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AfricaConnect project to be showcased to 23 heads of state at the Paris Peace Forum

Events, Stories / By / November 11, 2020

AfricaConnect, the Pan-African Internet connectivity project for research and education networking is set to be premiered to over ten thousand virtual participants after being selected as one of the projects to be showcased at the Paris Peace Forum. The Paris Peace Forum is held every year on 11-13 November in Paris with the aim to …

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RENU introduces Zero-rated Mobile Access

Members, RENU, Stories / By / November 11, 2020

Students and staff of RENU member institutions can now access their institutions’ websites and e-learning portals without loading a data bundle on selected mobile service provider networks. The development is a latest innovation from the National Research and Education Network of Uganda which recently unveiled the metro eduroam initiative aimed at expanding the reach of …

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Infoshare: How NRENs can benefit from EU funds – 18 Nov 2020

Stories / By / November 11, 2020

As a follow up from the EU Liaison and PMO Strategic Workshop (15 October) in which many NRENs expressed the need to understand better how to access EU funding nationally, the GÉANT EU Liaison team has organised an Infoshare on 18 November 2020, highlighting the actions needed to be carried out by NRENs and the …

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UbuntuNet Alliance holds second NREN cloud webinar

Capacity Building, Members, RENU, Stories, Training / By / October 5, 2020

At least 20 systems engineers from Eastern and Southern Africa participated in the latest NREN Cloud Webinar hosted by UbuntuNet Alliance in partnership with the Research and Education Network of Uganda, RENU. The webinar on Building an OpenStack Cloud using Ansible was held on Tuesday, 29th September 2020. It was the second in the series …

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Theme for UbuntuNet-Connect 2020 announced. Register now!

Events, Stories, UbuntuNet Connect / By / November 11, 2020

National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) exist in 38 countries in Africa – albeit at different stages of development – with the primary role of connecting research and education institutions and providing them with other value-added services driving digital transformation. When the Covid-19 pandemic spread around the globe, while education and research institutions in the …

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UbuntuNet Alliance partners Indiana University, others in second phase of NEA3R initiative

Connectivity, Network, Partners, Stories / By / October 5, 2020

UbuntuNet Alliance has once again partnered with the International Networks at the Indiana University in the five year $4.75 million Networks for European, American, African, and Arctic Research (NEA3R) initiative supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF). International Networks at IU will jointly lead the initiative with the Advanced North Atlantic consortium, which consists of …

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ZAMREN installs Moodle, offers free hosting for 22 universities during Covid-19 lockdown

Members, Stories, ZAMREN / By / October 5, 2020

The Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) has assisted 22 member universities install Moodle, a virtual learning management platform to allow the institutions carry on with teaching and learning activities during the Covid-19 pandemic. In addition, ZAMREN is also hosting all the 22 Moodle instances of the universities at its data center for free as …

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UbuntuNet Alliance moves to address eduroam gap in Southern and Eastern Africa

eduroam, Services, Stories / By / September 17, 2020

Lack of awareness, limited capacity of technical personnel and absence of robust campus WIFI networks have been cited as some of the challenges limiting the roll out of eduroam in many universities and research centers in the UbuntuNet Alliance membership region. This has been revealed in a recent eduroam baseline survey which UbuntuNet Alliance undertook …

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RENU Deploys 300 eduroam hotspots for off-campus Internet access

eduroam, Members, RENU, Services, Stories / By / September 17, 2020

Students, researchers and staff of learning institutions connected to the Research and Education Network  for Uganda (RENU) will now be able to access their institution Internet beyond their campuses after the NREN introduced the metro deployment of eduroam to enable users connect to the wireless network while working away from their institutions.   RENU unveiled …

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UbuntuNet Alliance, RedCLARA sign MoU during TICAL 2020

Partners, RedCLARA, Stories / By / October 5, 2020

Eastern and Southern African and Latin American Regional Research and Education Networks UbuntuNet Alliance and RedCLARA opened a new era of collaboration between them on Thursday, 3rd September 2020 when they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) that is expected to open up research and collaboration opportunities between the two entities and their member institutions. …

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