Mrs Miriam Chahuruva and Dr Sabelo Dlamini have been elected as new Trustees of the Alliance to serve three-year terms effective May 29, 2026. The elections were held during the Alliance’s Annual General Meeting held on May 29, 2026, in Mombasa, Kenya.Mrs Miriam Chahuruva brings more than two decades of distinguished leadership and technical experience …
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System engineers from across Ethiopia’s higher education sector underwent an intensive three-day training in Addis Ababa from April 27-30. Funded by the European Union under the AfricaConnect4 Project, the hands-on workshop was facilitated by the Ethiopian Education and Research Network (EtherNET) in conjunction with UbuntuNet Alliance. The workshop sought to strengthen the engineers’ capabilities to …
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The Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) successfully hosted ZAMREN Week and Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2026 from 4–8 May 2026 at the Avani Victoria Falls Resort in Livingstone, Zambia. Held under the theme “Growing Together,” the event brought together members of Zambia’s research and education community alongside participants from National Research and Education Networks …
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The implementation of the “Unlocking Potential: Elevating Open Institutional Repositories in Africa for Global Impact” project is now firmly underway following the successful completion of the first Open Science Training for Librarians held during ZAMREN Week. The training marked a major milestone in the regional initiative, bringing together 45 participants from research and education institutions …
Banjul, the capital of The Gambia, became a focal point of Africa’s digital transformation agenda as it hosted the 2026 West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) Conference from March 23 to 27. The high-level gathering brought together policymakers, researchers, university leaders, technologists, and international partners to deliberate on the continent’s digital future …
UbuntuNet Alliance is pleased to announce the official Call for Partnerships and Sponsorships for the UbuntuNet-Connect 2026 (UC2026) conference, the 19th annual annual gathering for research and education networking in Eastern and Southern Africa. UbuntuNet-Connect is the flagship conference of UbuntuNet Alliance, bringing together over 200 practitioners, decision-makers, researchers, and technology leaders from across the …
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UbuntuNet Alliance is registered as a Trust in Malawi and operates as a not-for-profit business entity, providing connectivity and other value-added services to member National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) across the Eastern and Southern Africa. It also manages projects supported by development partners, especially the European Commission. UbuntuNet Alliance would like to hire services …
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As part of its annual research engagement forum, the Kenya Education Network (KENET) launched its expanded GPU cluster at a Nairobi hotel on March 6, 2026. The new cluster, partially supported by the European Union through the AfricaConnect3 project implemented by UbuntuNet Alliance and GEANT, consists of four servers, each with 2 NVIDIA A30 GPU …
The AfricArXiv Open Science Webinar Series resumes on 18 February 2026 at 11:00 AM with a timely session titled DataCite Insights: Strengthening Open Science and Research Visibility in Africa. Hosted by UbuntuNet Alliance and Access 2 Perspectives, the webinar will explore how persistent identifiers (PIDs) and open metadata can transform the discoverability and impact of African research. This webinar was …
The UbuntuNet Alliance invites its member National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) to apply for the Emerging NREN Programme 2026, an international professional development opportunity delivered alongside TNC26, GÉANT‘ flagship conference of the global research and education networking community. The programme will take place 8–12 June 2026 in Helsinki, Finland, hosted with the support of …
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