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UbuntuNet Alliance connects National Research and Education Networks of The Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi and Zimbabwe under the AfricaConnect2 Project

Connectivity, Eb@le, MAREN, Members, Network, Stories / By / October 12, 2018

10th October 2018: Lilongwe, Malawi Hundreds of thousands of students, lecturers and researchers from Higher Education Institutions and research centers affiliated to the National Research and Education Network (NREN)s of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Malawi and Zimbabwe now have a glorious opportunity to access high speed and affordable connectivity dedicated  to research and …

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UbuntuNet Alliance, World Bank Power SomaliREN’s connectivity to the UbuntuNet network under AfricaConnect2

AfricaConnect, Connectivity, Donors, Members, Network, Press Release, Projects, SomaliREN, Stories, World Bank / By / July 3, 2018

29 June 2018/ Lilongwe, Malawi and Mogadishu, Somalia UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking is pleased to announce that it has successfully connected SomaliREN, the National Research and Education Network (NREN) of Somalia to the UbuntuNet network, the data network for NRENs in Eastern and Southern Africa under the €26.6m European Commission co-funded AfricaConnect2 …

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The Internet should be a highway road accessible to everyone- Jim Forster

Connectivity, Interview, Network / By / September 6, 2017

African governments and IT players on the continent should aim at building and opening up e-Infrastructure and internet services so that they are affordable and easily accessible to users. Jim Forster, a former 20 year employee of the world’s leading IT and Networking company Cisco Systems and now Chairman of NetworkTheWorld, made the suggestion in …

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Asi@Connect project launched to bridge digital divide in Asia-Pacific

Connectivity, Network, Stories / By / September 7, 2017

New Delhi, Feb 14 (UNI) Over 55 million researchers, academics and students across the Asia-Pacific, including India, will benefit from a new phase of dedicated research and education (R&E) networking – Asi@connect – which was inaugurated at the Asia Pacific Advanced Network 43 (APAN43) meeting here. Asi@connect, co-funded by the European Union (EU), aims to …

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UbuntuNet Alliance partners Indiana University and GÉANT to co-lead a $3.25M grant to Improve research collaborations between Europe, Africa, and the US

Connectivity, Network / By / September 6, 2017

UbuntuNet Alliance has welcomed with open arms its role as one of the co-lead partners of the Networks for European, American and African Research (NEAAR) project alongside Indiana University of the United States of America and the pan European Research and Education Network, GÉANT. The NEEAR Project is a $3.25M grant which has been awarded …

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From an end user’s mouth: Zambian PhD student explains how she benefited from a research and education network

Education, Network / By / September 22, 2016

Lydia Chabala, an soil scientist from Zambia can still not predict the amount of time and money it would have taken and cost her to complete her PhD research if she had not been introduced to the Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN)’s high speed internet connectivity. Chabala’s research focused on soil-environmental modeling for digital …

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CKLN pleased with NREN development and growth in the Caribbean

Members, Network / By / September 21, 2016

National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in the Caribbean are now taking ownership of operations from the Regional REN, Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network (CKLN), which has been interconnecting research and education institutions at national level due to absence of NRENs in some countries within the region. It is expected that 2016 will see at …

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Introducing Mconf web conferencing to African NRENs

Network / By / September 21, 2016

Among the authors that presented their papers at UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 was South African Research Network (SANReN) Network Engineer Kasandra Isaac. Her presentation, titled ‘Implementing Mconf web conferencing at the South African National Research and Education Network’ aimed at introducing African NRENs to Mconf web conferencing, an open source NREN web conferencing tool funded by the …

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New 10Gbps link supercharges long-term EU-China research and education partnership

Connectivity, Network, Pricing / By / September 21, 2016

Over 80 million researchers, academics and students across Europe and China are set to benefit from a new 10Gbps research and education (R&E) internet link, formally inaugurated at the EU-China High Level People-to-People Dialogue (HPPD) Summit held in September 2015 in Brussels. Jointly funded and operated by European R&E networking organisation GÉANT and its Chinese …

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Peeping into the UbuntuNet network 3-year projection plan: From 10 to 17 POPs

Network / By / September 21, 2016

The UbuntuNet Alliance has unveiled its 3 year network upgrade plan which aims at expanding connectivity within its membership region by increasing the number of Points of Presence (POPs) from 10 to 17 by the year 2017. Currently, the Alliance operates 10 POPs with 2 of them delivering global transit in Europe (London and Amsterdam) …

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