UbuntuNet Alliance

The regional Research and Education Networking organization for Eastern and Southern Africa

We manage and operate UbuntuNet, the regional backbone network that interconnects National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and connect them to other regional networks. Our mission is to secure affordable broadband and efficient ICT access and usage for African NRENs and their associated communities of practice.

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Stories
KENET, MoRENet, RENU and TERNET in Workshop on LPWAN Solutions for the Internet of Things, 17-21 February 2020, Makerere University, Uganda

KENET, MoRENet, RENU and TERNET in Workshop on LPWAN Solutions for the Internet of Things, 17-21 February 2020, Makerere University, Uganda

Four NREN Members of UbuntuNet Alliance namely; Kenya Education Network (KENET), Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet), Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET) and Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) are part of the stakeholders...

Nov 2, 2019

UbuntuNet Alliance Board Chair, Prof. Stephen Simukanga elected Chairperson of the Natural Sciences (SC) commission of UNESCO

UbuntuNet Alliance Board Chair, Prof. Stephen Simukanga elected Chairperson of the Natural Sciences (SC) commission of UNESCO

UbuntuNet Alliance Chairperson, Professor Stephen Simukanga has been elected Chairperson of the Natural Sciences (SC) commission of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) at the 40th Session of the General...

Oct 25, 2019

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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.

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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.
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Collaboration

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.

Data Management

Identity

We offer solutions for different aspects of Identity Management: eduID (Single Sign-On, WebSSO), User Stores (LDAP, Database) and user certificates.

Capacity Building

Members

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BERNET

Burundi

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Eb@le

DRC

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Madascar

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MoRENet

Mozambique

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RENU

Uganda

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RwEdNet

Rwanda

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Xnet

Namibia

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Projects

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.