Background Identity and Access Management (IAM) remains a significant challenge within the R&E (Research and Education) community in Africa. This greatly hinders collaboration within the region. To help solve this problem, the idea of having a Kenyan identity federation was born in 2016. The aim was to provide easy access and facilitate SSO (Single Sign-On) …
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The UbuntuNet Alliance South African member NREN, Tertiary Education & Research Network of South Africa (TENET), is now close to completing the first phase in TVET Colleges Connection Programme (TCCP). The first phase of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges Connection Programme (TCCP) is the access portion of the project and this …
As part of their annual capacity building programme the Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) are carrying out direct engineering assistance at the University of St. Joseph (USJ), Mbarara. This is the second DEA being carried out this year with the first one being carried out at Equatorial University of Science and Technology (EQUSaT). …
Prof. Madara Ogot, the CEO of UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking was part of a panel discussion at the Science Summit at UNGA77. The Panel set out to discuss the Digital infrastructure to enable Science and Cooperation in Africa. Throughout the panel discussion Prof. Ogot was able to shine a light on the …
On the 8th day of September 2022, the Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) celebrated two years of Metro eduroam. The occasion was marked by the launch of an innovation that may revolutionize eduroam worldwide, eduroam on the GO! This is a pocket-sized routing device developed to allow researchers, students and university staff to …
NRENs in the UbuntuNet Alliance region continue to play a massive role in the cause for Research and Education throughout the Eastern and Southern African region. KENET remains one of the most vibrant NRENs within the community and this has recently been demonstrated by the awarding of 11 small research grants to STEM early career research grantees …
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This story was sourced from the official AfricaConnect3 website and was written by Siliva Fiore of GÉANT On September 14, 2022, representatives from several African countries took part in the online webinar organised by the AfricaConnect3 Communications team “How are African NRENs contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals?“. The webinar meant to be …
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Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) was formed in 2007 by three education institutions, Copperbelt University, University of Zambia and Mulungushi University. In 2012, ZAMREN was operationalised after the industry regulator Zambia Information and Communications Technology (ZICTA) granted the service license and is registered as Public Benefit Organization (PBO). This year, ZAMREN celebrates ten years …
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With the 15th annual research and education networking conference just 3 months away, UbuntuNet Alliance is pleased to announce the publication of the programme for the event. View the programme here. Register now, via early bird registration here! This year, the UbuntuNet-Connect Conference is set to be as exciting as always as it will take …
UbuntuNet-Connect 2022 Conference Programme Now Out. Register Now! Read More »
In order to achieve our vision of a vibrant community of NRENs, UbuntuNet Alliance carries out various capacity building exercises throughout the year under the AfricaConnect3 project. One of such workshops is the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) scaling techniques workshop. This workshop is meant to help build techniques for Network Engineers from our member NRENs …
