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Background UbuntuNet Alliance is the regional research and education networking organisation for Eastern and Southern Africa. It builds and operates UbuntuNet, the regional high speed Internet backbone network for Eastern and Southern Africa.  UbuntuNet Alliance is registered in Malawi as a not-for-profit association of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Africa with the aim …

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Press Statement Lilongwe/ Malawi: 24th January 2022: The Board of Trustees of UbuntuNet Alliance is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Madara Ogot as the new Chief Executive Officer of UbuntuNet Alliance for a four-year term with effect from 1st February 2022. Professor Ogot is a Professor in Mechanical Engineering in the Department of …

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Press Release Lilongwe, Malawi: 1st January 2022. Agence Française de Développement (AFD) and RENATER have signed a partnership agreement to work together on the structuring and development of National Research and Education Networks in Southern and Eastern Africa, set up by the Regional Research and Education Network, UbuntuNet Alliance. The partnership, financed by AFD in …

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Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking. The Alliance, whose Head Office is based in Lilongwe, Malawi, is a membership-based non-profit research and education networking organisation for Eastern and Southern Africa. It plans, builds and operates the …

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Introduction UbuntuNet Alliance is the regional research and education networking organisation for Eastern and Southern Africa, a region covering 26 countries. The Alliance is a non-profit association of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in the region. The Alliance plans, builds and operates UbuntuNet, the regional Internet backbone network that interconnects NRENs in the region …

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On 31st August 2021, Professor Hellicy Ng’ambi, the Vice-Chancellor of Mulungushi University, one of the main public universities in Zambia, officially retired from her position, bringing to an end an illustrious 9-year long distinguished career as the first female Vice-Chancellor Zambia and over 38 years of service to higher learning in Zambia, Africa and United …

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“Turning Challenges into Opportunities: Research and Education Success Stories During Covid-19″  Virtual/Livingstone, Zambia, 10-12 November 2021 The advent of the Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 brought a disruptive wave to the Research and Education community across the globe. As the virus spread and wreaked havoc the world over, governments ordered various levels of national lockdowns …

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