by Hastings Ndebvu | Dec 18, 2018 | Capacity Building, Events, Stories, UbuntuNet Connect
Despite the numerous research and education activities and collaborations happening in universities and National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) from the UbuntuNet Alliance region, NREN managers have agreed that their networks are not doing enough to publicise...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Dec 18, 2018 | Capacity Building, Stories, Training
For the sixth consecutive year since 2012 UbuntuNet Alliance this year, in collaboration with the Network Start-Up Resource Center (NSRC) once again held the Advanced Routing and Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) training for NRENs, a programme that has trickled down to...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Feb 5, 2018 | Capacity Building, Members, RENU, Stories
The National Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU) has underlined the intent to intensify its engineer capacity building programme in the year 2018 after releasing an impressive schedule that will see the NREN conduct at least 7 training and Direct...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Nov 30, 2017 | Capacity Building, Stories, Training
At least 33 engineers from UbuntuNet Alliance member NRENs benefited from hands-on training workshops in Advanced Routing and Service Deployment at the just ended UbuntuNet-Connect 2017 week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Eighteen network engineers went through a four-day...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Apr 1, 2017 | Capacity Building, Seminar, Stories
During the UbuntuNet Alliance organised NREN CEOs Indaba held in Livingstone, Zambia the question: ‘Are African NRENs at a risk of becoming extinct just like Dinosaurs?” attracted a long and interesting discussion. The question was posed to NREN managers and...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Nov 1, 2016 | Capacity Building, NSRC, Partners, Stories
Network engineers travel to far-flung corners of the world to help build up research and education networks in places like Guam, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka, and Ghana, India, and Ecuador. UC IT professionals have the chance to join them in the field by volunteering with...