The Chairperson of UbuntuNet Alliance Professor Stephen Simukanga has been elected Fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) for the advancement of Science in developing countries. The Zambia Higher Education Authority (HEA) Director General’s election to the Academy came into effect on 1st January 2019 and he joins other 1,222 Fellows, who include 14 …
The Keystone Symposium on Molecular and Cellular Biology is inviting interested students, researchers and health practitioners from across the world to join and take part in its high profile ehealth webinar on February 27 2019. Interested attendees are asked to register online for the 90 minute webinar which will feature a panel and a …
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At its annual networking conference slated for March 2019 in San Diego, California, the Corporation for Education Network Initiative in California (CENIC) will feature a plenary session where panelist will discuss on the current state and future of NRENs in a session titled “Research & Education Networks at a Crossroads.” CENIC 2019 will be …
UbuntuNet Alliance wishes to announce that the 13thAnnual General Meeting (AGM) of Members will be held on 30th April 2019 in Entebbe, Uganda. One of the major agenda items at this upcoming AGM will be election of members of the Board of Trustees for a 2-year term of office, as that of the current …
In accordance with Article 8.2 of the Constitution of the Registered Trustees of UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking, which states that “The Alliance shall invite members to submit nominations to the Board of Trustees at least 90 days before the AGM where elections will be held”, NREN Members of the UbuntuNet Alliance are …
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Applications are invited from suitably qualified and experienced persons for the demanding position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking. The Alliance, whose Head Office is based in Lilongwe, Malawi, is a membership-based non-profit research and education networking organisation for Eastern and Southern Africa. It plans, builds and operates …
3rd January 2019: Lilongwe, Malawi: The Chairperson, Professor Stephen Simukanga and Members of the Board of Trustees of UbuntuNet Alliance are pleased to announce the appointment of Eng. Dr. Francis “Tusu” Tusubira as acting CEO of UbuntuNet Alliance effective 1st January 2019. Eng.Dr. Tusubira succeeds Dr. Pascal Hoba who has left the Alliance following the …
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The 11th annual networking conference of UbuntuNet Alliance was held on 22-23 November 2018 in Zanzibar, Tanzania and delegates to the gathering were unanimous in their consensus on the need to fast track the digitalization of their entities into SMART institutions. This was after exhaustive discussions on presentations from co-located meetings and from the main …
Vice Chancellors that attended the Vice Chancellors ICT Colloquium, the main pre-conference event to UbuntuNet-Connect 2018 in Zanzibar, Tanzania, have been asked to turn their institutions into formidable members of their National Research and Education Network (NREN)s in order to add value to their network’s negotiating power when procuring research and education networking resources from …
Vice Chancellors rallied to strengthen their national research and education networks Read More »
Despite the numerous research and education activities and collaborations happening in universities and National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) from the UbuntuNet Alliance region, NREN managers have agreed that their networks are not doing enough to publicise and market their activities. This is why UbuntuNet-Connect 2018 featured a Research and Education Communications and Visibility Workshop …
