Background UbuntuNet Alliance is the regional research and education networking organisation for Eastern and Southern Africa. It builds and operates UbuntuNet, the regional high speed Internet backbone network for Eastern and Southern Africa. UbuntuNet Alliance is registered in Malawi as a not-for-profit association of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Africa with the aim …
The wait is finally over. This year’s edition of UbuntuNet Alliance series of networking conferences, UbuntuNet-Connect 2019 will be held on Thursday, 31st October and Friday, 1st November 2019 in Antananarivo, the Capital of Madagascar. To be held under the theme: NRENs: Facilitating Research and Education Collaboration in the Digital Space, the 13th edition of …
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After successfully hosting the “Drug Discover in Africa” webinar which was highly appreciated by participants on 5th June 2015, the Keystone Symposia will return with its second webinar for the month of June titled Leveraging Genomic Diversity To Promote Animal and Human Health. The webinar which as usual will feature a live question and answer …
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The global research and education community is from 16-20th June 2019 set to converge in Tallinn, Estonia for one of the biggest global networking conference, TNC, the annual conference of GEANT, the pan European Research and Education Network. TNC19, the 35th edition of the of the series of conferences will be held under the theme: …
Dr. Julianne Sansa-Otim has been appointed Vice Chairperson of UbuntuNet Alliance. The appointment was made Tuesday, 28th May 2019 during the first meeting of new members of Board of Trustees elected at the 13th Annual General Meeting of UbuntuNet Alliance held on 30th April 2019 in Entebbe, Uganda. Dr. Sansa-Otim is a resourceful and productive …
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Eb@le, The National Research and Education Network (NREN) of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has become the 11th NREN to be connected to the UbuntuNet Network, the data communications network of UbuntuNet Alliance which interconnects NRENs in Southern and Eastern Africa and to the Internet in Europe. The 2xSTM-1 Cape Town – Moanda link …
Eng. Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka, born in Malawi, attained his DPhil in Communications Engineering at the University of Oxford in 2005. Following his appointment as the CEO of UbuntuNet Alliance, the Department of Engineering Science of University of Oxford caught up with their alumni, to ask him about how his experience and stay at the reputable …
The 2019 Open Access Week will be held and observed 21-27 October 2019 under the theme: “Open for Whom? Equity in Open Knowledge” and advocates of Open Access are being encourage to drum support and raise awareness for the week starting from now. Established in 2008, the International Open Access Week is an opportunity to …
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Authors are invited to submit abstracts of papers for presentation consideration for UbuntuNet-Connect 2019, which will be held on 31st October- 1st November 2019 in Antananarivo,Madagascar. The theme for the conference this year is NRENs: Facilitating Research and Education Collaboration in the Digital Space.” The conference will be hosted by the Research and Education Network …
National Research and Education Network (NREN) representatives at the 13th UbuntuNet Alliance Annual General Meeting of Members held Tuesday, 30th April 2019 at the Imperial Golf View Hotel in Entebbe, Uganda have appointed new members of the UbuntuNet Alliance Board of Trustees in an elective meeting that has seen 4 members of the outgoing board …
