Since its introduction at the end of February 2022, the number of active members on Utafiti Africa, UA’s research funding opportunities portal, has continued to rapidly grow, from 260 active members at the end of March to 480 by the end of June. The largest number of active users are in East and West Africa …
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This year, Research and Education Networks from all over the world met at The Network Conference 2022 (TNC22) in Trieste, Italy from 13th to 17th June to celebrate the gains in the digital transformation in the education and research community worldwide. The TNC22 was organized by GÉANT as an annual event that is hosted by …
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The “Cloud Services for Research and Education II: AWS” webinar held on June 28, 2022 and organized by the UbuntuNet Alliance was a successor to a similar event held earlier in the year. The webinar peaked 27 active participants from 12 National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and 15 research and academic institutions. In February …
The journey to UbuntuNet-Connect 2022 is well underway. Set to bring together 200-250 people under the theme: Redesigning the Digitalized African College and University, UbuntuNet-Connect 2022 presents a great opportunity for companies to engage with the research and education community of Eastern and Southern Africa. This can be achieved by sponsoring the event. This conference …
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In an interview held by Silvia Fiore of GÉANT, the UbuntuNet Alliance CEO was able to give an insight into the plans and initiatives that the organization intends to carry out in the future. Here are some of the questions that Prof. Madara Ogot was asked along with his responses. Prof. Ogot, you have an …
On April 22, 2022, UbuntuNet Alliance held its annual general meeting, where six new board members were elected to serve 3 year terms. Prior to the meeting, the Board Chair and three of the retiring members gave their reflections on their experiences o the Board and the hopes for the future of the Alliance.
In recent months, UbuntuNet Alliance in collaboration with RENATER, IRD and CIRAD with financial support from AFD have been collecting data about the development status of NRENs in Eastern and southern Africa. The results of the survey were presented at a hybrid workshop held at the side lines of RENATER’s annual conference, JRES 2022 held …
Mapping the Maturity of NRENs of Eastern and Southern Africa Read More »
The UbuntuNet Alliance annual reports for the year 2020 and 2021 are now available via our online repository. In what was a challenging year for the world due to COVID-19, 2020 was difficult for the whole of the research and education community in Eastern and Southern Africa. The 2020 annual report provides an insight on …
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Over the years there has been need for the National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) to widen their financial base to ensure continuity and growth of their operations in the wake of various challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic. One of the strategic areas of focus is the relationship with the Funding Partners. To foster …
UbuntuNet Alliance would like to take this opportunity to appreciate the concerted effort by the Ministry of Education, Rwanda, towards re-establishing the Rwanda Education Network (RwEdNet). This is to enable the Rwandan National Research and Education network to participate actively in the Eastern and Southern African Regional Research and Education Network (RREN) which consists of …
