UbuntuNet Alliance’s 3rd Webinar for the 2022 Series provides an overview of the Cloud Landscape and Global Trends as well as presentations by ZAMREN (Zambia), RENU (Uganda) and KENET (KENYA) on their cloud deployment experiences.
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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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 …
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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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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Four NREN Members of UbuntuNet Alliance namely; Kenya Education Network (KENET), Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet), Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET) and Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) are part of the stakeholders of the Low Power Wide Area Network (LPWAN) Solutions for the Internet of Things Workshop which will be held …
Long serving CEO of the Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU), Eng. Isaac Kasana, has retired from the position after almost six years of service. The Board of RENU has since appointed Chief Technical Officer, Nicholas Mbonimpa as Acting CEO, replacing Eng. Kasana who retired from the position on 31st December 2018 after taking …
The RENU Identity Federation (RIF) Joins eduGAIN The eduGAIN Steering Group has announced that it has accepted the Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU) Identity Federation (RIF) as an eduGAIN member. eduGAIN is an international interfederation service interconnecting research and education identity federation. The service enables the secure exchange of information related to identity, …
The National Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU) has underlined the intent to intensify its engineer capacity building programme in the year 2018 after releasing an impressive schedule that will see the NREN conduct at least 7 training and Direct Engineering Assistance (DEA) activities this year. RENU is one of the leading NRENs within …
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The lack of in- house capacity in the Department of Mass Communication at the Ugandan Christian University, UCU, has not held the department from offering PhD and Master in Journalism and Media Studies programmes to students at the higher learning institution. With the aid of Internet connectivity from the Research and Education Network for Uganda …
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