The “Hidden Collections Africa” Programme: UbuntuNet Alliance Partnership Agreement with the Council on Library Information Resources (CLIR).

Capacity Building, CLIR, Members, Partners / By / November 30, 2022

UbuntuNet Alliance is one of three international organizations to sign a partnership agreement with the Council on Library Information Resources (CLIR). CLIR is an independent, nonprofit organization based in the United States, that forges strategies to enhance research, teaching, and learning environments in collaboration with libraries, cultural institutions, and communities of higher learning. The two …


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TERNET Appoint New CEO

Interview, Members, TERNET / By / November 30, 2022

The Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET) appointed their new CEO, Dr. Frank P. Seth on 14th September 2022. UbuntuNet Alliance caught up with him for a short interview on behalf of the Research and Education community of Eastern and Southern Africa. 1. Tell us a little about yourself, in terms of work experience and …

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UbuntuNet-Connect 2023 Set to be Hosted by RENU in Uganda

Members, RENU, UbuntuNet Connect / By / November 30, 2022

The Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) was officially announced as the host of the 16th UbuntuNet Alliance conference in a wonderful closing ceremony of the successful UbuntuNet-Connect 2022 conference. Hosted by the Botswana Research and Education Network (BotsREN), UbuntuNet-Connect 2022 was a resounding success. Bringing together 173 practitioners in research and education from …

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Ten Librarians Set to Attend Open Science Training Curtesy of National Research Foundation, UNESCO and South Africa Department of Science and Innovation.

AfricaConnect, Capacity Building, Members, Open Access, UbuntuNet Connect / By / November 8, 2022

The National Research Foundation (NRF) in collaboration with UNESCO and the Department of Science and Innovation of South Africa, is set to provide funding for ten librarians from within the UbuntuNet Alliance region to attend an Open Science training taking place as a pre-conference event to UbuntuNet-Connect 2022 on 23rd November 2022. This is in …

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Interview with Margaret Ngwira, former Head of Secretariat of the UbuntuNet Alliance

Interview / By / November 3, 2022

Margaret Ngwira, former librarian and founding member of the Malawi Library and Information Consortium (MALICO) and MAREN, has been at the forefront of the establishment of the UbuntuNet Alliance (UA) – the only woman in a team of five pioneers – and is now running a small fruit winery in Malawi. Her most recent achievement …

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A Strong Lineup of Keynote Speakers for UbuntuNet-Connect 2022

UbuntuNet Connect / By / October 31, 2022

The UbuntuNet-Connect 2022 conference is right around the corner as we draw closer to 24th November 2022. UbuntuNet Alliance is excited to announce four prominent members of the global research and education community who will be delivering keynotes at the event. Dr Kostas Glinos is an independent expert in Science, Technology and Innovation policy. He …

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eduID.africa Joins eduGAIN

ASREN, eduID, Partners, WACREN / By / October 31, 2022

Students, researchers, scientists and educators across Africa’s research and education landscape can now have secure and trusted access to global online resources as the eduID.africa Catch-All Federation joins the eduGAIN interfederation.  eduID.africa is the identity and access management framework implemented in the AfricaConnect3 project by the three regional research networks to fast-track the rollout of …

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The Journey of The First Kenyan Identity Federation, RAFIKI

Capacity Building, KENET, Members, Training / By / October 28, 2022

 Background Identity and Access Management (IAM) remains a significant challenge within the R&E (Research and Education) community in Africa. This greatly hinders collaboration within the region. To help solve this problem, the idea of having a Kenyan identity federation was born in 2016. The aim was to provide easy access and facilitate SSO (Single Sign-On) …

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TENET’s Project to Connect TVET Colleges in South Africa Gets a Boost as Phase One Nears Completion.

Members, TENET / By / October 25, 2022

The UbuntuNet Alliance South African member NREN, Tertiary Education & Research Network of South Africa (TENET), is now close to completing the first phase in TVET Colleges Connection Programme (TCCP). The first phase of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges Connection Programme (TCCP) is the access portion of the project and this …

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RENU Conducts Direct Engineering Assistance (DEA) at University of St. Joseph (USJ), Mbarara.

Members, RENU / By / October 4, 2022

As part of their annual capacity building programme the Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) are carrying out direct engineering assistance at the University of St. Joseph (USJ), Mbarara. This is the second DEA being carried out this year with the first one being carried out at Equatorial University of Science and Technology (EQUSaT). …

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