UbuntuNet Alliance is pleased to announce that its 13th annual research and education networking conference, UbuntuNet-Connect 2020, will be held as a virtual event from 18-20 November 2020. The event was scheduled to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa and hosted by the Tertiary Education and Research Network of South Africa (TENET) the NREN of …
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The Board of Directors of the Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) appointed Stein Mkandawire, the NREN’s former Chief Technical Officer as the new CEO of ZAMREN taking over from long term CEO, Bonny Khunga who retired from the position on 31st March this year. NUANCE caught up with Stein Mkandawire (SM) to appreciate his …
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The night of September 17, 2020, will be remembered as the one in which Africa and South America connected for the first time, through a BGP peer established between TENET (Tertiary Education & Research Network of South Africa) and RedCLARA. The BGP peer uses the AmLight link through the SACS (South Atlantic Cable System) and WACS (West African Cable System) …
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The UbuntuNet Alliance team continues to grow. On 1st August this year, the Alliance welcomed, as part of its staff, Nosiku Sikanyika, former Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) Systems Administrator who has joined as Service Portfolio Manager. Sikanyika brings to the Alliance vast experience in research and education networking having worked at the Zambia …
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Network engineers that participated in the recent Mutually Agreed Norms for Routing Security (MANRS) online training workshop organized by UbuntuNet Alliance in partnership with Internet Society (ISOC) and AFRINIC have hailed the impact of the virtual workshop which they believe will help NRENs safeguard their networks against potential threats. At least 18 NREN engineers from …
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 boost internet connectivity in the community’s sites in Africa. GEO is a unique global network …
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In a drive to help National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) own cloud service infrastructure, UbuntuNet Alliance has launched a series of webinars aimed at drilling NREN network and systems engineers on how their can set up and operate their own cloud systems. The webinar series kicked off in August 2020 with the first seminar …
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After a competitive selection process with over 850 applications, the AfricaConnect3 project has been selected as one of the 100 projects to be showcased at the third edition of the Paris Peace Forum 2020 from the 11th to the 13th of November 2020. The Paris Peace Forum is a prestigious event that seeks to advance …
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As one way of sustaining teaching and learning through various online platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Kenya Education Network (KENET) has collaborated with the country’s mobile service providers to provide data bundles at discounted prices to KENET institutions’ students and faculty members. Under the deal, Safaricom will be providing monthly 10GB data bundles at …
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RedCLARA, its members, and the Organizing Committee of TICAL 2020 program, have decided to carry out the tenth version of the Conference in a virtual way, bringing the program of the tenth edition of the Conference from a face-to-face format to a new fully digital version to help foster regional participation. Prospective participants from the …
