Posts Archive – Ubuntunet Alliance

Crossref Joins the UbuntuNet Alliance Partnership Programme!

Partnership Programme, UbuntuNet Connect / By Harold Bowa / July 16, 2025 July 16, 2025

UbuntuNet Alliance is excited to announce a year-long strategic partnership with Crossref, a global leader in scholarly metadata and digital identifiers. This collaboration is part of the recently launched UbuntuNet Alliance Partnership Programme, which was recently launched to create beneficial opportunities between the Alliance community and organizations invested in strengthening research and education across Africa. …

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HAL: The French National Open Archive Within the Global Open Science Ecosystem, an African Perspective.

HAL is the French national open archive managed by the Centre for Direct Scientific Communication at CNRS, providing researchers and institutions with tools for submitting, discovering, and sharing academic publications across disciplines and languages. On April 10, 2025, HAL was featured in the AfricArXiv Open Science Webinar series, hosted by UbuntuNet Alliance and Access2perspectives with …

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Spotlight on APOS Democratizing African Research

AfricArXiv, AfricArXiv Open Science Webinar Series, Capacity Building / By Harold Bowa / July 14, 2025 July 14, 2025

On July 3rd, 2025 the AfricArXiv Open Science Webinar series welcomed attendees to a session on the African Platform for Open Scholarship (APOS). This webinar series is organized by UbuntuNet Alliance and Access2perspectives with support from the African Open Science Platform. This webinar series aims to showcase initiatives that advance open knowledge sharing across the …

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Regional and National Research and Education Networks From Africa Represented at the TNC 2025

Stories / By Harold Bowa / June 27, 2025 June 27, 2025

The Research and Education Network (REN) Community from across the world converged in Brighton, United Kingdom, at the Brighton Dome from 9 – 13 June 2025 to interact and share their experiences during the TERENA Networking Conference (TNC). The TNC is the largest and most prestigious research and education networking conference. The TNC25, themed “Brighter Together,” …

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Meet us at the 2025 AAU General Conference!

Events / By Harold Bowa / June 23, 2025 June 23, 2025

UbuntuNet Alliance is excited to announce its participation as an exhibitor at the upcoming Association of African Universities (AAU) General Conference, taking place from 21st to 25th July 2025. The Alliance will be showcasing its key services, initiatives, and strategic direction to the higher education and research community from across the continent. Organized by the …

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Fourth Annual Open Science Workshop in Harare: Fully Funded for 20 Librarians

Open Science Workshops / By Harold Bowa / June 20, 2025 June 23, 2025

UbuntuNet Alliance is pleased to announce the 4th annual Open Science Training, to be held on October 29, 2025, in Harare, Zimbabwe, on the eve of the UbuntuNet‑Connect 2025 Conference. Now in its fourth year, this one‑day workshop brings together university librarians from Eastern and Southern Africa for hands‑on sessions in Open Access, FAIR data, …

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Register Now at Discounted Rates: UbuntuNet-Connect 2025!

Events, UbuntuNet Connect / By Harold Bowa / June 18, 2025 June 18, 2025

Registration for UbuntuNet-Connect 2025 is now open! The annual research and education networking conference will be held from 30–31 October 2025 at the prestigious Rainbow Towers in the capital city of Zimbabwe, Harare. The theme for this year is both timely and ambitious: Resilient and sustainable research and education networks for the future. This theme …

Powering Progress: ZIMREN gets Connected to the UbuntuNet Alliance Backbone through the EU co-funded AfricaConnect3 Project

AfricaConnect, Connectivity, Members, Stories / By Harold Bowa / June 5, 2025 June 5, 2025

We are thrilled to announce the successful connection of the Zimbabwe Research & Education Network (ZIMREN) to the high-speed UbuntuNet Alliance backbone, a significant achievement made possible through the unwavering support of the European Union under the AfricaConnect project. ZIMREN, now operating at a capacity of 10GBPS, marks a milestone that is testament to the …

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Call for Proposals to Participate in the Third UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking Women Hackathon 2025

Events, UbuntuNet Connect, Women in STEM / By Harold Bowa / May 21, 2025 May 26, 2025

UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking is looking for 45 passionate young women developers, organized in teams of three) from Eastern and Southern Africa to participate in our 3rd Annual Women’s Hackathon co-funded by the European Union. The hackathon seeks to address the gap in innovations supporting climate change adaptation and mitigation, and the …

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Partner with UbuntuNet Alliance and Be Part of Africa’s Premier Research and Education Networking Event

Events, UbuntuNet Connect / By Harold Bowa / May 21, 2025 May 21, 2025

UbuntuNet Alliance invites organizations to become partners and exhibitors for UbuntuNet-Connect 2025, the 18th edition of its flagship annual conference, set to take place in Harare, Zimbabwe from 30–31 October 2025. This high-profile gathering is the leading platform for stakeholders in research and education networking across Eastern and Southern Africa and beyond, attracting over 200 …

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