Members of the Global Research and Education (R&E) Network CEO Forum recently met for a two-day meeting in Santiago, Chile where they discussed and sought to find solutions to challenges rocking the global research and education community such as internet security and NREN funding. The Global R&E Network CEO Forum is a grouping of Chief …
The Somali Research and Education Network (SomaliREN) Board has elected Eng. Addullahi Bihi Hussein as the network’s new CEO effective February 2016. The NREN’s former Chief Technical Officer (CTO) replaces Dahir Hassan Abdi who has been at the helm of the network since its establishment 2006. Eng. Hussein takes over the hot seat at SomaliREN …
The European Policy Management Authority for Grid Authentication (EUGridPMA) recently approved the Kenya Education Network (KENET) Certification Authority (CA) and Root CA after a year of reviewing the NREN’s CA policy statements. EUGridPMA is the international organization that coordinates the trust environment for e-Infrastructure for research in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Among other …
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February 2016 was a month of substantial progress for the Middleware for Collaborative Applications and Global Virtue Communities (MAGIC) project as this was the month the project held first virtual meetings of its four Global Science Communities. The MAGIC project, which is being led by RedCLARA with partnership from Latin America, Europe, the Caribbean, West …
A second joint TANDEM, MAGIC and Sci-GaIA workshop on ‘Promotion of Open Science in Africa’ was held in Senegal, Dakar on March 15, 2016. The workshop came as one of the pre-conference events of the second annual conference of West African Countries Research and Education Network (WACREN) which held on 17-18 March 2016 under the …
WACREN annual conference brings MAGIC, TANDEM and Sci-GaIA Projects under one roof Read More »
The CHAIN-REDS EU FP7 funded project is organising its final conference titled ”Open Science at the Global Scale: Sharing e-Infrastructures, Sharing Knowledge, Sharing Progress” taking place on March 31, 2015 at Marivaux Hotel, Congress and Seminar Centre in Brussels, Belgium. The event will be held under the aegis of the European Commission (DG CONNECT). The …
UbuntuNet Alliance wishes to announce that the 2015 Annual General Meeting of Members, the 9th Council of Members Meeting will be held on 27th March 2015 at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe, Malawi. A major item at this upcoming AGM will be election of Trustees for a 2 year term of office, as that of the …
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The consultative forum, which was first in a series, discussed the agenda and programmes to investigate, develop, and evaluate the relevant technical infrastructure, policy implications, and sustainability models. The idea was to come up with interventions that can best serve the strategic and policy goals of the scholars, institutions and governments in the countries of …
Experts discuss an open access programme for Africa Read More »
There is new leadership in the Mozambican NREN, MoRENet. Salvador Inácio Marques Adriano took the helm of the Mozambican NREN from Ludmila Maguni at the close of 2014. An Electronic Engineer by profession, Mr Adriano has worked in the Telecom Industry since 2000. Mr Adriano takes over a growing NREN that has enjoyed tremendous government …
Mahatma Ghandi once said, “We have to be the change we want to see.” Likewise, when we build e-Infrastructures to enable scientists across the world to work collaboratively, this could significantly assist Africa to drive the innovation and development that the continent wants to see. A recent study published in Palgrave Communications, conducted by members …
African research community increases uptake of e-Infrastructure development Read More »
