Register to attend UbuntuNet-Connect 2012 Registration is open for the forthcoming UbuntuNet-Connect 2012, the 5th Annual Conference of UbuntuNet Alliance. Secure your registration and book your accommodation now! We have received twice the number of abstracts received last year and they have been reviewed. UbuntuNet-Connect 2012 will be hosted by TERNET, the Tanzanian NREN and …
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 …
UbuntuNet Alliance after 6 years – in the words of a Veteran On 31st March 2006, registration documents for UbuntuNet Alliance were submitted in the Trade Registrar of Chambers of Commerce in Amsterdam. Now the Alliance is 6 years old. Margaret Ngwira was there when UbuntuNet Alliance was established in 2005: a Librarian by profession, …
Zambia and ZAMREN on the move The whole continent was glued to their screens to watch the nail biting finish of the 2012 Africa Cup of Nations and the victory of Chipolopolo Stars. On the NREN front also, Zambia is scoring – and not on penalties! In efforts to strengthen its organizational base and to …
A New Year’s message from the CEO I will start with a caveat: while 1st January 2012 marks the first day of the New Year, this really applies only to those who use the Gregorian Calendar (and this includes the Alliance). I am aware that in many parts of the world with at least twenty …
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 …
EthERNet to host 5th Council of Member Cluster in Addis Ababa in April Once again, the Alliance community will assemble for its top level meeting, the Council of Members, this time to be held at Hotel Jupiter, Addis Ababa, hosted by our Ethiopian NREN, EthERNet. Activities include : 12th April 2011: EthERNet Workshop; 14th April: …
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 …
IDRC President visits UbuntuNet Secretariat, Lilongwe Since the inception of UbuntuNet Alliance, IDRC has been one of its most consistent development partners. Even more, the mapping and pursuit of academic and research connectivity by IDRC predates the formation of UbuntuNet Alliance by several years! Therefore it was a great honour and delight for staff to …
