UbuntuNet-Connect 2013 Transforming Education and Research Proceedings and Report of the 6th UbuntuNet Alliance Annual Conference 14 - 15 November 2013 Lemigo Hotel, Kigali, Rwanda Sponsors: .. ISSN 2223-7062 1 Proceedings Editors: Tiwonge Msulira Banda, Margaret E Ngwira and Rose Chisowa UbuntuNet Alliance Secretariat P.O. Box 2550 Lilongwe, Malawi Lilongwe, Malawi: UbuntuNet Alliance, 2013 www.ubuntunet.net i ISSN 2223-7062 Key title: Proceedings and report of the 6th UbuntuNet Alliance annual conference Abbreviated key title: Proc. rep. 6th UbuntuNet Alliance annu. conf. ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS UbuntuNet-Connect is made possible through the various roles that different people and organizations play. We would like to thank each one of them for their support. We wish to acknowledge with gratitude the work of the UbuntuNet-Connect reviewers who year by year give prompt feedback and ensure that the quality of accepted abstracts continues to rise. We also acknowledge the many people who submitted abstracts for the conference. Competition was tight in 2013 but if your abstract was not accepted this year, we encourage you to submit another abstract next year. The contribution of the Rwanda Ministry of Education and the Rwanda Development Board was ongoing and essential and is acknowledged with great appreciation. The Network Startup Resource Centre (NSRC) whose sponsorship funded the participation of the African presenters played a great role in the success of the conference To our Diamond Sponsors: XON; Gold Sponsors: AfricaConnect, NSRC, Liquid Telecomm and Government of Rwanda; Silver Sponsor: WIOCC; and Bronze Sponsors : Optelian, BSC (Broadband Systems Corporation ) and KBC (Kigali Bus Company), we thank you warmly for this investment in the future and request that you continue supporting UbuntuNet-Connect. The participation of the consortium members of the two EU FP7 projects in which UbuntuNet Alliance currently participates, CHAIN-REDS and ei4Africa helped bring a global perspective. We thank you all. iii iv TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ...................................................................................................... iii PART ONE: FOREWORD ........................................................................................................ 1 PART TWO: PAPERS (A/Z by first Author) .......................................................................... 3 Content Alert System Using Short Message Service (SMS): A Testimony of two Collaborative Projects in Africa and Asia John Paul ANBU1 and Sridevi JETTY2 ........5 The CHAIN-REDS Semantic Search Engine Roberto BARBERA1,2, Carla CARRUBBA2, Giuseppina INSERRA2, .............................................................................13 e-Infrastructure Acceptance in e-Health, e-Learning and e-Agriculture in Zimbabwe: The Quest for the User Acceptance Variable Chrispen CHIOME ............29 A Software-Based Solution for Distributing and Displaying UHD Video Content over Packet Networks with Applications to Telemedicine and Culture Leandro CIUFFO1, Guido SOUZA FILHO2, Lucenildo AQUINO JUNIOR2, Michael STANTON1,3, Clayton REIS1, Alvaro MALAGUTI1, Graciela MARTINS1, Luiz MESSINA1 ..........................................................................................................................41 Use of Subfluvial Optical Cable in a Region Without Land-Based Infrastructure – a Project to Deploy Advanced Communications in the Amazon Region Eduardo GRIZENDI†, Michael STANTON‡ ...................................................................................53 The NREN Business Model Robert JANZ .......................................................................69 Gleaning from Pro-Poor ICT Experiences to Address Challenges Faced by Uganda’s Nascent Research and Education Network Isaac J. M. KASANA ...............73 A Strategy for Developing High-end ICT talent for Emerging African NRENs – The case of KENET Meoli KASHORDA ........................................................................89 Use of Electronic Medical Records System to Enforce Adherence to Maternal and Infant Health Treatment Protocol in Malawi: A Pilot Case Study at at Bwaila Maternity Hospital Patricia KHOMANI1, Chimwemwe MPUTENI1, Oliver GADABU1, ........................................................................................................................103 Security: A Necessary Piece of the Collaboration Puzzle Alex KISYAKE ................111 Health sciences faculty perception and practices on OA scholarly communication Edda T. LWOGA ..............................................................................................................119 Mobile Applications to Enhance Versatility of Mobile Learning in Higher Education Jimmy MACHARIA ......................................................................................135 SCIFI – A Software-Based Controller for Efficient Wireless Networks Luiz Claudio Schara MAGALHÃES1, HelgaDolorico BALBI1, Cosme CORRÊA1, Rafael De Tommaso do VALLE2, Michael STANTON2,3 ...........................................................145 South Africa's Federated Identity Management Initiative Siju A. MAMMEN ........157 NREN Network Security: A case study of Uganda Christian University ICT 1 2 Infrastructure Perez MATSIKO , Sarah KIDEN .........................................................167 1 Piloting White Spaces for DSpaces in Malawi Chomora MIKEKA ...........................175 v Survival of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in a competitive market of Africa: A Case Study of the Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) Stein MKANDAWIRE ...............................................................................185 The Case of Learning by Doing and its Applications in Tanzania Amos NUNGU ..193 Interoperable Multi Conferencing Technology as a Basis for an Open, Global Web Conferencing Network Valter ROESLER1, Felipe CECAGNO1, Leonardo DARONCO1, André MARINS2, Michael STANTON2, 3 .................................................203 Distributed Computing Services on top of a Research and Education Network: GARR Federico RUGGIERI1, Maria Laura MANTOVANI2, ........................................213 On the Development of Climate Data Visualization tool for Interpretation of Empirical Results from Climate Model: Does it add Value to Different 1 2 3 Stakeholders? Camilius SANGA , Neema SUMARI , Siza D. TUMBO ....................223 PART THREE: RAPPORTEURS’ REPORT .......................................................................... 237 Session 2: NREN Services ................................................................................................ 239 Session 3: The NREN as an Organisation: Panel....................................................... 242 Session 4: Theme-AfricaConnect ................................................................................. 245 Parallel Session 5a: eInfrastructure Applications .................................................... 248 Parallel Session 5b: e-applications: e-learning, e-content ...................................... 249 Parallel Session 6a: NREN Infrastructure and Security ........................................... 252 Parallel Session 6b: e-Applications: e-Learning, e-Content .................................... 254 PART FOUR: LIST OF PARTICIPANTS .............................................................................. 258 vi PART ONE: FOREWORD The UbuntuNet Alliance has always recognised the fact that content is the driver of our data networks, and that our working to ensure access to sufficient bandwidth at affordable cost is really about enabling cost-effective collaboration among our communities of practice. It is through such communities, working with the colleagues in and outside Africa, that we shall achieve the true value of our NRENs – national development, human development, and sustainable economies. This is why we promote our annual conference, UbuntuNet-Connect, as the premiere continental event for the dissemination of research that is enabled by e-infrastructures. We have been richly rewarded: this year saw the largest number of abstracts from the largest number of countries we have ever had participating. Our international panel of reviewers did an excellent job of selection, but we were unfortunately forced to drop some good abstracts because of the limitation in slots, despite the fact that well- attended parallel sessions were held for the first time. In these proceedings of UbuntuNet-Connect 2013, you will be able to feel the pulse of research going on in development parts of Africa and indeed the world that address many of the development challenges of Africa. You will also feel the dynamism of the growing community of NREN practitioners, working to ensure that Africa has sustainable and stable connectivity and application platforms, creating a research and education environment comparable to any other part of the world. As the Alliance, we feel the energy of these groups, and they give us the signal that we are on the right path. However, good papers alone do not make a good conference of the kind we had in Kigali: many African researchers from developing countries never get the opportunity to disseminate their findings at international events. We acknowledge with thanks the generous support of the following companies and organizations which funded travel fellowship for the many authors, enabling participation from 34 countries. We wish you good reading and look forward to seeing you at UbuntuNet-Connect