AfricaConnect

AfricaConnect3 project to extend pan-African high-speed internet connectivity and services for research and education

AfricaConnect, ASREN, Donors, EC, GEANT, Partners, Projects, Stories, WACREN / By / December 18, 2019

PRESS RELEASE 18th December 2019/Brussels, Belgium Following the success of predecessor projects ‘AfricaConnect’ and ‘AfricaConnect2’, Africa’s three regional Research and Education Networks (RENs) UbuntuNet Alliance, West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) and the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN), in partnership with Europe’s leading collaboration on e-infrastructure and services GÉANT, have …

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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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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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AfricaConnect2 news round-up: A year on!

AfricaConnect, Projects, Stories / By / September 6, 2017

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 of the same project for West & Central Africa and North Africa respectively. Since then, …

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AfricaConnect2 rolls into life

AfricaConnect / By / September 21, 2016

Following the signing of the AfricaConnect2, Cluster 1 Contract between UbuntuNet Alliance and the European Union in November 2015, the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) and the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) have also signed Cluster 2 and 3 contracts of the project signaling the official kick-off of the …

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SomaliREN, UbuntuNet Alliance sign AfricaConnect 2 Advance Payment Agreement

AfricaConnect, SomaliREN / By / September 21, 2016

One of the most abiding moments of UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 week in Maputo, Mozambique, was the sight of Somali Research and Education Network (SomaliREN) CEO Dahir Hassan Abdi sitting in a conference room next to UbuntuNet Alliance CEO Dr. Pascal Hoba. It was on Wednesday, November 18th 2015, 16:00hrs local time. The two were signing SomaliREN’s …

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Signed, sealed and posted: UbuntuNet Alliance signs AfricaConnect2, Cluster 1 contract

AfricaConnect / By / September 21, 2016

It was a case of killing two birds with one stone; On Wednesday, November 18th on the eve of UbuntuNet-Connect 2015, UbuntuNet Alliance officially signed the €10 Million AfricaConnect2 Cluster 1 grant agreement with the European Commission at the European Union Delegation in Mozambique. With the venue of UbuntuNet-Connect 2015, VIP Grand Maputo Hotel, only …

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UbuntuNet Alliance gears up for AfricaConnect2

AfricaConnect / By / September 21, 2016

UbuntuNet Alliance, one of the coordinators of the soon to be signed European Union funded AfricaConnect2 project, which aims to expand connectivity across the African continent, is already rolling up its sleeves in readiness for the rolling out of the project. On 4-5 August 2015, the Alliance held a Price and Costing Model Workshop in …

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AfricaConnect2 to expand connectivity across Africa

AfricaConnect, Connectivity / By / September 21, 2016

Following the successful completion of AfricaConnect, the finishing touches are currently being added to the Grant Agreement for its successor project. Conceived as a pan-African umbrella connectivity project, AfricaConnect2 will adopt a modular approach adjusted to the geographical, cultural and organisational context of the African regions and their different stages of NREN development, as well …

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