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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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Fast and efficient; appreciating European research networks through the 2014 Compendium of NRENs

Network / By / September 21, 2016

Research and Education networks in Europe are getting bigger, better and faster, shows the findings of the recently published 2014 GEANT Association Compendium of European NRENs produced by the GÉANT Association. Among some of the enviable trends, the Compendium records that  National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Europe have increased the capacity  of national …

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UbuntuNet enabled doctors to participate in Global Telemedicine event

Capacity Building, eLearning, Network, Video Conference / By / September 21, 2016

In 2015, UbuntuNet Alliance NRENs are set to remotely participate in another Dengue Fever Workshop to be held in Fukuoka, Japan on 1st March. The Telemedicine Workshop will be characterised by a presentation on Ebola, one of the most challenging infectious diseases yet to hit Africa, West Africa in particular. However, wider participation from researchers, …

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Global R&E Network CEO Forum meeting tackles Internet Security, R&E Networking organization funding

Connectivity, Network / By / September 22, 2016

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 …

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NUANCE – December 2014

eInfrastructure, Network, Open Access, Security, Services, SudREN / By / September 19, 2016

More NREN involvement needed in public service delivery using e-infrastructures – EU Research and Education Networks are key actors in transforming developing economies into knowledge societies, spearheading technological and service innovation. They therefore deserve high political visibility towards governments, regulators and academia.  These were the words of Anni Hellman, Deputy Head of e-Infrastructures Unit, DG …

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NUANCE – May 2013

Cables, eI4Africa, Health Science, Network, Open Access, UbuntuNet Connect / By / September 16, 2016

UbuntuNet network set to grow UbuntuNet Alliance in collaboration with DANTE (Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe) has awarded a 15 year contract to WIOCC to provide connectivity services in Southern and Eastern Africa, kicking off a two year planning and procurement phase for the AfricaConnect project. This was announced in a press release …

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NUANCE – April 2013

Board, eduroam, INASP, Network, NSRC, Portrait, Training / By / September 16, 2016

UbuntuNet Alliance elects new Board Members UbuntuNet Alliance held its 7thCouncil of Members Meeting on 12th April 2013 at Metropole Hotel in Kampala, Uganda and among other agenda items elected new Directors for a 2 year term and approved the Annual Report and Audited Accounts for 2012. The Council of Members is the Alliance’s Annual …

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NUANCE – December 2012

AfNOG, AfricaConnect, KENET, Network, TENET, Training / By / September 16, 2016

Another year ends – thank you all! The year 2012 has been hectic, bringing with it moments of happiness and sadness in the UbuntuNet Alliance. One of the achievements in this year has been the launch of the network, UbuntuNet, which will provide high speed internet connectivity to the member National Research Education Networks (NRENs), …

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NUANCE – June 2012

Network / By / September 16, 2016

Consolidating Research and Education Networking in Africa (CORENA) – Where are we? By Tusu The acronym CORENA was coined to capture the dreams of the UbuntuNet Alliance in a single symbolic word:  the removal of digital and consequent intellectual isolation of researchers based in Africa.  It must be remembered that the backdrop for the formation …

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NUANCE – September 2011

AfricaConnect, CHAIN, EC, KENET, Network, TENET, UbuntuNet Connect / By / September 16, 2016

AfricaConnect’s Three Musketeers: All for One and One for All Like Alexandre Dumas’ Three Musketeers, AfricaConnect’s trio of engineers – Joe Kimaili, Daniel Lete and Andrew Alston champion collaboration for the common good: all for one and one for all. Echoing the spirit of Ubuntu, these three engineers are working together with single-minded purpose to …

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