Register now for UbuntuNet-Connect 2012 Preparations are speeding up for the UbuntuNet-Connect 2012 in Dar es Salaam and the preceeding capacity building activities. Have you registered? This is a conference you do not want to miss. Academic and applied content, networking, innovation, capacity building, field trips and many other opportunities will be there. Among other …
All Roads lead to Dar es Salaam for UbuntuNet-Connect 2012, 14 – 16 November 2012 The historical city of Dar es Salaam (Haven of Peace), will be the venue for Africa’s premiere research and education networking event, UbuntuNet-Connect. This will be at the Kunduchi Beach Hotel and Resort on the shores of the Indian Ocean: …
Council of Members Cluster of Events in Lilongwe declared a Success By Margaret Ngwira The sudden death of Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika a few days prior to the scheduled 6th Council of Members Cluster Meetings in the country’s Capital City of Lilongwe cast some doubts on the scheduling. Four meetings were scheduled: Special Meeting …
UbuntuNet-Connect 2011 Conference, best networking event UbuntuNet-Connect 2011 closed on Friday, 25th November 2011 at Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya after two days of exciting presentations and discussions around the theme: Access for Success. The conference brought together delegates from Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America, including education and ICT policy makers; regulators; …
AfricaConnect’s Three Musketeers: All for One and One for All Like Alexandre Dumas’ Three Musketeers, AfricaConnect’s trio of engineers – Joe Kimaili, Daniel Lete and Andrew Alston champion collaboration for the common good: all for one and one for all. Echoing the spirit of Ubuntu, these three engineers are working together with single-minded purpose to …
RENU Internal backbone Phase 1 Installed and Undergoing Tests Joseph Kimaili, Chief Network Development Officer, RENU This June, with the assistance of the Internet Educational Equal Access Foundation www.ieeaf.org (IEEAF) , the Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU) commissioned phase one of its network backbone – covering Kampala metropolitan area and Entebbe. When last …
Editorial: NUANCE starts its 4th year with a bang New times. A new look for NUANCE! Volume 4 Issue 1 is a long way from the Volume 1 Issue 1 syndrome that affects many publications in our region! NUANCE enters its 4th year with an optimism borne out by several factors, the most significant being …
Call for nominations of UbuntuNet Alliance Directors The term of office of the current UbuntuNet Alliance Management Board expires at the 5th Council of Members Meeting in April 2011 in Addis Ababa and therefore a new Board will have to be elected for a 2 year term. To this effect, we are calling for Member …
Christmas and New Year Message The year ending has been both demanding and exciting. A lot has happened to UbuntuNet Alliance, its members and development partners throughout the year. Among other things, the Alliance welcomed the 13th member NREN, Xnet (Namibia), the mapping of Intra-Africa optical fibre network, the successful implementation of EU FP7 ERINA4Africa …
Peering upgrade to 20 Gig approved: UbuntuNet becoming a “Major player in the global REN scene” Margaret Ngwira In January 2008, one of the first tangible offerings of UbuntuNet Alliance was the REN transit connection to GÉANT. This followed the approval by the GÉANT NREN Policy Committee, and was implemented using a Cisco 7606 router …
