Towards Green, Secure and Climate-Resilient Data Infrastructure

Project Summary:

Although Ethiopia is already the fastest-growing economy in the region boosted by its strategic location, growing manufacturing sector, and a young and dynamic population of 105 million, it has one of the lowest per capita incomes in Africa. One of the major obstacles standing in the way of further development is the current state of the telecom sector, which has been stifled by a lack of innovation, a lack of regulation, and the absence of any private enterprises to compete with the state-owned operator, Ethio Telecom. This project is to increase the inclusiveness and affordability of digital services and digital job creation in Ethiopia and expand access to energy-efficient data center facilities in Ethiopia through the development and adoption of innovative ways to develop sustainable, green, secure and climate-resilient data center infrastructure in Ethiopia in support of its digital journey.  

The program aims to expand access to energy-efficient data center facilities in Ethiopia through the development and adoption of innovative ways to develop sustainable, green, secure, and climate-resilient data center infrastructure. 

List of Activities:

• Assist the Government in developing a Strategy and corresponding guidance documents to help enable the legal and regulatory environment and in adopting best practices to the development of Green and resilient data center infrastructure in Ethiopia to eventually move from “on-prem” to “Hybrid Government Cloud’.
• Provide Technical Assistance (TA) to the Government to implement a cloud infrastructure in order to facilitate resilient data storage and to increase the capacity of the Government to plan and implement green initiatives.

Outcomes:

Output 1:

• Green Data Center and Cloud Strategy 
• Technical Guidelines for Green, Resilient and Inclusive Development 
• Data Digitalization and Classification Guidance Notes

Output 2:

• Strengthen the data management capabilities of relevant Government agencies
• Knowledge sharing and exposure to best practices

Outcomes:

Implementation of the KGGTF activities will result in: (i) expanded knowledge and implementation capacity to institutionalize Green Digital Growth Initiatives and the development of a Green Data Centre; (ii) will help the country expand and strengthen its Digital Infrastructure; (iii) address data protection principles while ensuring the secure storage of the national data; and (iv) Development of partnerships between the government of Ethiopia and improved collaboration with key partners and stakeholders.

Collaboration with K-Partners and Others:

• Ministry of Interior and Safety
• Korean Institute of Science and Technology