Posts Tagged “africa”
PingER project made this “Internet Weather” map of Africa and shows the network performance measured from Trieste Italy to African Universities, from April 2007 to March 2008.
Darker red dots indicate higher speeds such as enabled by ADSL or better . Clearer, lighter red dots indicate lower speeds, in some cases as poor as 56kbps modems. If a site is unreach able its dot disappears, so flickering dots indicate fragility. If all dots disappear the measurement host expe rienced an outage. Africa’s network performance is over 10 years behind that of Europe and the US and falling further behind. These measurements are made by the international PingER project and provide hard evidence of the extent of the Digital Divide for planners and policy makers.
In Africa, only 4, 99% of the population have access to the Internet. An average small compared to 41.18% of Europeans and Americans who are familiar with the Internet says another report published yesterday.
About PingER
PingER (Ping End-to-end Reporting) is the name given to the Internet End-to-end Performance Measurement (IEPM) project to monitor end-to-end performance of Internet links, developed by the IEPM group at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. The network performance of more than 300 hosts are monitored worldwide.
Tags: africa, connectivity, digital divide, ict, internet access, Internet News, pinger, weather map
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 After more than 18 days we got the 1st opportunity to get an Internet connection. So it’s time to give you some details.
We left Johanessburg on August 18th and cross the border with Botswana 2 days later. Close to Point Driff border we spent 2 days in Tuli Game Reserve and went for our first game drives. Lots of birds, gazeles and some elephants welcomed us (specially a young bull.. see photo).
We then drove North to Nxai Pan National Park for our first 2 nights sleeping on the top of the car. We also got stucked in soft and deep sand near Bairnes’ Baobab. Fortunaltely a hour later some Germans guys, also took than road and pulled our car out.
Next stop was in Magkadigkadi pan were we slept full of dust under thousands stars on the edge of the pan.
Last week we stop for 4 days camping into the Central Kalahari Game Reserve, looking endlessly for these lions which disturbed all our nights but never shown up during day light.
After a night to Maun (the 2nd largest city in Botswana) we flew to the Guma Lagoon in the upper part of the Okavango where we finally saw our first lions from a 300m distance. A bit far for some nice photos but as we were by foot everyone agreed that this distance was finally quite appreciable.
Some Technics for these interested:
- Having all our cameras and laptops in waterproof bags works fine. We don’t have too many problem with dust so far.
- Cheap Chinese 350W DC/AC power inverter gave up after 2 weeks. It could not stand 1 battery charger + 1 laptop power adapter. Lesson learnt: don’t trust what is written on the sticker.
- Digital fracture is quite present. GSM network is only available near cities and main villages reason why we cannot frequently update these pages, but we’ll keep trying.
That’s all for today as we have to hit the road again and enter Moremi National Park tomorrow morning.
Tags: africa, botswana, drive, makgadigkadi, nxai, okavango, Photography, safari, selfdrive, Travel, trip, tuli
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After a bit more than 3 years spent in Thailand, it is now time for new adventures.
Luggage checked-in (65 kg !), airport formalities completed and now ready for boarding.
Next update in 1 or 2 days, most likely from South Africa.
Tags: 2008, africa, airport, botswana, namibia, safari, trip, update
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During the coming months, these pages may not speak too much about technologies as we may be partially or even totally “unplugged” for days or even weeks.
The reason is a 55 days self-drive safari across Botswana, Namibia & South Africa and a day trip to the famous Victoria Falls. So, I’ll try to relate our experiences and publish some photos instead.
On the menu:
- Central Kalahari Game Reserve
- Okavango Delta
- Victoria Falls
- Chobe National Park
- BwaBwata National Park (ex. Caprivi Game Reserve)
- Etosha National Park
- Damaraland
- Cape Cross
- Sossusvlei area
- Fish River Canyon
- Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park
If you wish, feel free to post any useful information (location, coordinates, trips, etc..).
Tags: africa, botswana, caprivi, chobe, etosha, kalahari, kgalagadi, namibia, okavango, Photography, safari, selfdrive, sossusvlei, southafrica, victoria falls, wildlife
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Posted by Cedric in
European curriculum vitae format
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Cedric
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E-mail
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click on this link to get it
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Date of birth
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1996 – Present day
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International Committee of the Red Cross , Geneva, Switzerland
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International Humanitarian Organization
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Information & Communication Technologies – Regional Coordinator
As from October 2008 : Western & Central African Countries, based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
2005 – 2008 : Asia & Pacific based in Bangkok, Thailand
2002 – 2004 : Great Lakes area, Eastern & Southern Africa based in Nairobi, Kenya
1999 – 2001 : Americas based in Bogota, Colombia
1997 – 1999 : Western & Central African Countries, based in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
1996 – 1997 : Commonwealth of Independent States based in Moscow, Russia
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Coordination of telecommunication & computer networks activities of the ICRC
Design & follow-up of ICT regional & institutional projects
Technical adviser for ICRC executives
Technical support to ICT field engineers
Technical support & user training
Financial & administrative tasks related to ICT systems
Negotiations with national & regional providers, telecom authorities, etc..
Human resources management
Implementing institutional ICT policies
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1993 – 1995
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International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva, Switzerland
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International Humanitarian Organization
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Information & Communication Technologies – Field Engineer
1993 : Sudan
1994 : Angola, Rwanda
1995 : Angola
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Installation and maintenance of radio communication & computer networks
User training & support
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1992 – 1993
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Placement d’Électriciens Bernard Marchon Sarl., Neyruz, Switzerland
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Employment agency
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Geneva & Lausanne Branch Director
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Human Resources
Customer Relations
Administrative & financial related tasks.
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1988 – 1991
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Placement d’Électriciens Bernard Marchon, Neyruz, Switzerland
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Employment agency
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Geneva Branch Manager
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Human Resources
Customer Relations
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1986 – 1988
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Placement d’Électriciens Bernard Marchon, Neyruz, Switzerland
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Building Trade
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Specialized electrician
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Breakdown interventions
Telephone & computer cabling systems
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1986 – 1988
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EggTelsa Électricité Téléphone S.A, Geneva, Switzerland
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Building Trade
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Electrician
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Breakdown interventions
Small & medium construction projects
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2001
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Universitat Ramon Llull – Enginyeria y Arquitectura La Salle, Barcelona, Spain
Cisco Network Academy Program
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WAN & LAN Networks, Ethernet Standards, Routing Protocols, Network design, Security policies, Router configuration, IP addressing, Transport protocols, Network Management, Troubleshooting.
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Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
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2001 – 2002
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Universitat Ramon Llull – Enginyeria y Arquitectura La Salle, Barcelone, Spain
Master in Network & Services of Telecommunications (MXST)
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Telecommunication networks & services, Network Management, Project Management, Mobile communications.
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Master in Network & Services of Telecommunication (Màster en Xarxes i Serveis de Telecomunicació).
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1981 – 1985
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EggTelsa Électricité Téléphone S.A, Geneva, Switzerland & CEPIA (Professional school)
Electrician Apprenticeship
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Electrical installation & maintenance.
Telephone & Alarm systems installation & maintenance
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Federal Proficiency Certificate of Electrician (Certificat Fédéral de Capacity)
Mention : Good
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Other professional training
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VSat GVF VSAT Installer Certification (Satlinx, Leuk 2009)
People leadership & Management by Ashridge (UK)
(ICRC Geneva 2008)
Managing & Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment (IT TrainingAcademy, Geneva 2005)
Implementing & Supporting Microsoft Windows XP Professional (Global Knowledge, Geneva 2003).
Lotus Notes R5 Domino Server Administration (Digicomp, Geneva 2001)
Linux Suse Network Configuration (www sistemas, Bogota 2001)
Linux Suse Administration (Acis, Bogota 2000)
Administration & Technical Support of Microsoft Windows NT 4, TCP/IP interconnection (Digicomp, Geneva 1999)
English Advanced (Australian College of English, Sydney 1997)
Project Management (ESMT, Dakar 1996)
Effective Presentation Technics (Marchstore Ltd, London 1995)
Training of Trainers (Cegos, Paris 1995)
Local Area Networks (Digicomp, Geneva 1995)
MS-Dos 6.2 (Digicomp, Geneva 1995)
Codan HF Radio Module (Codan UK, Farnham 1995)
Novell Netware 3.1x Administration (Digicomp, Geneva 1995/99)
Novell Netware 3.1x Installation & Configuration (Digicomp, Geneva 1995)
Lotus Notes R3 Administration 1 (Digicomp, Geneva 1995)
Lotus Notes R3 Development 1 (Digicomp, Geneva 1995)
Lotus Notes R3 Basics + Technical User (Digicomp, Geneva 1995)
Computer Security (Digicomp, Geneva 1995)
Windows Ressources (Digicomp, Geneva 1995)
Sales Technics & Customer relationship (CAFI, Lausanne 1991)
Alarm & Security systems (Rochat, Geneva 1990)
MS-Dos 5 (Bernard Marchon, Geneva 1990)
Telepax PABX Systems (Telepax, Geneva 1990)
Hasler Integral 2 PABX system (PTT, Bern 1989)
Ericsson GDX/GFX PABX Systems (PTT, Bern 1989)
Telephone installation 2 (CIS, Geneva 1987)
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ENGLISH – SPANISH – PORTUGESE |
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Excellent – Excellent – Basic |
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Good – Good – nil |
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Good – Good – nil |
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Social skills and competences
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Team Work: I have the chance of experiencing team working on both national and international level with colleagues of various nationalities.
Intercultural Skills: As working & living on permanent basis abroad since 1993, I have the opportunity to collaborate with international and intercultural teams on daily basis, mostly aimed at the regional management of an international humanitarian organization. |
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Organizational skills and competences
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Management of technical national & expatriate staff at regional level. (more than 40 employees).
Regional ICT project management (in more than 15 countries) Regional yearly ICT seminar organization & professional courses (about 25 participants) ICT Budget preparation & follow-up. Assets management Head of ICT regional Emergency Response Unit Promotion & auditing institutional ICT policies. |
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Technical skills and competences
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Competent on electrical, telephone, lighting/grounding & 2-way satellite systems.
Competent on wired & wireless telecommunication, HF/VHF/UHF radio communication & computer networks. Competent on various Microsoft operating systems (Windows NT4, XP Professional, 2003 server). Competent on design, installation, maintenance & troubleshooting of computer systems. Good knowledge of Lotus Notes/Domino R5 workflow environment Good knowledge on MS Office tools, computer security systems. Good knowledge on power supplies (generator, solar & wind power) Some web-building, graphic editing, Linux & MS SQL experience. Some Cisco routing & switches experience. Some competences on various PABX systems |
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Artistic skills and competences
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Amateur Photographer, Photo-editing, Web-publishing
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Other skills and competences
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Driving licence(s)
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Swiss & International driver license (light vehicle & motorbike up to 125 cm3)
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Tags: abidjan, africa, cedric favero, coordination, coordinator, favero, ict professional, radiocom, resume, telecom
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