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eduID.africa advances federated identity management in the education ecosystem in Africa

eduID, eLearning, Members / By / March 6, 2023

Our identity is our uniqueness. Online identity and its management are vital to global migration to digital infrastructure, and citizens can only achieve an effective modern society with efficient governance and administration of digital identities. In the education landscape, digital identity has become increasingly important as technology has transformed how students learn and interact with …

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eduroam Reaches New Heights – a new record of 6.4 billion authentications in 2022

eduroam, Members, Partners, Services / By / March 2, 2023

eduroam in Africa has been on an uptrend since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world. A recent poll has revealed the usage of the service has reached a global all time high of 6.4 billion. Our Community has made a significant contribution to this and deserves applauding. With member NRENs like the RENU , who …

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TNC Emerging NRENs Programme: Call for Proposals

Capacity Building, GEANT, Members, Partners, TNC / By / February 9, 2023

We would like to bring to your attention that the TNC 2023 Emerging NREN Programme (ENP 2023) is now open for application. You can access the call for proposals here. The ENP is part of the AfricaConnect3 project, co-funded by the European Union, that seeks to unlock the potential of education and research through increased …

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NRENs to Pay Lower Per Unit Price on Connectivity as UbuntuNet Network Upgrades to 20Gbps Total Capacity

AfricaConnect, Connectivity, Donors, EC, GEANT, Members, Network, Partners / By / February 6, 2023

Recently, the Ubuntunet Alliance completed a significant upgrade to the core of its network. The core interconnects the key Points of Presence (PoPs) of Cape Town, Mtunzini, Maputo, Dar es Salaam, Nairobi, and Amsterdam. The upgrade was done on links ranging from 2Gbps to 3 Gbps in capacity, increasing their capacity to 10Gbps, thereby bringing …

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Bringing African NRENs’ Contribution to UN SDGs to the Surface

AfricaConnect, Donors, GEANT, Members, Partners / By / February 1, 2023

African NRENs are contributing to the United National Sustainable Development Goals both directly and indirectly, playing a critical role in the achievement of the global sustainable agenda and, in other words, making our planet a better place for all. As UN SDGs have become important parameters for decision and policy makers to measure the success …

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45 Faculty From Outspan Medical College Benefit From KENET Moodle Training.

Capacity Building, KENET, Members / By / January 27, 2023

This article was originally published on the official KENET website: https://www.kenet.or.ke/content/45-faculty-outspan-medical-college-benefit-kenet-moodle-training 45 Outspan Medical College (OMC) faculty benefitted from a two-day in person capacity building Moodle Training Course for instructors conducted at OMC between 16th-17th January 2023 by KENET. The training provided hands-on skills on how to add interactive content (e.g., Chats, forums) to a …

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2023 UbuntuNet Alliance Capacity Building Plan Now Out

Capacity Building, Members, Training / By / January 24, 2023

As part of the AfricaConnect 3 project, UbuntuNet alliance for research and education networking organizes several capacity building activities that run throughout the year. We are pleased to announce that the 2023 capacity building plan is now available on our events platform that you can access via: https://events.ubuntunet.net/category/1/ These activities are aimed at improving the …

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Madagascar’s NREN i RENALA celebrates 10 years!

iRENALA, Members / By / January 10, 2023

i RENALA, Research and Education Network for Academic and Learning Activities, is the Madagascan NREN (National Research and Education Network). Inaugurated in Toamasina on 7 June 2012, today i RENALA is celebrating its 10th anniversary. In the presence of representatives of its members (the MESupReS (Madagascan Ministry for Higher Education and Research), the MNDPT (Madagascan Ministry of Digital Development, Digital Transformation, the Postal Service …

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Somali Research and Education Network (SomaliREN) Appoint Acting CEO

Members, SomaliREN / By / December 12, 2022

SomaliREN Chairman Prof. Abdirizak M. Aden (Lafoole) and the Executive Committee are pleased to announce the appointment of Eng. Ahmed D. Siyad as the acting CEO of the Somali Research and Education Network (SomaliREN), effective, November 19, 2022. Eng. Siyad succeeds Eng. Abdullahi Bihi Hussein who has been serving the NREN for the last 7 …

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Re-thinking the work of African National Research and Education Networks through the lenses of the UN SDGs

ASREN, Events, GEANT, Members, Partners, UbuntuNet Connect, WACREN / By / December 6, 2022

This story was originally posted on the AfricaConnect3 website Around 40 representatives of African NRENs, research centres and higher education institutions came together in Gaborone, Botswana on Thursday 24 November, 2022, to discuss how their respective organisations are contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This workshop was part of a bigger initiative run …

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