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UbuntuNet Alliance Identifies Two Candidates for the TNC22 Emerging NREN Programme

GEANT, Members, Partners / By Harold Bowa / March 31, 2022 April 1, 2022

Following the announcement of The Network Conference 2022 (TNC22), UbuntuNet Alliance together with GÉANT conducted an activity to identify two candidates from NRENs within the UbuntuNet Alliance community who would attend the Emerging NREN Programme (ENP) which runs alongside TNC since 2017. This year, TNC will take place in Triest, Italy from 13th to 17th …

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Webinar Series 2022-3: Cloud Landscape and Global Trends, NRENs Cloud Deployment Experience

Cloud, KENET, RENU, Webinar Series, ZAMREN / By Madara Ogot / March 31, 2022 March 31, 2022

UbuntuNet Alliance’s 3rd Webinar for the 2022 Series provides an overview of the Cloud Landscape and Global Trends as well as presentations by ZAMREN (Zambia), RENU (Uganda) and KENET (KENYA) on their cloud deployment experiences.

NREN Network Engineers Training 2022: BGP Zero to Hero

Capacity Building, Members, Training / By Harold Bowa / March 31, 2022 December 13, 2022

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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UbuntuNet Alliance and IUCEA finalise Cooperation Details

IUCEA, Stories / By Madara Ogot / March 31, 2022 March 31, 2022

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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Kenya and Nigeria Lead in Registrations on Utafiti Africa

Research, Stories / By Madara Ogot / March 30, 2022 March 30, 2022

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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RENU Provides Direct Engineering Assistance to EQUSaT

Stories / By Harold Bowa / March 29, 2022 March 29, 2022

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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The Official YouTube Channel for UbuntuNet Alliance: UbuntuNet TV!

Capacity Building, Events, Stories / By Harold Bowa / March 25, 2022 December 13, 2022

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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Webinar Series 2022-2: Cloudflare Services, NRENs, and Higher Education

Webinar Series / By Madara Ogot / March 8, 2022 March 8, 2022

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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Webinar Series 2022-1: Amazon Web Services and Higher Education

Webinar Series / By Madara Ogot / March 1, 2022 March 1, 2022

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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Strengthening the Community Through NREN Twinning

Members, Services, Stories / By Harold Bowa / March 1, 2022 December 13, 2022

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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