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Connecting Botswana: BotsREN Joins UbuntuNet Alliance Backbone

BotsREN, Connectivity, Network / By Harold Bowa / October 17, 2023 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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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 Harold Bowa / February 6, 2023 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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Collaborations with the Ministry of Education in Rwanda to Re-establish the Rwanda Education Network (RwEdNet)

Connectivity, Members, Network, RwEdNet / By Harold Bowa / May 27, 2022 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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UbuntuNet Alliance partners Indiana University, others in second phase of NEA3R initiative

Connectivity, Network, Partners, Stories / By Hastings Ndebvu / October 1, 2020 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 Hastings Ndebvu / September 1, 2020 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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UbuntuNet Alliance, Internet Society to train NREN engineers online

Capacity Building, Connectivity, Network, Stories, Training / By Hastings Ndebvu / June 30, 2020 July 8, 2020

UbuntuNet Alliance has, in partnership with the Internet Society (ISOC), organized a three-week Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) online training workshop for network engineers from the UbuntuNet Alliance membership region. The workshop, to be facilitated experts from ISOC, will be held through daily one-hour sessions starting from 13th – 31st July 2020. The …

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Technical Announcement: RPKI Route Origin Validation on the UbuntuNet Alliance Backbone.

Connectivity, Network, Stories / By Hastings Ndebvu / February 14, 2020 February 14, 2020

UbuntuNet Alliance wishes to inform all NRENs connected to the UbuntuNet Network that it has now activated the Route Origin Validation feature within the regional backbone. The feature helps in securing Internet’s routing infrastructure by among other things, allowing IP prefixes from authorized Autonomous Systems (AS) only. IP prefixes that are generated by unauthorized AS …

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY BETWEEN MALAWI GOVERNMENT AND UBUNTUNET ALLIANCE

Connectivity, Network, Stories / By Hastings Ndebvu / January 20, 2020 January 20, 2020

Republic of Malawi Ministry of Information, Civic Education and Communications Technology THE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP COMMISSION ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE CONTRACT SIGNING CEREMONY in respect of INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIVITY TO THE MALAWI RESEARCH and EDUCATION NETWORK (MAREN) The Government of Malawi through the Ministry of Information, Civic Education and Communications Technology in collaborationwith the Public Private …

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Lets launch! AfricaConnect2 upgraded UbuntuNet network to be launched at UbuntuNet-Connect 2019 in Madagascar

Connectivity, Events, Network, Stories, UbuntuNet Connect / By Hastings Ndebvu / October 15, 2019 October 15, 2019

In November 2015, officials from the European Commission and UbuntuNet Alliance converged at the European Union Delegation offices in Maputo, Mozambique to sign the €10 million AfricaConnect2 Cluster 1 (Eastern and Southern Africa) project contract agreement between the two organisations – one of the two contracts for the €26.6 million pan-African project. Fast forward to …

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Faster connectivity between Asia and Europe for research and education

Connectivity, GEANT, Network, Partners, Stories / By Hastings Ndebvu / July 11, 2019 July 11, 2019

New secure 100 Gbps link is set to boost research and education collaboration between Asia Pacific region and Europe with shorter, faster, cheaper connectivity. An international consortium of six research and education (R&E) networks, including AARNet (Australia), GÉANT (Europe), NORDUnet (European Nordics), SingAREN (Singapore), SURF (The Netherlands) and TEIN*CC (Asia-Pacific), recently announced the launch of …

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