From 21st to 25th March 2022, UbuntuNet Alliance organized a workshop for NREN engineers titled “BGP Zero to Hero.” Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) is the routing protocol that enables the exchange of routing information between autonomous systems. The workshop targeted technical personnel from the Alliance member NRENs. It comprised of theoretical and practical sessions on …
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During a visit to the Inter-University Council for East Africa (IUCEA) Secretariat Headquarters, Kampala, Uganda, the CEO of UbuntuNet Alliance (UA), Prof Madara Ogot, and the Executive Secretary of the IUCEA, Prof. Gaspard Banyankibona, sat down with their technical teams and finalised the text for a Memorandum of Understanding between the two institutions. The March …
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Utafiti Africa, UbuntuNet Alliance’s research funding opportunities portal that was launched towards the end of February this year, has recorded an impressive 262 registrations from across the continent in the past month. The portal, that currently has over 100 open funding opportunities in all disciplines, makes it convenient to filter opportunities by combinations of country, …
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Through their annual capacity building programme, the Research Education Network of Uganda (RENU), has successfully provided Direct Engineering Assistance (DEA) to the Equatorial University of Science and Technology (EQUSaT) located in Masaka City. RENU, a member of UbuntuNet Alliance, continues to make an impact within its community through its capacity building programmes for members. The …
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As the Regional Research and Education Network of Eastern and Southern Africa, we have launched a YouTube channel dubbed UbuntuNetTV. The YouTube channel will be home of videos on services, events, capacity building activities held under the AfricaConnect project and much more content relevant to the community. UbuntuNet Allaince is leading the charge to a …
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The webinar on Cloudflare Services, NRENs, and Higher Education was the second webinar for our 2022 series. The webinar was held on March 2, 2022. It has broken it down into three sequential parts for easy reference. Part 1 – Introduction and Overview of Cloudflare in the Context of NRENs and Higher Education Duration 40:23 …
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The webinar on Amazon Web Services and the Higher Education kicked of our 2022 webinar series. The webinar was held on February 23, 2022. We have broken it down into four sequential parts for easy reference. Part 1 – Introduction and Overview of AWS Duration 20:44 minutes Part 2 – AWS and Higher Education Duration: …
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Development inequalities among the National Regional and Education Networks (NRENs) has posed a big challenge in creating an enabling environment where both vertical and horizontal collaborations can be fostered. To address this, the Alliance is embarking on creation of a community of NRENs that can actively interact more through capacity building and advocacy. Unfortunately, not …
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Recently admitted member of the Alliance, the Botswana Research and Education Network (BotsREN), has constituted its first Executive Committee to spearhead its operationalisation in the country. BotsREN was admitted as the 17th member of the Alliance in December 2019 and instituted an interim committee to run its affairs. At its Annual General Meeting held in …
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The UbuntuNet Alliance on Wednesday, 23rd February 2022 held a farewell dinner for its longest serving Communications Officer, Hastings Ndebvu who has left the Alliance after seven years. Ndebvu, who joined the Alliance on 1st July 2015, has left to take up a lecturing post at his alma mater, Malawi University of Business and Applied …
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