by Chris Rohrer | Mar 7, 2017 | Connectivity, Interview, Network
African governments and IT players on the continent should aim at building and opening up e-Infrastructure and internet services so that they are affordable and easily accessible to users. Jim Forster, a former 20 year employee of the world’s leading IT and Networking...
by Chris Rohrer | Sep 19, 2016 | UbuntuNet Connect
Registration for UbuntuNet-Connect 2016, the 9th annual networking conference for UbuntuNet Alliance that will be held on 3-4 November 2016 in Entebbe, Uganda, has officially opened. Interested participants are required pay a registration fee of $200 for international...
by Chris Rohrer | Jun 22, 2016 | Stories
Over 500,000 researchers, academics and students across Central Asia stand to benefit from the launch of the 3rd phase of the EU-funded Central Asia Research and Education Network (CAREN) project which resumes regional R&E connectivity after the previous project...
by Chris Rohrer | Jun 22, 2016 | Stories
Kenya Education Network (KENET) and Liquid Telecom Kenya have migrated Kenya’s education and research institutions onto connections that are up to 25 times faster than were possible in the past. The new connections are increasing the total Internet capacity...
by Chris Rohrer | Jun 22, 2016 | Stories
Inevitably the roles and activities of an NREN impact upon those of commercial service providers as participants in a competitive industry, and it is important for an NREN’s management to think about and manage the NREN’s relations with commercial ISPs. One objective...
