The National Research and Education Networks for Mozambique (MoRENet) and Sudan (SudREN) have appointed new CEOs following the departure of former CEOs for the two NRENs a couple of months ago. Prof. Lourino Alberto Chemane was in September this year appointed as the new CEO of MoRENet, replacing former CEO Eng. Dr Adriano Salvador who …
The UbuntuNet Alliance family continues to grow. In August this year UbuntuNet Alliance formally accepted the Zimbabwe Academic Research and Education Network (ZARNet) as one of its NREN Members following an application process that started in September 2015. ZARNet was established in 1997 by the Government of Zimbabwe to provide internet connectivity to the Zimbabwean …
The UbuntuNet Alliance family continues to grow. In August this year UbuntuNet Alliance formally accepted the Zimbabwe Academic Research and Education Network (ZARNet) as one of its NREN Members following an application process that started in September 2015. ZARNet was established in 1997 by the Government of Zimbabwe to provide internet connectivity to the Zimbabwean …
Kenya Education Network (KENET) and Liquid Telecom Kenya have migrated Kenya’s education and research institutions onto connections that are up to 25 times faster than were possible in the past. The new connections are increasing the total Internet capacity distributed to KENET member institutions using Liquid Telecom Kenya’s network from as little as 200 megabytes …
KENET boost Internet for students, making speeds 25 times faster* Read More »
By Duncan Martin Inevitably the roles and activities of an NREN impact upon those of commercial service providers as participants in a competitive industry, and it is important for an NREN’s management to think about and manage the NREN’s relations with commercial ISPs. One objective is to cultivate the ISP’s understanding and respect for the …
36 of the 54 countries on the African continent do not have operational National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) representing 66 percent of countries lacking operational NRENs on the continent. This has been revealed in a recent report released by the World Bank titled the “Role and Status of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) …
66 percent of African countries have no operational NRENs- World Bank Read More »
Better late than never! This seems to be a fitting phrase for the Malawi Research and Education Network (MAREN) after the network successfully tested its eduroam service in June 2016 to become the fifth NREN within the UbuntuNet Alliance membership region to launch the service after KENET, TENET, ZAMREN and RENU. eduroam is a service …
It is a known fact that universities and research institutions the world over are launching and being involved in inspiring and cutting-edge research and collaboration projects by each passing day. However, sharing the progress and impact of these projects with the rest of the global community seems not to be a top priority for concerned …
Digging up research and collaboration stories from NRENs Read More »
By Duncan Martin NRENs exist to meet the connectivity and related needs of the universities and research institutions of their countries. But who determines these needs and who judges whether they are being met? If most of these institutions are essentially sub-departments of the State, to the extent that their procurement of Internet services is …
The NREN’s relationships with governments and ISPs: An expert’s opinion Read More »
That many African higher learning and research institutions are facing funding problems is not news. Most universities across Africa are struggling to operate to their full potential due to underfunding, a development that has in some cases forced universities to resort to hiking fees already considered high for many an African student. The raising of …
