UbuntuNet Alliance a key partner in ORCID Global Participation Fund Project in Support of Open Science

Press Release, Projects / By / January 27, 2023

UbuntuNet Alliance is the technical partner in a consortia led by AfricArXiv, for a project funded by the ORCID Global Participation Fund. The project seeks to establish ORCID-facilitated multi-stakeholder consortia for efficient scholarly knowledge sharing from Africa. To accomplish that, the partners will source from their experience and close cooperation with affiliated generalist scholarly repository …

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UbuntuNet Alliance Partners with the University of Nairobi and the University of Johannesburg to support the development of emerging digital technology applications

Agriculture, Health Science, Stories / By / January 27, 2023

Data, currently being generated at an exponential growth rate, coupled with Emerging Digital Technologies (EDT) have the ability to identify patterns, build explanatory models, and make predictions faster and more accurately than humans. EDT applications using AI and blockchain-based algorithms are being used to address seemingly intractable problems. These algorithms, mainly created in the developed …

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45 Faculty From Outspan Medical College Benefit From KENET Moodle Training.

Capacity Building, KENET, Members / By / January 27, 2023

This article was originally published on the official KENET website: https://www.kenet.or.ke/content/45-faculty-outspan-medical-college-benefit-kenet-moodle-training 45 Outspan Medical College (OMC) faculty benefitted from a two-day in person capacity building Moodle Training Course for instructors conducted at OMC between 16th-17th January 2023 by KENET. The training provided hands-on skills on how to add interactive content (e.g., Chats, forums) to a …

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2023 UbuntuNet Alliance Capacity Building Plan Now Out

Capacity Building, Members, Training / By / January 24, 2023

As part of the AfricaConnect 3 project, UbuntuNet alliance for research and education networking organizes several capacity building activities that run throughout the year. We are pleased to announce that the 2023 capacity building plan is now available on our events platform that you can access via: https://events.ubuntunet.net/category/1/ These activities are aimed at improving the …

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UbuntuNet Alliance in Attendance as ASREN Hosts Successful e-AGE22 Conference

ASREN, e-AGE, Events, Partners / By / January 24, 2023

The e-AGE22, which is part of the annual conference for the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN), was held in Cairo, Egypt from 13-14 December 2022. The conference was hosted by the Egyptian Academy for Scientific Research and Technology (ASRT) and was themed “Science Cooperation – Taking NRENs Further.” The conference brought together researchers …

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Welcoming New Assistant Accountant and Business Development Officer.

Stories / By / January 13, 2023

UbuntuNet Alliance is pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs. Sheriffa Kadammanja as Accounts assistant and Harold Bowa as Business development officer for a term of 3 years respectively, starting January 2023. Mrs. Sheriffa Kadammanja has a proven track record emanating from her experience working in the Finance Department as a Finance Officer for a …

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Madagascar’s NREN i RENALA celebrates 10 years!

iRENALA, Members / By / January 10, 2023

i RENALA, Research and Education Network for Academic and Learning Activities, is the Madagascan NREN (National Research and Education Network). Inaugurated in Toamasina on 7 June 2012, today i RENALA is celebrating its 10th anniversary. In the presence of representatives of its members (the MESupReS (Madagascan Ministry for Higher Education and Research), the MNDPT (Madagascan Ministry of Digital Development, Digital Transformation, the Postal Service …

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Somali Research and Education Network (SomaliREN) Appoint Acting CEO

Members, SomaliREN / By / December 12, 2022

SomaliREN Chairman Prof. Abdirizak M. Aden (Lafoole) and the Executive Committee are pleased to announce the appointment of Eng. Ahmed D. Siyad as the acting CEO of the Somali Research and Education Network (SomaliREN), effective, November 19, 2022. Eng. Siyad succeeds Eng. Abdullahi Bihi Hussein who has been serving the NREN for the last 7 …

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Re-thinking the work of African National Research and Education Networks through the lenses of the UN SDGs

ASREN, Events, GEANT, Members, Partners, UbuntuNet Connect, WACREN / By / December 6, 2022

This story was originally posted on the AfricaConnect3 website Around 40 representatives of African NRENs, research centres and higher education institutions came together in Gaborone, Botswana on Thursday 24 November, 2022, to discuss how their respective organisations are contributing to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. This workshop was part of a bigger initiative run …

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Regional CSIRT Training Under the AfricaConnect3 Project Successfully Held in Collaboration with IUCEA

Capacity Building, IUCEA, Members, Partners, Training / By / November 30, 2022

UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education for Networking and Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) came together to hold a regional Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) training under the AfricaConnect3 project. This followed signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate in various areas such as Cybersecurity, eduroam deployment & support, and Trust …

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