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Interview with Margaret Ngwira, former Head of Secretariat of the UbuntuNet Alliance

Interview / By / November 3, 2022

Margaret Ngwira, former librarian and founding member of the Malawi Library and Information Consortium (MALICO) and MAREN, has been at the forefront of the establishment of the UbuntuNet Alliance (UA) – the only woman in a team of five pioneers – and is now running a small fruit winery in Malawi. Her most recent achievement …

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A Strong Lineup of Keynote Speakers for UbuntuNet-Connect 2022

UbuntuNet Connect / By / October 31, 2022

The UbuntuNet-Connect 2022 conference is right around the corner as we draw closer to 24th November 2022. UbuntuNet Alliance is excited to announce four prominent members of the global research and education community who will be delivering keynotes at the event. Dr Kostas Glinos is an independent expert in Science, Technology and Innovation policy. He …

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eduID.africa Joins eduGAIN

ASREN, eduID, Partners, WACREN / By / October 31, 2022

Students, researchers, scientists and educators across Africa’s research and education landscape can now have secure and trusted access to global online resources as the eduID.africa Catch-All Federation joins the eduGAIN interfederation.  eduID.africa is the identity and access management framework implemented in the AfricaConnect3 project by the three regional research networks to fast-track the rollout of …

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The Journey of The First Kenyan Identity Federation, RAFIKI

Capacity Building, KENET, Members, Training / By / October 28, 2022

 Background Identity and Access Management (IAM) remains a significant challenge within the R&E (Research and Education) community in Africa. This greatly hinders collaboration within the region. To help solve this problem, the idea of having a Kenyan identity federation was born in 2016. The aim was to provide easy access and facilitate SSO (Single Sign-On) …

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TENET’s Project to Connect TVET Colleges in South Africa Gets a Boost as Phase One Nears Completion.

Members, TENET / By / October 25, 2022

The UbuntuNet Alliance South African member NREN, Tertiary Education & Research Network of South Africa (TENET), is now close to completing the first phase in TVET Colleges Connection Programme (TCCP). The first phase of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges Connection Programme (TCCP) is the access portion of the project and this …

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RENU Conducts Direct Engineering Assistance (DEA) at University of St. Joseph (USJ), Mbarara.

Members, RENU / By / October 4, 2022

As part of their annual capacity building programme the Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) are carrying out direct engineering assistance at the University of St. Joseph (USJ), Mbarara. This is the second DEA being carried out this year with the first one being carried out at Equatorial University of Science and Technology (EQUSaT). …

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ASREN Gears up for e-AGE22 Conference

ASREN, e-AGE, Events, Partners / By / October 3, 2022

e-AGE22 is the 12th edition of the annual conference held by the regional research and education network of Northern Africa, ASREN. This year it will be hosted by ASRT, the Egyptian Academy for Scientific Research and Technology in Cairo, Egypt from 13-15 December 2022. e-AGE22 is coming with “Science Cooperation – Taking NRENs Further” as the …

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Meet The UbuntuNet-Connect 2022 Silver Sponsors: WIOCC

Events, UbuntuNet Connect / By / September 30, 2022

Following a history of working with UbuntuNet Alliance as a service provider of internet connectivity infrastructure, We are greatly pleased to announce WIOCC as one of the Silver Sponsors for the upcoming UbuntuNet-Connect 2022 conference. The West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC) is the leading player in the deployment of carrier-scale, future-proofed network infrastructure into …

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Eastern and Southern African NRENs Represented in the Science Summit at the United Nations General Assembly 77

ASREN, Capacity Building, Connectivity, Donors, Education, GEANT, Members, Research, WACREN / By / September 30, 2022

Prof. Madara Ogot, the CEO of UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking was part of a panel discussion at the Science Summit at UNGA77. The Panel set out to discuss the Digital infrastructure to enable Science and Cooperation in Africa. Throughout the panel discussion Prof. Ogot was able to shine a light on the …

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RENU Launch eduroam on the GO

eduroam, Members, RENU, Services / By / September 23, 2022

On the 8th day of September 2022, the Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) celebrated two years of Metro eduroam. The occasion was marked by the launch of an innovation that may revolutionize eduroam worldwide, eduroam on the GO!  This is a pocket-sized routing device developed to allow researchers, students and university staff to …

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