1. Seacom and African
Internet Innovation
Date: 17 July 2009
Presented by: Jeff Fletcher

2. Undersea Cables - 1901

3. Undersea Cables - 2006

4. What is Seacom?
• Big f#@k off under sea cable
• 1.2 terabits per second (or 34 DVD’s
per second)
• 75% African owned
• Open access model i.e. anyone can buy
capacity.

5. The Maps - 2002

6. The Maps - Seacom

7. The Maps - 2011

8. The Maps - 2012

9. East African Market
Population GDP
50 300
38 225
25 150
13 75
0 0
in millions in billion (USD)
South Africa Kenya Tanzania Mozambique Madagascar

10. East African Market
Internet Users Internet Penetration
6000 11%
4500 8%
3000 6%
1500 3%
0 0%
in 100,000s As % of population
South Africa Kenya Tanzania Mozambique Madagascar

11. East African Market
6,000,000
5,250,000
4,500,000
3,750,000
3,000,000
2,250,000
1,500,000
750,000
0
1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
Madagascar Mozambique Tanzania Kenya South Africa

12. East African Market
1,500,000
1,312,500
1,125,000
937,500
750,000
562,500
375,000
187,500
0
1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005
Madagascar Mozambique Tanzania Kenya

13. Tanzanian Market
400,000
350,000
300,000
250,000
200,000
150,000
100,000
50,000
0
1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005

14. Tanzanian Market
42%
55%
3%
Dial-up
ADSL
Broadband Wireless

15. Tanzanian Market
JINX - total Bandwidth

16. Tanzanian Market
Cost of Corporate Access in USD
64k 128k 256k 512k 1mbps
693 1149 1782 3264 5661
Cost of Mobile Access in USD
Per GB
15 - 20

17. New Tanzanian Internet
• All internet access capacity that is
currently available in Tanzania is
provided via satellite
• The total Internet access capacity
in to Tanzania is estimated at 150
Mpbs (200:1 contention)
• Seacom will bring about 1.5 Gbps
(20:1 contention)

18. Innovation Opportunities
• This is a web 1.0 country
• More localization specific requirements
• No pre-installed users bases

19. Thank you
Empowering African Communication