UbuntuNet Alliance Joins DataCite
Lilongwe, Malawi: 10th June 2021: UbuntuNet Alliance is pleased to announce that the Executive Board of DataCite has accepted UbuntuNet Alliance as a member of DataCite. DataCite is a leading provider of persistent identifiers for research. Through its portfolio of...
Announcing the Vacancy for the Secretary General of the Association of African Universities
Following the end of term of the Secretary General of the Association of African Universities (AAU) in September 2021, the Governing Board of the AAU has approved that the position be filled. The position of the Secretary-General of the AAU will therefore...
AfricaConnect: Celebrating 10 years of African European collaboration
On May 11th 2021, 10 years after the start of the first phase of AfricaConnect, we celebrate the achievements and get ready for the next steps. In 2010, representatives from the European Union, African Ministries, the African-Caribbean-Pacific Secretariat, the...
Africa and Latin America agree to closer collaboration around open science
April 12, 2021 – Today, LA Referencia, RedCLARA and the three African regional research and education networks – ASREN, WACREN and UbuntuNet Alliance – signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize their...
UbuntuNet Alliance lines up 2021 events
Experts in various designations in the Eastern and Southern African Research and Education community can now take advantage of the various capacity-building webinars UbuntuNet Alliance has lined up for 2021 to help build the capacity of NREN personnel. UbuntuNet...
Webinar for NOC Service Desk operators
What are some of the unexpected incidents that Network Operations Center (NOC) operators should anticipate and how can they deal with them in the shortest period to enhance customer satisfaction? This will be the main area of discussion during the Practical...
Events
WACREN 2021, 15-19 March, 2021, Virtual
WACREN will have its 6th Annual Conference from 15-19 March 2021 as a virtual event hosted by the Benin Research and Education Network (RBER) / ADN.
The theme of the conference is: “Digital Transformation for Development“.
This is a call for papers for the conference. Interested authors are invited to submit abstracts (250-500 words) on the theme or related to New Technologies, Innovation and 4th Industrial Revolution. e-learning, Life-long Learning and Education Strategy, Open Science and Open Access, Ethics and Governance, Pandemic response and post-pandemic solutions in research and education
TNC21, 21-25 June 2021, Virtual
It’s time to say it: When life hands you lemons, you make lemonade! Therefore, GÉANT has announced that they have taken the decision to go fully online for TNC21. GEANT is excited about the online delivery platform they have chosen and promise to make TNC21 yet another memorable event.
TERNET Conference on Digital Transformation, 16-17 Sept 21
The digitisation phenomena characterised by new technologies innovated out of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the 21st century offers unprecedented breakthroughs such as artificial intelligence, Big Data analytics, edge computing, Internet and social media. The Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET), through its first international conference on digital transformation in education and research, is inviting practitioners, researchers, and industrialists to explore novel ideas, share topical research findings, discuss lessons learned and success stories, map out major challenges, and collectively debate on future directions for education and research.
Services
Network connectivity in different forms and sizes is our core business. Additional services on top of the network are being rolled out continuously for the member NRENs to use themselves or offer them to their institutions.
Connectivity
Cloud
Identity
Members
Projects
AfricaConnect3
AfricaConnect3 supports the development of high-capacity internet networks for research and education across Africa. It buids on its predecessor projects, AfricaConnect and AfricaConnect2
MAGIC
Sci-GaIA
