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Botswana Research and Education Network joins UbuntuNet Alliance

Members, Stories / By Hastings Ndebvu / February 22, 2021 March 2, 2021

PRESS RELEASE 23rd February 2021/Lilongwe, Malawi and Gaborone, Botswana: The Botswana Research and Education Network (BotsREN) has become a registered member Research and Education Network (NREN) of UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking. UbuntuNet Alliance is an Association of NRENs of Eastern and Southern Africa, connecting them to each other and the general Internet …

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Interview with Hellen Nakawungu, Systems Engineer at RENU

Interview, Members, RENU, Stories / By Hastings Ndebvu / February 22, 2021 March 2, 2021

As part of the #womeninSTEM campaign, we talk to Hellen Nakawungu, Systems Engineer at the Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU). Hellen has worked in the Technical Department of RENU transitioning through different levels. She is currently the Head of Department, Systems and Software and the Coordinator for the Cyber Security Team. She is a computer scientist …

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RENU introduces Zero-rated Mobile Access

Members, RENU, Stories / By Hastings Ndebvu / November 11, 2020 November 11, 2020

Students and staff of RENU member institutions can now access their institutions’ websites and e-learning portals without loading a data bundle on selected mobile service provider networks. The development is a latest innovation from the National Research and Education Network of Uganda which recently unveiled the metro eduroam initiative aimed at expanding the reach of …

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UbuntuNet Alliance holds second NREN cloud webinar

Capacity Building, Members, RENU, Stories, Training / By Hastings Ndebvu / October 2, 2020 October 5, 2020

At least 20 systems engineers from Eastern and Southern Africa participated in the latest NREN Cloud Webinar hosted by UbuntuNet Alliance in partnership with the Research and Education Network of Uganda, RENU. The webinar on Building an OpenStack Cloud using Ansible was held on Tuesday, 29th September 2020. It was the second in the series …

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ZAMREN installs Moodle, offers free hosting for 22 universities during Covid-19 lockdown

Members, Stories, ZAMREN / By Hastings Ndebvu / September 22, 2020 October 5, 2020

The Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) has assisted 22 member universities install Moodle, a virtual learning management platform to allow the institutions carry on with teaching and learning activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, ZAMREN is also hosting all the 22 Moodle instances of the universities at its data center for free as …

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RENU Deploys 300 eduroam hotspots for off-campus Internet access

eduroam, Members, RENU, Services, Stories / By Hastings Ndebvu / September 17, 2020 September 17, 2020

Students, researchers and staff of learning institutions connected to the Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU) will now be able to access their institution Internet beyond their campuses after the NREN introduced the metro deployment of eduroam to enable users connect to the wireless network while working away from their institutions. RENU unveiled …

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NUANCE Interview: New ZAMREN CEO, Stein Mkandawire on driving ZAMREN to greater heights

Interview, Members, Stories, ZAMREN / By Hastings Ndebvu / September 1, 2020 September 1, 2020

The Board of Directors of the Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) appointed Stein Mkandawire, the NREN’s former Chief Technical Officer as the new CEO of ZAMREN taking over from long term CEO, Bonny Khunga who retired from the position on 31st March this year. NUANCE caught up with Stein Mkandawire (SM) to appreciate his …

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South America and South Africa establish their first direct connection

Members, Partners, RedCLARA, Stories, TENET / By Hastings Ndebvu / September 1, 2020 October 5, 2020

The night of September 17, 2020, will be remembered as the one in which Africa and South America connected for the first time, through a BGP peer established between TENET (Tertiary Education & Research Network of South Africa) and RedCLARA. The BGP peer uses the AmLight link through the SACS (South Atlantic Cable System) and WACS (West African Cable System) …

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KENET strikes 40 percent data bundle price reduction deal for member institutions

KENET, Members, Stories / By Hastings Ndebvu / July 29, 2020 July 29, 2020

As one way of sustaining teaching and learning through various online platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kenya Education Network (KENET) has collaborated with the country’s mobile service providers to provide data bundles at discounted prices to KENET institutions’ students and faculty members. Under the deal, Safaricom will be providing monthly 10GB data bundles at …

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Optimising Moodle for Remote Teaching and Learning Webinar

Capacity Building, Members, Stories, ZAMREN / By Hastings Ndebvu / May 6, 2020 May 6, 2020

In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, where at least 1.3 billion students and learners across the planet are affected by closure of schools and universities, academic institutions are frantically exploring different platforms for online teaching and learning. To assist institutions choose and adopt standard and efficient platforms and tools, UbuntuNet Alliance is running a …

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