Events – Page 12 – Ubuntunet Alliance

Submission of Abstracts for UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 extended to 31st August 2015

UbuntuNet Connect / By Hastings Ndebvu / July 1, 2015 September 21, 2016

The UbuntuNet Alliance has extended the deadline for receiving Abstracts for presentation at the UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 from 15 August to 31st August 2015. UbuntuNet -Connect is a series of annual conferences organised by UbuntuNet Alliance and hosted by NREN Members. This year, hosted by MoRENet, the Mozambican NREN, the conference will be held in Maputo, …

Submission of Abstracts for UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 extended to 31st August 2015 Read More »

UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 to recognise research projects

UbuntuNet Connect / By Hastings Ndebvu / June 1, 2015 September 21, 2016

In keeping with the theme for this year’s UbuntuNet-Connect conference to be held in Maputo, Mozambique and hosted by MoRENet, the country’s NREN, UbuntuNet Alliance has added an exciting element on the conferences’ menu: recognition of outstanding research projects or output from NREN Members. The theme for this year’s conference, which will be held from …

UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 to recognise research projects Read More »

IST-Africa 2016 preaches open innovation, collaboration

IST-Africa / By Hastings Ndebvu / May 1, 2015 September 22, 2016

The eleventh edition of the IST-Africa conference series, IST-Africa 2016, was held in Durban, South Africa from 11-13 May 2016 with organisers and delegates at the conference placing more emphasis on the value of open innovation and collaboration among researchers. The conference opened on Wednesday, 11 May, with a high level panel discussion whose participants …

IST-Africa 2016 preaches open innovation, collaboration Read More »

Proceedings of UbuntuNet-Connect 2014 published

UbuntuNet Connect / By Hastings Ndebvu / May 1, 2015 September 21, 2016

The long awaited Proceedings and Report of the 7th UbuntuNet Alliance annual conference has been published on the UbuntuNet Alliance website and are available for download. The proceedings include 31 full text papers presented at the UbuntuNet-Connect 2014, which was held in Lusaka, Zambia on 13-14 November 2014. Download your copy for free now! As you …

Proceedings of UbuntuNet-Connect 2014 published Read More »

Innovation meets networking at TNC 2015, Porto

TNC / By Hastings Ndebvu / April 1, 2015 September 21, 2016

Big minds from every corner of world including Africa shared life-transforming ICT initiatives and cutting-edge technology at TNC 2014 in Dublin Ireland in May last year. Now Europe’s largest and most prestigious Networking Conference TNC is back. With more than 650 participants attending this annual event takes us to Porto in Portugal from 15-18 June …

Innovation meets networking at TNC 2015, Porto Read More »

Submit an abstract for UbuntuNet-Connect 2016

UbuntuNet Connect / By Hastings Ndebvu / April 1, 2015 September 22, 2016

Authors, researchers and ICT practitioners from the global Research and Education (R&E) networking community have an opportunity to present their unpublished work to at least 150 participants expected to attend UbuntuNet–Connect 2016, UbuntuNet Alliance’s ninth annual conference of R&E networking to held in Uganda and hosted by RENU, the National Research and Education Network of …

Submit an abstract for UbuntuNet-Connect 2016 Read More »

Madagascar launches first Internet Exchange Point*

Internet2, Services / By Hastings Ndebvu / March 1, 2015 September 22, 2016

By Michuki Mwangi, Internet Society The 17th of March 2016 will be long remembered in the Internet history books of Madagascar as the “Journée de l’Internet” or “Internet Day”. On this “Journée de l’Internet”, the local Internet community consisting of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and New Technologies (MPTNT), Autorité de Régulation des Technologies de …

Madagascar launches first Internet Exchange Point* Read More »

IST-Africa 2015 is here

IST-Africa / By Hastings Ndebvu / March 1, 2015 September 21, 2016

Hosted by the Government of Malawi through the National Commission for Science and Technology, supported by the European Commission and African Union Commission, IST-Africa 2015 will take place in Lilongwe from 06 – 08 May 2015. The 5th Annual IST-Africa Living Lab Thematic Working Group Meeting will take place on 05 May as a pre-conference …

IST-Africa 2015 is here Read More »

UbuntuNet-Connect 2016 goes to Uganda, UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 proceedings and report published

AfricaConnect, UbuntuNet Connect / By Hastings Ndebvu / March 1, 2015 September 22, 2016

After holding a successful UbuntuNet-Connect 2015, organised jointly with the Mozambique Ministry of Science and Technology, Higher Education and Vocational Training and the Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet), and hosted by the latter in Maputo, Mozambique in November last year, UbuntuNet Alliance has now announced that the ninth edition of the annual research and …

UbuntuNet-Connect 2016 goes to Uganda, UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 proceedings and report published Read More »

UbuntuNet Alliance AGM comes to Lilongwe, March 27

Council of Members / By Hastings Ndebvu / February 1, 2015 September 21, 2016

UbuntuNet Alliance wishes to announce that the 2015 Annual General Meeting of Members, the 9th Council of Members Meeting will be held on 27th March 2015 at Crossroads Hotel in Lilongwe, Malawi. A major item at this upcoming AGM will be election of Trustees for a 2 year term of office, as that of the …

UbuntuNet Alliance AGM comes to Lilongwe, March 27 Read More »