Botswana Research and Education Network joins UbuntuNet Alliance
PRESS RELEASE 23rd February 2021/Lilongwe, Malawi and Gaborone, Botswana: The Botswana Research and Education Network (BotsREN) has become a registered member Research and Education Network (NREN) of UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking....
Interview with Hellen Nakawungu, Systems Engineer at RENU
As we continue with the #womeninSTEM campaign, we talk to Hellen Nakawungu, Systems Engineer at the Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU). Hellen has worked in the Technical Department of RENU transitioning through different levels. She is...
AC3 kicks off #womeninSTEM campaign: Interview with TERNET CEO, Dr. Magreth Mushi
TheAfricaConnect3 kicks off the #womeninSTEM campaign with Dr. Magreth Mushi, Chief Executive Officer of the Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET), a member of the UbuntuNet Alliance. She is one of the two women NREN CEOs of the 16 members of the...
RENU powers surgical operations in Uganda
When Dr. Michael Marin, a vascular surgeon and Chief of Surgery for the Mount Sinai Health System in New York, USA, thought of extending Mount Sinai’s surgical knowledge and care to other parts of the world, he did not expect the beneficiary facility would...
GÉANT is Hiring: Advocacy and Donor Engagement Manager – Africa
This is a fixed term role. If the role is offered at the GÉANT office in the Netherlands, it will be offered as a 1-year definite contract subject to renewal. The duration of the employment is limited to the duration of the AfricaConnect3 project which ends...
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.
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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
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