by Hastings Ndebvu | Mar 1, 2015 | WACREN
The 2nd annual WACREN conference for research and education (R&E) networking took place in Dakar, Senegal on March 17th-18th following three days of intensive workshops promoting e-infrastructure, federated identity and Open Science in Africa. Hosted by the...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Feb 1, 2015 | MAGIC, Sci-GAIA, TANDEM, WACREN
A second joint TANDEM, MAGIC and Sci-GaIA workshop on ‘Promotion of Open Science in Africa’ was held in Senegal, Dakar on March 15, 2016. The workshop came as one of the pre-conference events of the second annual conference of West African Countries...
by Chris Rohrer | Sep 19, 2014 | Climate Change, eI4Africa, Health Science, SADC, SudREN, TERNET, UbuntuNet Connect, WACREN
Lifetime benefits to be gained from East Africa’s Collaborative Climate Change Initiative The Sub-Saharan Africa, like the rest of the world, has not been spared from the effects of climate change. Recent UN data indicates that, if not much investment is made in...
by Chris Rohrer | Jul 19, 2014 | AfricaConnect, eduroam, eI4Africa, Health Science, Interview, MAREN, Training, WACREN, Xnet
UbuntuNet Alliance CEO speaks on new UbuntuNet links, AfricaConnect progress UbuntuNet Alliance and DANTE (Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe) this month announced the commissioning of new high speed UbuntuNet network links each offering improved speeds...
by Chris Rohrer | Jun 19, 2014 | Agriculture, Health Science, Library, Portrait, SudREN, WACREN
The untold success story of SudREN and a new CEO The Sudanese Research and Education Network (SudREN) has a lot to celebrate this year. This is SudREN’s 10th year in operation and the NREN is welcoming the coming of Dr. Sami Salih as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO)....
by Chris Rohrer | Mar 19, 2014 | eI4Africa, NSRC, Repository, Scholarship, Training, WACREN, ZAMREN
#ScholarAfrica: Promoting the Discoverability of Africa Scholarship By Michelle Willmers Curate to participate! This was one of the central messages emerging from the ‘Discoverability of African Scholarship Online’ workshop hosted by the OpenUCT Initiative in Nairobi...
