UbuntuNet Alliance is delighted to announce the introduction of the UbuntuNet Alliance Community Awards. These awards will recognize outstanding contributions of individuals and NRENs in the UbuntuNet Alliance membership region, towards promotion of research and education collaboration. Winners of the first edition of the Awards will be announced at the UbuntuNet-Connect 2019 conference in Antananarivo, …
Coming to UbuntuNet-Connect 2019 and worried about lack of fitness activities whilst there? Worry no more! Organisers of the conference have planned a one hour Zumba session for participants on Thursday, 31st October 2019 from 5:30 to 6:30 am at the Carlton Hotel. The session is absolutely free and open to all participants who would …
Zumba session at UbuntuNet-Connect 2019, bring your costume! Read More »
As he continues to settle in his new role, UbuntuNet Alliance CEO, Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka recently paid courtesy call visits to three Member NRENs of KENET in Kenya, ZAMREN in Zambia and RENU in Uganda where he also visited the UbuntuNet Alliance Network Operating Center (NOC) at the UbuntuNet Alliance office in Kampala. Dr. Mtumbuka …
UbuntuNet Alliance CEO visits KENET, ZAMREN and RENU Read More »
Mauritania, the country with the world’s most expensive internet costs, is the seventh African Arab country to establish a National Research and Education Network (NREN) to promote internet access to global educational resources and facilitate interaction among universities and research institutions at national and regional levels. The NREN, which will be linked to European networks, …
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For the first time researchers have succeeded in providing an accurate assessment of urban and rural housing quality in sub-Saharan Africa. By using sophisticated Big Data based geospatial software they have revealed a remarkable development: Between 2000 and 2015 housing with improved water and sanitation, sufficient living area and durable construction has doubled in the region. …
Dramatic housing transformation in sub-Saharan Africa revealed Read More »
UbuntuNet Alliance and the Research and Education Network for Academic and Learning Activities, iRENALA, the NREN of Madagascar and the host of UbuntuNet-Connect 2019 are pleased to announce that the flagship conference will be held at the 5-Star Carlton Hotel in Antananarivo, Madagascar. The conference, which will be held on 31st October – 1st November …
And the venue for UbuntuNet-Connect 2019 is…Carlton Hotel! Read More »
In a bid to speed up the registration process and verification of participants at UbuntuNet-Connect 2019, organisers of the conference are calling on all prospective participants to pay their registration fee before travelling to Antananarivo. Participants are being asked to register early and pay their registration fee via bank transfer as there is no planned …
A dedicated team led by public university staff in Mauritius has stepped up efforts to establish a National Research and Education Network (NREN) of the island nation. Mauritius is one of the 10 countries from the UbuntuNet Alliance region that are in process of establishing their NRENs and the UbuntuNet Alliance is keen to help …
Academia team steps up NREN establishment initiative in Mauritius Read More »
A Congolese doctor who is also Director General of Congo’s National Institute for Biomedical Research, has become a “true hero” of Africa and the world in general after his experimental drugs were confirmed to treat patients with the Ebola virus. “I spent four decades of my life thinking how to treat patients with the Ebola …
In what could be described as a model for African governments to emulate, the government of Canada recently announced an investment of $137M to CANARIE, the operator of the high speed National Research and Education Network of Canada for the organisation’s 2020 – 2024 operations. In a Press Statement, CANARIE said the funding will enable …
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