Connectivity

Connecting Botswana: BotsREN Joins UbuntuNet Alliance Backbone

BotsREN, Connectivity, Network / By / November 2, 2023

Botswana is on the verge of a digital transformation that will significantly impact its research and education sectors. We, together with the Botswana Research and Education Network (BotsREN) are thrilled to announce its successful connection to the UbuntuNet Alliance internet connectivity backbone. This milestone isn’t just a technological achievement; it’s a pivotal moment for the …

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Malawian Academic And Research Institutions To Enjoy Faster Networks

Capacity Building, Connectivity, MAREN / By / September 27, 2023

Research and education institutions on the Malawi Research and Education Network (MAREN) will soon start experiencing faster sharing of information and resources between themselves and their peers, following plans by MAREN to adopt a new networking routing system. MAREN CEO Solomon Dindi made the pledge on Monday in Lilongwe during the opening of a five-day …

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RENU Partners with Mesh++ to Manufacture Solar-Powered Internet Routers in Uganda

Connectivity, Members, RENU / By / August 11, 2023

RENU has partnered with Mesh ++, a connectivity solutions manufacturer based in Chicago, USA, to manufacture solar powered internet routers in Uganda, which combine renewable energy from the sun with advanced connectivity technology to deliver an internet access solution like no other. These will be first internet routers to be manufactured in Uganda, and they …

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KENET Awarded $200,000 BOLT Internet Access Gap Grant to Benefit Twenty Universities in Kenya

Connectivity, Education, KENET, Members / By / March 14, 2023

KENET, the Kenyan NREN, has been awarded the Building Opportunities/Leveraging Technologies (BOLT) grant worth $200,000 by the Internet Society Foundation. The BOLT Grant Program is designed to support teams of innovators, technologists and researchers in relevant non-profit organizations working to expand the possibility of Internet connectivity and access globally (see BOLT Grant Website for further details). This is …

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NRENs to Pay Lower Per Unit Price on Connectivity as UbuntuNet Network Upgrades to 20Gbps Total Capacity

AfricaConnect, Connectivity, Donors, EC, GEANT, Members, Network, Partners / By / February 6, 2023

Recently, the Ubuntunet Alliance completed a significant upgrade to the core of its network. The core interconnects the key Points of Presence (PoPs) of Cape Town, Mtunzini, Maputo, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, and Amsterdam. The upgrade was done on links ranging from 2Gbps to 3 Gbps in capacity, increasing their capacity to 10Gbps, thereby bringing …

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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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Collaborations with the Ministry of Education in Rwanda to Re-establish the Rwanda Education Network (RwEdNet)

Connectivity, Members, Network, RwEdNet / By / December 13, 2022

UbuntuNet Alliance would like to take this opportunity to appreciate the concerted effort by the Ministry of Education, Rwanda, towards re-establishing the Rwanda Education Network (RwEdNet). This is to enable the Rwandan National Research and Education network to participate actively in the Eastern and Southern African Regional Research and Education Network (RREN) which consists of …

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BEAA New Collaboration for Shared Transoceanic R&E Networking Resilience

Connectivity, GEANT, Partners, RedCLARA, TENET / By / April 6, 2022

Seven leading regional and national Research and Education networks and organisations across multiple continents announced the establishment of the “Bridging Europe, Africa and the Americas” (BEAA) Collaboration, aiming to increase the resilience of their networks across a set of transoceanic links that interconnect their communities in Eastern and Southern Africa, Europe and Latin America. The …

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UbuntuNet Alliance partners Indiana University, others in second phase of NEA3R initiative

Connectivity, Network, Partners, Stories / By / October 5, 2020

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). International Networks at IU will jointly lead the initiative with the Advanced North Atlantic consortium, which consists of …

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NREN engineers hail MANRS training workshop

Connectivity, Network, Stories / By / September 1, 2020

Network engineers that participated in the recent Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) online training workshop organized by UbuntuNet Alliance in partnership with Internet Society (ISOC) and AFRINIC have hailed the impact of the virtual workshop which they believe will help NRENs safeguard their networks against potential threats. At least 18 NREN engineers from …

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