Sida supports regional and international connectivity for universities in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda

Connectivity / By / September 21, 2016

UbuntuNet Alliance has received a grant of SEK4.95 million (about USD580,000) from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) to support increased regional and international connectivity targeting universities and research institutions in Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda. Sida has a long history of building research capacity and improving regional and international research collaboration in Africa. In …

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RENU powers Ugandan and Norwegian Universities collaboration

RENU / By / September 21, 2016

The lack of in- house capacity in the Department of Mass Communication at the Ugandan Christian University, UCU, has not held the department from offering PhD and Master in Journalism and Media Studies programmes to students at the higher learning institution. With the aid of Internet connectivity from the Research and Education Network for Uganda …

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“Competition from private Internet Service Providers should not worry African NRENs”

Members / By / September 21, 2016

African National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) and their member institutions have been advised to continue getting their internet capacity from dedicated research and education networks offered by their regional research and education networks as being on such networks offers more than just affordable connectivity. UbuntuNet Alliance CEO Dr. Pascal Hoba sounded the advice against …

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Press Release: African reseach and education networks sign €26.6m Internet project contract agreement with EU

Press Release / By / January 26, 2018

[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.98″ background_layout=”light”] PRESS RELEASE €26.6m Africa and EU internet project will transform African science and education AfricaConnect2 to create first pan-African research and education network Lilongwe/Cambridge, 8 December 2015: African research and education network associations the UbuntuNet Alliance, ASREN and WACRENhave partnered with their European counterpart GÉANT in a €26.6m EU co-funded project to provide dedicated high-speed internet all over …

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Register for TNC16

TNC / By / September 21, 2016

Be among the early birds to catch the discounted registration fee for TNC16 by registering for Europe’s largest research networking conference between now and February 29, 2016. TNC is coordinated by Europe’s research and education network GÉANT and the next edition of the prestigious conference, TNC16, will be held in Prague, Czech Republic, from 12-16 June, 2016. …

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CKLN pleased with NREN development and growth in the Caribbean

Members, Network / By / September 21, 2016

National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in the Caribbean are now taking ownership of operations from the Regional REN, Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network (CKLN), which has been interconnecting research and education institutions at national level due to absence of NRENs in some countries within the region. It is expected that 2016 will see at …

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Sci-GaIA assessing implementation and uptake of science gateways and e-Infrastructure

Sci-GAIA / By / September 21, 2016

One the three Horizon 2020 projects, Sci-GaIA, has launched an online survey aimed at assessing the implementation and uptake of science gateways and e-infrastructure in Africa. The online survey, whose results will be updated every six months, also aims at identifying current and planned e-infrastructure Applications such as HPC, Grid, Cloud Computing, Data Repositories, and …

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RENU wraps up 2015 with 4th network engineer training workshop

Capacity Building, RENU, Training / By / September 21, 2016

The Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) wrapped up the year 2015 with a fourth network engineering training workshop of the year that saw 24 network engineering personnel from the NREN’s member institutions benefiting. The training, which was held at the Uganda Martyrs University, Nkozi Campus under the theme: “Campus Network Security.” took place …

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“In the field” Blog gathering momentum

Uncategorized / By / September 21, 2016

One of the notable breakthroughs of the global research and education networking public relations (Global PR) community for the year 2015 is the going live of the “In the Field ” Blog, a platform where regional and national research and education networks are showcasing successful case studies of scientific collaborations taking place in their communities with the …

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UbuntuNet Alliance welcomes Special Projects Coordinator Chris Rohrer

Team / By / September 21, 2016

UbuntuNet Alliance is pleased to welcome into its family Chris Rohrer, the Special Projects Coordinator who will be based at the secretariat in Lilongwe, Malawi. Rohrer joined the Alliance at the beginning of December 2015 from SWITCH, the Swiss National Research and Education network where he has been working as a Software Engineer for eight …

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