UbuntuNet Connect

Your research outputs are lamps, let them shine! NRENs encouraged to share and market their networking and research activities

Despite the numerous research and education activities and collaborations happening in universities and National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) from the UbuntuNet Alliance region, NREN managers have agreed that their networks are not doing enough to publicise and market their activities. This is why UbuntuNet-Connect 2018 featured a Research and Education Communications and Visibility Workshop …

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State University of Zanzibar shines in drone mapping programme

In what would be described as a perfect send-off, the State University of Zanzibar (SUZA) on Friday, 22nd November 2018, the last day of UbuntuNet-Connect 2018, treated conference attendees to a tour at the institution, where the delegates were delighted to appreciate the university’s Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) mapping Initiative which is helping the Governments …

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Tanzania Minister of Education, Science and Technology Prof. Joyce Ndalichako opens UbuntuNet-Connect 2018 in Zanzibar, Tanzania

Minister of Education, Science and Technology for Tanzania Prof. Joyce Ndalichako on 22nd November 2018 officially opened UbuntuNet-Connect 2018, the 11th annual networking conference of UbuntuNet Alliance at Hotel Verde in Zanzibar, Tanzania with a commitment from the Tanzanian government to support the Tanzania Education and Research Network, (TERNET) in its quest to lower bandwidth …

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Attending UbuntuNet-Connect 2018 in Zanzibar? Then Register now!

  Registration has opened for participants wishing to attend the 11th conference of UbuntuNet Alliance, the UbuntuNet-Connect 2018 conference which will be held at the Hotel Verde Zanzibar in Zanzibar, Tanzania on 22-23 November 2018 under the theme: Towards Smart Universities: Services that Matter. Among other activities, over 30 researchers from around the globe are …

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Submit an Abstract for UbuntuNet-Connect 2018, 22-23 November 2018, Zanzibar!

UbuntuNet-Connect, the annual networking conference of UbuntuNet Alliance is back! After holding the flagship event in the Administrative city of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia last year, UbuntuNet Alliance this year takes the premier conference to the exotic Island of Zanzibar.  UbuntuNet-Connect 2018, the 11th   edition of the series of the annual event, will be held on …

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Proceedings and Report of UbuntuNet-Connect 2016 published

UbuntuNet Alliance has published the full Proceedings and Report of its 9th Annual Conference, UbuntuNet-Connect 2016 that was held on 2-3 November 2016 in Entebbe, Uganda. The proceedings, which are now available on the UbuntuNet Alliance repository for downloading, include 18 full text papers that were presented at the two-day conference in the east African …

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Researchers advocate for open science in Addis Ababa

Researchers from different countries converged in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia where they advocated for easy and open access to scientific platforms and publications. This was during the UbuntuNet-Connect 2017 pre-conference workshop titled “Towards an Open Science Platform Infrastructure Framework” held on Wednesday, 1st November 2017 at the Hilton Addis Ababa Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The …

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UbuntuNet-Connect 2017 encourages Intra-African collaboration in research and education

UbuntuNet-Connect 2017, the 10th edition of the UbuntuNet-Connect annual networking conferences was held on 2-3 November 2017 at the Hilton Addis Ababa Hotel in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme “Enabling Intra-African Collaboration in Research and Education.” The two-day conference was attended by over 210 participants from across the world. The annual conference was preceded …

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Deadline for submission of UC 2017 Abstracts extended to 31st August 2017

Authors and researchers wishing to showcase their work at UbuntuNet-Connect 2017 now have up to 31st August 2017 to submit abstracts to be considered for presentation at the conference. UbuntuNet-Connect 2017, the tenth of the series of annual conferences of UbuntuNet Alliance, will be held on 2-3 November 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the …

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Submit your Abstract for UbuntuNet-Connect 2017

UbuntuNet Alliance is pleased to inform researchers and prospective authors that it is now receiving Abstracts for presentation of papers at UbuntuNet-Connect 2017, the 10th annual research and networking conference of the Alliance. UbuntuNet-Connect 2017 will be held on 2 – 3 November 2017 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the theme: “Enabling Intra – African …

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October 30-31, 2025, Harare, Zimbabwe​

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