by Hastings Ndebvu | Sep 1, 2020 | AfricaConnect, ASREN, Connectivity, GEANT, Partners, Projects, Stories, WACREN
The African Group on Earth Observation (AfriGEO) community, a member of the global Group on Earth Observation (GEO) says it expects the AfricaConnect3 project, a Pan-African project aimed at creating an internet network for research and education across Africa, to...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Dec 18, 2019 | AfricaConnect, ASREN, Donors, EC, GEANT, Partners, Projects, Stories, WACREN
From left: WACREN CEO, Dr. Boubakar Barry; UbuntuNet Alliance CEO, Eng. Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka; European Commission Head of Unit- Strategic Partnerships, EU DG DEVCO, Domenico Rossa and ASREN Co-Managing Director, Yousef Torman sign the AfricaConnect contract agreement...
by Hastings Ndebvu | Jun 29, 2018 | AfricaConnect, Connectivity, Donors, Members, Network, Press Release, Projects, SomaliREN, Stories, World Bank
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,...
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 | 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 | Nov 1, 2016 | AfricaConnect, Projects, Stories
In November 2015, UbuntuNet Alliance CEO, Dr. Pascal Hoba, signed the AfricaConnect2 project contract for Cluster 1 during the UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 conference in Maputo, Mozambique. Shortly after, Steve Cotter, CEO of GEANT signed two contracts for Clusters 2 and 3...