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UN Technology Bank: An opportunity for NREN growth in least developed countries

Members / By / September 21, 2016

The United Nations has agreed to a proposal from a high level panel of experts to establish a Technology Bank that will be supporting science and technology in the world’s Least Developed Countries (LDCs). The Bank, which is expected to start its operations in 2016, will be headquartered in Turkey. United Nations Secretary General Ban …

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MAREN healthcare institutions get DfID praise

MAREN / By / September 21, 2016

The Malawi College of Medicine (COM), a constituent college of the University of Malawi which is a member institution of the Malawi Research and Education Network (MAREN), has been hailed as one of the institutions making significant contribution towards Malawi’s healthcare research system which has been described as ‘the best” in Africa. United Kingdom’s Department …

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RENU in engineer capacity building workshop

Capacity Building, RENU / By / September 21, 2016

At least 25 network engineers from 22 member institutions of the Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU) are expected to participate in a one-week wireless networking training workshop expected to take place in the country in September 2015. The workshop, which will be held from 14 – 18 September 2015 at the Uganda Management …

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10 added members, 10 Points of Presence, 10 years of existence

Council of Members, Members / By / September 21, 2016

The UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 to be held in Maputo, Mozambique on 19-20 November this year is extra special to the UbuntuNet Alliance as it will coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Eastern and Southern Africa Research and Education Network. November 2015 will mark exactly 10 years since the UbuntuNet Alliance was formed at the World …

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New UbuntuNet Alliance Communications Officer lobbies for support from NREN Members

Members, Stories / By / September 21, 2016

The newly recruited UbuntuNet Alliance Communications Officer, Hastings Ndebvu, has appealed to the Alliance’s NREN Members to supply his office with research and education inventions and innovations happening in their communities to enable the office enhance the visibility of Africa’s research and education networking in the global research and education community. The new officer was …

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NREN members should move towards being service centers – Dr Hoba

Members / By / September 21, 2016

The ever-growing demand for advanced ICT services by the research and education community should push National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Africa from being mere Internet Service Providers to institutions that offer diverse and modern ICT services that support research and education. This is the vision that UbuntuNet Alliance CEO Dr. Pascal Hoba wants …

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IBM, KENET to Deliver Certification Courses in 50 Kenyan Universities

Certificates, Education, KENET / By / September 21, 2016

Kenya Education Network (KENET), which is one of UbuntuNet Alliances’ National Research and Education Network (NREN) Members, has become the first sub-Saharan Africa NREN to partner with IBM in delivering advanced hands-on certification courses to faculty and students of 50 Kenyan universities over its broadband network. The certification courses will develop and enhance job market …

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African NRENs to benefit from COMODO digital certificates

Members / By / September 21, 2016

National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) from the African continent now stand a great chance of making their online services secure and credible after the American based company, COMODO, offered the continent’s three regional Research and Education Networks (RENs) free digital certificates for a period of 3 years. TechTarget defines a digital certificate as an …

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MAREN gets wake-up call

MAREN / By / September 21, 2016

The Malawi governments’ 2015/2016 national budget which was passed by the country’s national assembly on June 25, 2015 and came into effect on July 1, 2015 brought with it an unpleasant surprise to research and education institutions in the country; a 10 percent tax on internet data and mobile phone text messages for end users. …

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RENU visits the UbuntuNet Alliance Secretariat

RENU / By / September 21, 2016

June 2015 was another great month for the UbuntuNet Alliance Secretariat as it welcomed and played host to RENU, Uganda’s NREN’s Finance and Administration Officer Deborah Atukunda who popped in on June 16 for a three day learning visit. During the visit, Deborah spent time with the Alliance’s Finance and Administration Manager, Tiwonge Banda and …

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