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UbuntuNet Alliance a key partner in ORCID Global Participation Fund Project in Support of Open Science

Press Release, Projects / By / January 27, 2023

UbuntuNet Alliance is the technical partner in a consortia led by AfricArXiv, for a project funded by the ORCID Global Participation Fund. The project seeks to establish ORCID-facilitated multi-stakeholder consortia for efficient scholarly knowledge sharing from Africa. To accomplish that, the partners will source from their experience and close cooperation with affiliated generalist scholarly repository …

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UA Signs MOU with Council on Library and Information Resources

Press Release / By / August 1, 2022

UA has signed an MOU with the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) whose purpose is to advance visibility and access to special, rare and otherwise invisible collections held in Africa. This shall be achieved through digitisation, capacity building, programme development, and the integration of advanced technologies. The memorandum will enable continent-wide outreach to …

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Call for Proposals to Carry Out Systems Audit for The UbuntuNet Alliance

Press Release / By / May 6, 2022

Introduction UbuntuNet Alliance is the regional research and education networking organisation for Eastern and Southern Africa. It is a non-profit association of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Eastern and Southern Africa, a region covering 26 countries. The Alliance plans, builds and operates UbuntuNet, the regional Internet backbone network that interconnects NRENs in the …

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Burundi Education and Research Network connects to UbuntuNet Network under the European Commission co-funded AfricaConnect2 Project

Members, Press Release, Stories / By / November 19, 2019

PRESS RELEASE 18th November 2019/Lilongwe, Malawi and Bujumbura, Burundi: Hundreds of students and researchers from at least 15 institutions of higher learning and research centers in Burundi will now be able to optimize their research and education collaboration initiatives following the successful completion of the connection of the Burundi Education and Research Network (BERNET) to …

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UbuntuNet Alliance Appoints Engineer Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka as CEO

Board, Press Release, Stories / By / April 25, 2019

25th April 2019, Lilongwe, Malawi: The Chairperson of UbuntuNet Alliance, Prof. Stephen Simukanga is pleased to announce the appointment of Malawian Engineer Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka as the new CEO of the Eastern and Southern Africa Research and Education Network effective 1st May 2019. Eng. Dr. Mtumbuka has been appointed to the new position after satisfying …

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UbuntuNet Alliance appoints Eng. Dr Francis Tusubira as Acting CEO

Board, Press Release, Stories / By / January 3, 2019

3rd January 2019: Lilongwe, Malawi: The Chairperson, Professor Stephen Simukanga and Members of the Board of Trustees of UbuntuNet Alliance are pleased to announce the appointment of Eng. Dr. Francis “Tusu” Tusubira as acting CEO of UbuntuNet Alliance effective 1st January 2019. Eng.Dr. Tusubira succeeds Dr. Pascal Hoba who has left the Alliance following the …

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UbuntuNet Alliance, World Bank Power SomaliREN’s connectivity to the UbuntuNet network under AfricaConnect2

AfricaConnect, Connectivity, Donors, Members, Network, Press Release, Projects, SomaliREN, Stories, World Bank / By / July 3, 2018

29 June 2018/ Lilongwe, Malawi and Mogadishu, Somalia UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking is pleased to announce that it has successfully connected SomaliREN, the National Research and Education Network (NREN) of Somalia to the UbuntuNet network, the data network for NRENs in Eastern and Southern Africa under the €26.6m European Commission co-funded AfricaConnect2 …

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Abu-Ghazaleh: Moroccan Academic and Research Network (MARWAN) Connects to GÉANT and ASREN under the AfricaConnect2 Project

AfricaConnect, ASREN, GEANT, Partners, Press Release, Projects, Stories / By / June 27, 2018

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 high capacity connection between the Moroccan National Research and Education Network (MARWAN) and the pan-European …

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Prof Stephen Simukanga appointed UbuntuNet Alliance Chairperson

Board, Press Release, Stories / By / February 7, 2018

UbuntuNet Alliance is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Stephen Simukanga, as its Chairperson for the next three years effective 20th September 2017. Professor Simukanga is the Director General of the Higher Education Authority of Zambia and former Vice Chancellor of the University of Zambia. Prof Simukanga’s appointment follows a successful completion of a …

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Press release: West and Central Africa connects to the global R&E network to unleash its potential

AfricaConnect, Press Release, Stories, WACREN / By / February 7, 2018

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 through AfricaConnect2, WACREN, the regional Research and Education Network in West and Central Africa, will …

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