by Hastings Ndebvu | Oct 5, 2020 | Events, Stories, UbuntuNet Connect
National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) exist in 38 countries in Africa – albeit at different stages of development – with the primary role of connecting research and education institutions and providing them with other value-added services driving digital...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Oct 2, 2020 | Capacity Building, Members, RENU, Stories, Training
At least 20 systems engineers from Eastern and Southern Africa participated in the latest NREN Cloud Webinar hosted by UbuntuNet Alliance in partnership with the Research and Education Network of Uganda, RENU. The webinar on Building an OpenStack Cloud using Ansible...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Oct 1, 2020 | Connectivity, Network, Partners, Stories
UbuntuNet Alliance has once again partnered with the International Networks at the Indiana University in the five year $4.75 million Networks for European, American, African, and Arctic Research (NEA3R) initiative supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF)....
by Hastings Ndebvu | Sep 22, 2020 | Members, Stories, ZAMREN
The Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) has assisted 22 member universities install Moodle, a virtual learning management platform to allow the institutions carry on with teaching and learning activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, ZAMREN is...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Sep 17, 2020 | eduroam, Services, Stories
Lack of awareness, limited capacity of technical personnel and absence of robust campus WIFI networks have been cited as some of the challenges limiting the roll out of eduroam in many universities and research centers in the UbuntuNet Alliance membership region. This...
