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On May 11th 2021, 10 years after the start of the first phase of AfricaConnect, we celebrate the achievements and get ready for the next steps. In 2010, representatives from the European Union, African Ministries, the African-Caribbean-Pacific Secretariat, the African Union, as well as African and European National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) met in …

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April 12, 2021 – Today, LA Referencia, RedCLARA and the three African regional research and education networks – ASREN, WACREN and UbuntuNet Alliance – signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize their relationship as the two continents seek to ramp up their open science activities. The aim of the collaboration is to advance open science policies, services and infrastructure that reflect the unique …

Africa and Latin America agree to closer collaboration around open science Read More »

Experts in various designations in the Eastern and Southern African Research and Education community can now take advantage of the various capacity-building webinars UbuntuNet Alliance has lined up for 2021 to help build the capacity of NREN personnel. UbuntuNet Alliance plans to organize and hold at least 7 webinars between now and December 2021 for …

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What are some of the unexpected incidents that Network Operations Center (NOC) operators should anticipate and how can they deal with them in the shortest period to enhance customer satisfaction?  This will be the main area of discussion during the Practical Guide to Running and Effective NREN NOC Service Desk Webinar that UbuntuNet Alliance will …

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Five candidates from the UbuntuNet Alliance NREN Members have been selected to represent the region during the upcoming online Emerging NREN Programme that will be held as part of GEANT’s annual networking conference, TNC21 to be held online from 21st – 25th June 2021. GEANT has been organizing the Emerging NREN Programme since 2017 to …

UbuntuNet Alliance gears up for TNC21, identifies Emerging NREN Programme candidates Read More »

After successfully hosting a couple of capacity-building events amid the COVID-19 spells in 2020, the Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) is this year planning to pick up from where the NREN left off last year and hold more events this year. Before the Covid-19 influenced country-wide lockdown in Uganda in March last year, …

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In 2005, Margaret Ngwira, then working as a Librarian at Kamuzu College of Nursing (KCN), a Constituent College of the University of Malawi, teamed up with four men to spearhead the formation of UbuntuNet Alliance. The men were Albert Nsengiyumva from Rwanda; Victor Kyalo from Kenya, Duncan Martin from South Africa and Americo Muchanga from …

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The West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) led the way for this year’ regional networking conferences when it held its sixth annual networking conference, WACREN 2021 virtually from 15-19 March 2021.  The conference was held under the patronage of the African Union Commission (AUC) Commissioner for Human Resource Science and Technology, Her …

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