Brazilian NREN aids MoRENet in Identity Federation, eduroam set up

Capacity Building, eduroam, Stories / By / September 6, 2017

The Mozambique Research and Education Network (MoRENet) should soon be able to assemble its own Identity Federation and deploy eduroam, thanks to a project that will see the NREN acquiring knowledge on how to implement the two initiatives from the Brazilian National Research and Education Network (RNP). Presently, MoRENet has already signed eduroam compliance and …

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UbuntuNet Alliance partners Indiana University and GÉANT to co-lead a $3.25M grant to Improve research collaborations between Europe, Africa, and the US

Connectivity, Network / By / September 6, 2017

UbuntuNet Alliance has welcomed with open arms its role as one of the co-lead partners of the Networks for European, American and African Research (NEAAR) project alongside Indiana University of the United States of America and the pan European Research and Education Network, GÉANT. The NEEAR Project is a $3.25M grant which has been awarded …

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New CEOs for MoRENet and SudREN

Members, MoRENet, Stories, SudREN / By / September 6, 2017

The National Research and Education Networks for Mozambique (MoRENet) and Sudan (SudREN) have appointed new CEOs following the departure of former CEOs for the two NRENs a couple of months ago. Prof. Lourino Alberto Chemane was in September this year appointed as the new CEO of MoRENet, replacing former CEO Eng. Dr Adriano Salvador who …

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Zimbabwe Academic Research and Education Network becomes UbuntuNet Allaince’s sixteenth NREN Member

Members, Uncategorized / By / March 10, 2017

The UbuntuNet Alliance family continues to grow. In August this year UbuntuNet Alliance formally accepted the Zimbabwe Academic Research and Education Network (ZARNet) as one of its NREN Members following an application process that started in September 2015. ZARNet was established in 1997 by the Government of Zimbabwe to provide internet connectivity to the Zimbabwean …

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UbuntuNet Alliance in Strategic Plan Review exercise

Strategy / By / September 19, 2016

UbuntuNet Alliance welcomed Prof Madara Ogot of Kengineer Consulting at its Secretariat in Lilongwe, Malawi in August this year. The University of Nairobi Proffessor was at the Secretariat to lead the conclusion of the reviewing of the Alliance’s Nairobi Rolling Strategic Plan which is set to come to the end of its cycle in 2018 …

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UbuntuNet-Connect 2016 week to offer capacity building workshops for engineers

NSRC, Stories, Training, UbuntuNet Connect / By / September 19, 2016

At least 30 NREN and university engineers from the UbuntuNet Alliance region will benefit from two training workshops that will be held as part of the preceding events to the UbuntuNet-Connect 2016 conference to be held on 3-4 November, 2016 in Entebbe, Uganda. With assistance from its partners, UbuntuNet Alliance will, during the UbuntuNet-Connect 2016 …

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Register for UbuntuNet-Connect 2016

UbuntuNet Connect / By / September 19, 2016

Registration for UbuntuNet-Connect 2016, the 9th annual networking conference for UbuntuNet Alliance that will be held on 3-4 November 2016 in Entebbe, Uganda, has officially opened. Interested participants are required pay a registration fee of $200 for international participants and $100 for local participants. The fee can be paid through bank transfer or on site …

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Africa’s Health won’t improve without reliable data and collaboration*

Health Science, Research, Stories / By / September 7, 2017

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights asserts that “all people are born equal in dignity and rights”. Sadly, this statement doesn’t reflect billions of people’s daily lives. Health is one of the areas in which many – if not most – people have no real rights. Social determinants of health, as defined by the World …

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New Training Videos Leverage ESnet’s Expertise to Improve Network Performance around the World

NSRC / By / September 22, 2016

The Department of Energy’s Energy Sciences Network, or ESnet, and the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC) at the University of Oregon are teaming up to create an extensive video training library to help organizations improve the performance of their networks by deploying the perfSONAR network measurement tools and the Science DMZ network architecture. One of …

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UbuntuNet-Alliance, SEACOM sign AfricaConnect2 network services contract agreement

UbuntuNet Connect / By / September 22, 2016

UbuntuNet Alliance has awarded a 15-year contract to pan-African telecom enabler SEACOM to provide point to point connectivity services to National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) of Eastern and Southern Africa through the European Union co-funded AfricaConnect2 project. This contract kicks off the procurement of connectivity services in Eastern and Southern Africa – the first …

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