Zambia and ZAMREN on the move The whole continent was glued to their screens to watch the nail biting finish of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and the victory of Chipolopolo Stars. On the NREN front also, Zambia is scoring – and not on penalties! In efforts to strengthen its organizational base and to …
A New Year’s message from the CEO I will start with a caveat: while 1st January 2012 marks the first day of the New Year, this really applies only to those who use the Gregorian Calendar (and this includes the Alliance). I am aware that in many parts of the world with at least twenty …
UbuntuNet-Connect 2011 Conference, best networking event UbuntuNet-Connect 2011 closed on Friday, 25th November 2011 at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya after two days of exciting presentations and discussions around the theme: Access for Success. The conference brought together delegates from Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America, including education and ICT policy makers; regulators; …
Promoting research and education networking agenda through strategic communication Do our NRENs have the national visibility that can make their task easier? It seems that this may not be the case! Through an in-house study, UbuntuNet Alliance has discovered that many of its member NRENs do not appear to prioritise communication, as such people within …
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 …
UbuntuNet-Connect 2011: Extension of deadline for submission of Abstracts The Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the extension of the deadline for receiving abstracts for UbuntuNet-Connect 2011, which will be held at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya on 23-25th November 2011, hosted by KENET, the NREN of Kenya. The new deadline is 31st July …
NUANCE speaks French enfin! UbuntuNet’s first six members were countries where English, French, Portuguese and Arabic were the main international languages. Given the multi-lingual nature of our Alliance community, we have long wanted to make available Alliance resources in the languages most familiar to our community. Finally, the April 2011 issue of Nuance ushers in …
EthERNet to host 5th Council of Member Cluster in Addis Ababa in April Once again, the Alliance community will assemble for its top level meeting, the Council of Members, this time to be held at Hotel Jupiter, Addis Ababa, hosted by our Ethiopian NREN, EthERNet. Activities include : 12th April 2011: EthERNet Workshop; 14th April: …
Call for nominations of UbuntuNet Alliance Directors The term of office of the current UbuntuNet Alliance Management Board expires at the 5th Council of Members Meeting in April 2011 in Addis Ababa and therefore a new Board will have to be elected for a 2 year term. To this effect, we are calling for Member …
IDRC President visits UbuntuNet Secretariat, Lilongwe Since the inception of UbuntuNet Alliance, IDRC has been one of its most consistent development partners. Even more, the mapping and pursuit of academic and research connectivity by IDRC predates the formation of UbuntuNet Alliance by several years! Therefore it was a great honour and delight for staff to …
