by Hastings Ndebvu | Mar 29, 2019 | Partners, Stories, WACREN
The week of 11 to 15 March accommodated plenty of room for a variety of works to set off from librarians and NRENs collaborating on repositories during the LIBSENSE workshop to AfricaConnect2 coordination meetings to knowledge exchange during the annual WACREN...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Dec 18, 2018 | GEANT, Partners, Stories
UbuntuNet Alliance is excited to join the global research and education community in congratulating its long time ally, GÉANT’s Chief Collaborations Officer, Cathrin Stover on her recent appointment as Vice Chair of the European Open Science Cloud (EOSC) Executive...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Jun 27, 2018 | AfricaConnect, ASREN, GEANT, Partners, Press Release, Projects, Stories
H.E. Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Chairman of the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) and H.E. Prof. Mohamed Khalfaoui, Director of Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST) have signed an agreement under which ASREN will provide a...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Apr 12, 2018 | GEANT, Partners, Stories
GÉANT is delighted to confirm Erik Huizer in his role as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) following his appointment in July 2017 on an interim basis. Christian Grimm, Chair of the Board of Directors commented, “We are very pleased to announce that the GÉANT Board of...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Feb 1, 2018 | AfricaConnect, Press Release, Stories, WACREN
The EU-funded AfricaConnect2 project has just announced that, following the call for tenders to connect West and Central (W&C) Africa published back in June 2016, GÉANT has awarded a 15-year contract to MainOne for connectivity services. By signing the contract...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Jun 1, 2017 | Partners, RedCLARA, Stories
RedCLARA has announced Luis Eliecer Cadenas Marin, co-founder of Venezuelan NREN REACCIUN, as its new Executive Director. The announcement was made at the opening ceremony of the TICAL2017 Conference, in the city of San José, Costa Rica, earlier this month. The new...
