ZubaBox

A ZubaBox is a solar-powered internet café developed by Computer Aid International. It is constructed from used shipping containers and consists of a Pentium 4 PC (3 GHz+, 3GB RAM, 80GB+ HDD), 11 sets of peripherals (keyboards, mice, monitors), 2 desktop virtualisation cards, a ventilation fan for the server, low-power lights and an advanced power inverter.[1] The solar panels used are poly-crystalline and the cell batteries are of Advanced Glass Mat type. It is named after the Nyanja word "Zuba", which means "Sun".[2]

Deployments

First Deployment

The first ever ZubaBox was deployed in a mission hospital in the village of Macha, Zambia and is used by the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. It is located 70 km from the nearest paved road and supports a mesh network with a radius of 1.5 km. The ZubaBox in Macha has a rota system which enables students to use it in the mornings, teachers and nurses to use it for professional training in the afternoon and is then open to adults to use thereafter.[3]

Subsequent Deployments

Since then, there have been around 10 ZubaBoxes deployed in countries such as Nigeria,[4] Zambia, Zimbabwe[5] and Kenya.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Solar Shipping Containers Help Bring Internet to Rural Africa", Energy Matters
  2. ^ "ZubaBox - Solar Internet Hub". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011.
  3. ^ "Solar-powered Internet cafes link rural Africa to global village - Magazines". www.businessdailyafrica.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2025-04-26.
  4. ^ "Dell launches ZubaBox in Nigeria"[dead link], On Windows, 30 May 2013
  5. ^ "Ensoft And Computer Aid Provide Three ZubaBoxes To Rural Zambia, Zimbabwe And Nigeria", Culture Odyssey
  6. ^ "Container-Based ICT For Developing Countries" Archived 2020-08-12 at the Wayback Machine, Vertatique

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