ARTES- APPS WorkshopBrussels – 19 June 2014

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Introduction and Consortium

• 2009: Market study “Use of satellite triple play services in emerging countries” (ARTES 1)

• 2010: Pre-operations of Astra2Connect in Africa

• 2011: SatFinAfrica Pilot Project co-funded by ESA (ARTES 3-4 Satcom Applications)

• 2012: Incorporation of SatADSL as the operating spin-off of Sea&Space

Sea&Space Exploration: Consultancy in SatCom

SES: Satellite Operator, through its subsidiary SBBS

Newtec: SatCom systems manufacturer

User Needs and Project Motivation

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1. Demonstrate the suitability of Sat3Play platform, originally designed for serving the consumer market, for reliable and secured financial institutions applications in emerging countries

2. Demonstrations and a Pilot Project in West Africa

• Financial institutions represent a fast growing market • Their remote sites in West Africa are often too small to justify the

investment in a classic corporate VSAT • Need to develop a corporate version of Astra2Connect service, tailored to

the need of financial institutions• Pilot project to demonstrate the suitability of the new corporate service

Service Provision

Corporate Customers

ProductsBandwidthConnectivity &VA Services

African Partner (ISP or Telco)

SoHo/SME

Technology

Remote Branches

ATMs Others…

Market Perspective

•Thousands of sites of national Money Transfer Companies in Sub-Saharan Africa with presence spread all over the territory through small agencies

•Off-sites ATMs expected to spread all over the continent with the development of banking activities (more than 2000 ATMs only in Nigeria)

•Bank agencies expanding to smaller towns and rural villages

•Possibility to offer professional services to a number of other sectors, based on the features developed for the financial sector

Socio-Economic Benefits

• “Access to financial services help reduce poverty and inequality and stimulate job creation for poor South Africans”. World Bank 2013

• “Cash transfers can be an important development mechanism to improve household resilience in terms of maintaining agricultural production in the face of an overall downward economic trend”. FAO 2013.

•To date around 200 financial sites equipped with the solution representing around 1 million transactions per month.

•And it is continuously expanding !

Applications – Money Transfer

Money Transfer Site in Cameroon

Money Transfer Site in Cameroon

Applications – Automatic Telling Machines

ATM Site in Ghana

ATM Site in Ghana

Applications – Virtual Private NetworksVPN Site in Burkina Faso

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• Total Number of Financial Customers around 200 each one equipped with a satellite terminal

• Total number of end-users sites: around 1000

• 35 Distributors spread over Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, DRC, Congo Brazzaville, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe, Zambia, South Africa, Angola, Mozambique.

Achievements and Lessons Learned

Confidential

ESA’s Contribution• ESA Project was key to:• tailoring the service

• reducing the risk

• launching the operating spin-off company SatADSL

•ESA’s view from outside was challenging but constructive

•Even though the administrative aspects of follow-up (reporting, documentation, …) might seem scary, it forced us to frame our work, strategy and approach.

Thank You !

For additional information, please contact us at info@satadsl.net