Join us at UbuntuNet Connect 2017
Our annual conference UbuntuNet-Connect 2017 will be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 2-3 November 2017 and will be preceded by a series of other pre-conference events .
The events will be hosted by the Ethiopia Education and Research Network for (EthERNet), the NREN of Ethiopia.
Stories
Telemedicine: helping reduce deaths from cancer in Asia
Gastric cancer is the deadliest form of cancer in Asia. It accounts for the deaths of some 28 men and 13 women per 100,000. In Japan, gastric cancer used to have a similar profile – number one in mortality, as well as in incidence. But now, although the incidence...
RedCLARA announces new Executive Director
RedCLARA has announced Luis Eliecer Cadenas Marin, co-founder of Venezuelan NREN REACCIUN, as its new Executive Director. The announcement was made at the opening ceremony of the TICAL2017 Conference, in the city of San José, Costa Rica, earlier this month. The new...
CSI Malawi: Using forensic science to “interrogate” mosquitoes
Fifteen years ago, Edward “Ned” Walker, a Michigan State University medical entomologist, spearheaded the use of insecticide-treated bed nets in the fight against malaria in Africa. Now, a seven-year, $8 million NIH-sponsored grant will enable Walker and his team...
New website for UbuntuNet Alliance
Member NRENs, Regional RENs, partners, stakeholders, researchers and the global scientific community will soon be able to get all information about UbuntuNet Alliance on a new website which is set to be launched soon. The new website is an upgrade from the current...
Deadline for submission of UC 2017 Abstracts extended to 31st August 2017
Authors and researchers wishing to showcase their work at UbuntuNet-Connect 2017 now have up to 31st August 2017 to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the conference. UbuntuNet-Connect 2017, the tenth of the series of annual conferences of...
Internet 2 appoints Howard Pfeffer As new CEO
The Internet2 board of trustees in April announced the appointment of Howard Pfeffer as its new president and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) to replace incumbent president and CEO H. David Lambert, effective June 12, 2017. A press release from the network said...
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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
UA is running a network across the region and onwards to Europe. The NRENs can choose between flexible offers depending on their demand and preconditions.
Cloud
Looking for infrastructure to host services? Need a backup and fail-over solution? We are offering different virtualisation and containerisation platforms, hosted in our region.
Identity
We offer solutions for different aspects of Identity Management: eduID (Single Sign-On, WebSSO), User Stores (LDAP, Database) and user certificates.
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AfricaConnect2
AfricaConnect2 supports the development of high-capacity internet networks for research and education across Africa.
MAGIC
To establish a set of agreements for participating world regions to consolidate/complete middleware for a marketplace of services and real-time applications to benefit global science communities.
Sci-GaIA
Energising Scientific Endeavour through Science Gateways and e-Infrastructures in Africa
TANDEM
Support dialogue between the EU and African Research and Educational Networks, with special attention to Western and Central Africa region, and create favourable conditions for WACREN to be able to participate in and benefit to the most from AfricaConnect2.