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 …
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 …
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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Press Release Lilongwe: 13th October 2021: The Chairperson of UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking, Prof. Stephen Simukanga would like to inform all stakeholders and the entire community that Eng. Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka has informed the UbuntuNet Alliance Board of Trustees of his decision to resign from his position effective 31st December 2021. Following …
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 …
“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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ASREN, UbuntuNet Alliance and WACREN are the regional research and education networks interconnecting national research and education networks (NRENs) across the continent (Northern Africa, Eastern and Southern Africa, West and Central Africa). African RENs provide connectivity and other services to millions of end users in the education and research community (students, faculty, researchers, administrators, etc.), …
African Regional RENs Joint Statement on the Current Situation at AFRINIC Read More »
In line with the Covid-19 safety regulations, UbuntuNet Alliance will hold its 15th Annual General Meeting virtually on Friday, 6th August 2021. The Annual General Meeting of Members, is the top decision-making body that must sustain the Members’ collective will to collaborate regionally. It is composed of Representative Members from Member NRENs and Observer Members …
This year we celebrate 10 years of the AfricaConnect project. To celebrate the milestone, we asked the three CEOs of the implementing partners to give their thoughts on the progress of the project. UbuntuNet Alliance CEO, Dr. Matthews Mtumbuka had this to say: “AfricaConnect has provided the African Research and Education networking community with an …
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