Introducing Botswana’s Premier Data Centre
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A vendor-neutral multi-tenant data centre where all networks can securely connect and share data traffic. A unique and unrivaled colocation and data center services provider. A Leading premier colocation facility in the SADC region
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A 100% Botswana Government owned wholesale telecommunication services provider. A leading digital infrastructure company that owns and operates a converged multi route fibre cable networks both nationally and internationally .
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INTRODUCING THE DIGITAL DELTA
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Owned and operated by BOFINET, the Digital Delta is located at the nerve center of the national fibre network, facilitating instant creation of physical and virtual connections to a dynamic global connectivity ecosystem.
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Facilitating open access to services on the national telecommunications infrastructure. Improving access to knowledge. A leading Carrier of Carriers, providing connectivity to regional and international operators.
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Designed to meet Tier III certification and compliance standards while ensuring high-performance, network reliability, redundancy and low-latency access. A stable hosting environment for the SADC region
Take pride in developing focused products and solutions aligned to requirements from wholesale customers. Making telecommunication services affordable and thus accessible by all Batswana.
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BOTSWANA AT A GLANCE GDP PERFORMANCE GDP: US$18.347Billion (WB, 2019) Per capita GDP: USD$7,961(WB, 2019).
INFLATION (2.20 % December 2020), BoB Target is 3% - 6%
INTEREST RATES Bank rate 3.75%: Prime Rate 5.75%
KEY EXPORTS (2019) (Total merchandize exports = US$5.23 million) Diamonds, copper, nickel, Ignition wiring sets and other wiring sets for vehicles, boneless beef, soda ash, and copper ores and concentrates.
REGIONAL TAR
(Internet Reach) if ser 235 million Latenc 4
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LAND MASS 582,000 SQ.KM
BORDERS South Africa, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
POPULATION 2.3 million
KEY IMPORTS (2019) (Total merchandize imports US$6.56 million) Non-industrial diamonds, petroleum products, Industrial diamonds
RGET MARKET
rviced from Gaborone cy: Less than 20ms 5
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BOTSWANA’S LOCATION ADVANTAGE Botswana has devised national strategies to effectively link its priority sectors with regional value chains. Botswana has a competitive edge over other SADC member states: • • • • • •
Highly stable political environment Positioned as a regional hub with access to a market of 235M potential internet customers due to its central location in the region Low risk country with minimal possibility of riots, ethic violence and damage to property. Direct fibre connectivity with all its neighbors Low backhaul capacity costs A preferred location for the regional internet exchange
Angola
Zambi
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Namibia
20m ppl
Botswana
South Africa
500km 6
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Preferential market access to SACU, SADC, EU, MERCUSOR and US markets. Regional Market Access • • • •
500KM radius 1000KM radius 1500 KM radius 2000KM radius
- 20M - 65M - 100M - 235M
Malawi
ia
Zimbabwe
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000km
65m ppl
Mozambique
100m ppl
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INVESTMENT INCENTIVES Botswana’s Corporate Tax Rate is Highly Competitive
TAXATION
IFSC
CUSTOMS DUTY
TRAINING COSTS
TAXATION Botswana General: African Average: Global Average:
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22% 27,5% 23,57%
15% for Manufacturing, IFSC, Innovation Hub 5 -10% for SPEDU Region Special Economic Zones
Maximum 22% for other Sectors
No Exchange Controls
Up to 15% Tax Credit for non Double Taxation Agreement (DTA) jurisdictions
Duty Free import for manufacturing and agricultural machinery & equipment
200% Tax rebates
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Value Added Tax at 14%
Maximum 25% Personal Income Tax
Possible tax holidays of up to 10 years under Development Approval Order
Zero rated for VAT
WHT Exemption when distributing to non residents
Exemption from CGT where shareholding is > 25%
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THE DIGITAL DELTA GENERAL OVERVIEW 1. Located in Gaborone, Botswana, the nerve center of the region fibre network 2. 1000sqm/400 racks, Tier III+, safe haven for data, with secure, resilient power 3. Intelligent cooling 4. High security (physical and network) 10
5. Uptime Institute certified (Tier III) 6. Guaranteed uptime with Service Level Agreements 7. Close proximity to business partners and suppliers 8. Vendor Neutral with advanced IXP and express onramps to public cloud 9. Full and half racks
10. A and B power feeds, each from separate energy centres 11. Flexible and scalable interconnections to multiple parties 12. Remote hands on-demand support
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GREAT NETWORKS NEED EVEN BETTER NODES To grow the economy, a fast and efficient ICT infrastructure is needed. The already fast and reliable national
fibre network is now augmented with an Internet Exchange Point and Uptime Institute certified Tier III colocation facility.
Legend Exisiting Fibre Network Ongoing Fibre Network Planned Fibre Network
A long term plan has always been to build an interconnected, reliable and resilient globally-connected fibre network centered around a premium Data Centre as its heartbeat, thus completing the digital infrastructure ecosystem that will fuel economic growth as well as providing a quality user experience. 11
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INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY To connect to the rest of the world, BoFiNet is a consortium member of both WACS and EASSy WACS • •
BoFiNet is a consortium member of West Africa Cable System (WACS) with a 4.5% shareholding. Connecting Africa to Europe from South Africa to UK.
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BoFiNet connects to this submarine cable in South Africa and Namibia. To connect to Landing Station in South Africa there are two
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exit points being Tlokweng and Ramatlabama borders. Namibia connection is through Charleshill (two connections) and Ngoma.
London Highbridge
Monaco Marseille
Gibraltar Sesimbra Alexandria Tripoli
Canary Islands
Abu Talat
Suez
Zaafarana
Fujairah Muscat Jeddah
Mumbai
Port Sudan Cape Verde Djibouti
Lomé Abidjan
Accra
Lagos Limbe Mogadishu
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Mombasa Pointe-Noire Muanda
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Dar es Salaam
Luanda Moroni
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Botswana
Toliary Jo’burg
Maputo
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Mtunzini Durban
Yzerfontein/Melkbosstrand
Large backhaul capacity underpins the Data Centre cloud onramps Improved performance with low latency private connections running over a purpose-built Layer 2 networks Provides alternative routes bypassing South Africa - mitigating against political instability risks. Multiple routes guarantee high availability for the Data Centre
Cape Town
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The East Africa Cable system (EASSy) connects African countries on the East coast of Africa. BoFiNet owns a 4% shareholding in the consortium. The starts in South Africa up to
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Sudan. BoFiNet through its partners has extended the service to UK. BoFiNet connects to the submarine cable in South Africa where it starts.
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To connect to landing stations in South Africa there are two exit points being Tlokweng and Ramatlabama borders.
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INTERNET CONNECTIVITY To ensure great user experience and Quality of Service, BoFiNet owns and Operates International Points of Presence (PoPs) in the following locations:
BoFiNet also connects to the following major Internet Exchange Points:
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South Africa: 2 PoPs UK: 2 PoPs Namibia: 1 PoP
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from these exchanges. These PoPs ensure that we reduce malicious traffic as well as filtering unwanted traffic.
London Internet Exchange (LINX) Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX) NAP Africa (Johannesburg)
This ensures user experience is enhanced as well as providing content
Peering
Peering LiNX London (Global Switch) London (Telehouse North)
EIG
WACS
DJIBOUTI
Francistown
Gaborone
SWK
MSU 1
International Router International PoP
Landing Station
EASSY
MSU 2
Teraco JHB
Mtunzini
Yzerfontein Teraco Cape Town
Protected Path
Drawing Title: BoFiNet IP Core World View Architect:
Technology Planning
Date:
Feb 2017
Multiple PoPS ensure great user experience, access to content and cloud onramps
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BOFINET REGIONAL CONNECTIVITY We have exit capacities at the following borders, interconnecting with various partner operators: System Capacity - 40 optical channels at 100G scalable to 200G per channel, Giving a total capacity of 8000G South Africa • Ramatlabama - Capacity 150G (WIOCC) • Tlokweng - Capacity 20G (TSA) • Pioneer Boarder - 150G (WIOCC) Zimbabwe • Ramokgwebana - Capacity 100G (TelOne, PowerTel, Liquid) Zambia • Kazungula- Capacity - 100G (CEC Liquid, Zesco) • Ngoma-Katima-Sesheke Capacity 100G Namibia • Charles Hill - Capacity 300G (Paratus) • Ngoma - 10G (TN) • Charles Hill - 10G(TN) WACS capacity 205Gbps EASSy capacity 206.5Gbps The excess capacity will accommodate and support any additional traffic generated by the Data Centre. The robust interconnected high capacity fibre ecosystem makes the country and the Data Centre a preferred location for a regional Internet exchange point and an alternative to the volatile South African environment.
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BENEFITS OF COLOCATING EDGE NODES AT THE DIGITAL DELTA 1. Botswana is a transit hub for the SADC region and its well positioned to host both Edge and Core DC nodes as well the regional Internet Exchange Points. 2. The Digital Delta has the capability to host core and edge cloud infrastructure. 3. Catchment area for the regional internet traffic from South Africa to Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and the DRC. 4. BoFiNet has a world class bearer optical network with multiple access points to edge clouds 5. 5. Low latency, high capacity backhaul connectivity within a highly secure and stable environment. 6. Deployment of Core or Edge Node Servers will reduce latency to regional neighboring countries in the North (Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique and DRC) by about 48%, to less than 20ms
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A CASE TO RESIDE AT THE DIGITAL DELTA Benefits Of Colocation At The Digital Delta And Deploying Decentralised Cloud Infrastructure: • • • • •
Substantially reduce latencies Lower demands on network bandwidth Increase privacy of sensitive information Enable operations even when networks are disrupted Lower connectivity costs
Latency Figures from Teraco (South Africa) Country
Current Latencies If Serviced from From Teraco (SA) Gaborone
% Reduction if Serviced from Gaborone
Gaborone, Botswana
10ms
2ms
2ms
Lusaka, Zambia
23ms
13ms
43%
Harare, Zimbabwe
20ms
10ms
50%
Lubumbashi, DRC
30ms
20ms
33%
Blantyre, Malawi
27ms
17ms
37%
Target Market Country
Current Internet Users
Population
Zambia
5.4Million
18Million
Zimbabwe
5.1Million
15Million
36.5Million
59Million
DRC
21Million
90Million
Mozambique
6.7Million
31.7Million
Malawi
3.5Million
19Million
Namibia
1.3Million
2.5Million
91.2Million
235.2Million
South Africa
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By processing data and services as close to the end user as possible, edge computing allows organizations to reduce latency and improve the customer experience.
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COLOCATION PRODUCTS 1. Rack space • • • • •
Full 19” rack (43U/47U, 600mm(w) 1200mm(d)) Half 19” rack (21U/23U, 600mm(w) 1200mm(d)) Unique locks Perforated doors, allowing optimal air flow Direct access to a cable distribution system supporting copper and fibre interconnects
2. Remote Hands - On demand, 24/7* support, with SLA - Basic low-level technical assistance: • Resetting or rebooting of equipment • Cable replacement • Checking of alarms on equipment
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Guaranteed by diesel backup generators Additional power available Cascaded to multiple resilient DB boards Online UPSs (frequency & voltage stability) Power Distribution Unit technology to manage the power down to rack level
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Flexible & scalable Fibre and copper To multiple carriers & ISPs + direct access to business partners within the Data Centre Same day install of redundant links to any DC client, carrier or service provider Structured cable system Availability SLA
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Separate A & B power feeds 1.1kVA allowance, monitored continuously
CLOUD PRODUCTS AND SERVICES 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Cloud IaaS Cloud SaaS Cloud Enablement Cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Partnerships Cloud Security as a Service (SeCaaS)
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THE DIGITAL DELTA AN OASIS WHERE DATA CAN THRIVE
Address:
Plot 74938, Botswana Innovation Hub (BIH) Complex, Gaborone, Botswana
Tel:
+267 3986341, +267 3995500
Email:
sales@digitaldelta.co.bw
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