Development inequalities among the National Regional and Education Networks (NRENs) has posed a big challenge in creating an enabling environment where both vertical and horizontal collaborations can be fostered. To address this, the Alliance is embarking on creation of a community of NRENs that can actively interact more through capacity building and advocacy. Unfortunately, not …
Strengthening the Community Through NREN Twinning Read More »
Recently admitted member of the Alliance, the Botswana Research and Education Network (BotsREN), has constituted its first Executive Committee to spearhead its operationalisation in the country. BotsREN was admitted as the 17th member of the Alliance in December 2019 and instituted an interim committee to run its affairs. At its Annual General Meeting held in …
Botswana Research and Education Network appoints Executive Committee Read More »
The UbuntuNet Alliance on Wednesday, 23rd February 2022 held a farewell dinner for its longest serving Communications Officer, Hastings Ndebvu who has left the Alliance after seven years. Ndebvu, who joined the Alliance on 1st July 2015, has left to take up a lecturing post at his alma mater, Malawi University of Business and Applied …
UbuntuNet Alliance bids Farewell to its Communications Officer Read More »
As the modern world and the organizations within it increasingly integrate themselves to the use of digital tools, having a website has become nothing short of an expectation for any organization. With all the security concerns that come with the use of websites to traffic important files, there is need to ensure the high-level security. …
UbuntuNet Alliance Rolls Out Digital Certificates Services. Read More »
Research data and output has been made globally accessible through the Internet, advancing Open Science and aiding in the removal of barriers to research output, resources, methods and tools, thereby facilitation of effective approaches to research. Research documents can be distinctly identified online using Digital Object Identifier (DOI). A DOI is a string of characters …
UbuntuNet Alliance Now Offers Digital Object Identifier Services Read More »
The ability for African researchers to conduct high-quality research is crucial for Africans to address Africa’s development challenges. Their research provides the evidence necessary for impactful policy development and the creation of appropriate evidence-based solutions. Researchers in Africa face many challenges in accessing research funding. Prof Tassew Woldehanna, President of Addis Ababa University, suggested at …
UbuntuNet Alliance Launches its “Utafiti Africa” Research Opportunities Platform Read More »
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 …
Request for Expression of Interest for External Audit Services Read More »
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 …
UbuntuNet Alliance wishes to inform all Members that the 16th Annual General Meeting of Members (AGM) will be held on Friday, 22th April 2022 in Lilongwe, Malawi starting from 9am. The Notice is issued according to Article 21 and Article 24 of the Constitution of UbuntuNet Alliance. The AGM is the highest governing body of UbuntuNet …
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 …
