pre-salt play of the Kwanza Basin.

  • AFRIKANET Solutions

Using Afrikanet solutions limited communication on the platform of rig was transform to reliable robust, intrinsically safe, be versatile, reliable, available at all times and with excellent voice quality to ensure that vital messages get through. We provide and maintain satellite and voice communication system, using reliable product under competitive price as well as qualitative support 24/7 and backup solution. Our services are fully licensed in accordance with local requirements.

In order to assure effective and reliable services Afrikanet works with enduring suppliers and partners. Technical equipment is composed of 3 parts concerning solutions offered: internet services by VSAT, telephone communication and backup solution.

 catarina project

  • Internet services by VSAT

VSAT Systems offers a variety of fixed satellite Internet equipment for your business location, with different types of distance. One of these are:

Satellite AMOS 5: The AMOS-5 satellite provides a variety of services: DTH TV broadcasting, VSAT communications and broadband internet, telephony services, data trunking and video distribution over the Spacecom’s expanded coverage area – Africa, Europe and Asia.amos 5

For more info about VSAT maritime and equipment do not hesitate to contact us