The Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT is pleased to invite you to a Technology Transformation Seminar on Monday, March 1st from 2-4pm.

John Hawker based in Thailand, will share his first hand experience of the planning and deployment of the world’s first pure IP satellite, iPSTAR. He brings his experience of the impact that access to low cost internet brings to rural areas in Asia and the related opportunities for Africa. iPSTAR brought VSAT to rural Asian communities at one-tenth the cost of regular VSAT. Broadband at below $100 per mbps enabled many economic opportunities for Asian countries covered by iPSTAR. The in-depth explanation of this transformational solution; from the social benefits, the failures and technologies involved will be detailed.Europe and USA are now deploying pure IP satellites and Africa is positioned to do the same. This lecture is a must for anyone wanting to see the future of ICT access and benefits.