Hot on the heels of signing the AfricaConnect2 contract agreement (through GÉANT) with the European Commission for the rolling out of a research and education network for west and central Africa, the West and Central African Research and Education Network, (WACREN) has more reasons to smile after the Internet Society (ISOC) announced a $120, 000 …
Internet Society grants WACREN $120, 000 for NREN activity support Read More »
It is not uncommon for end-users from higher education and research communities in some parts of the world to confess ignorance over the existence and or role of a National Research and Education Network in their country. It is also hardly surprising to learn that some governments and development partners are sitting on pots of …
The Case for NRENs Portal: A one–stop resource and tool bank for NRENs and stakeholders Read More »
The head of the West and Central Africa Research and Education Network, (WACREN), Dr. Boubakar Barry in January 2016 paid a visit to UbuntuNet Alliance Secretariat in Lilongwe, Malawi where he familiarised with how UbuntuNet Alliance managed the rolling out of the AfricaConnect project with coordination from European Research and Education Network GÉANT, then DANTE. …
WACREN Chief, Dr. Boubakar Barry visits UbuntuNet Alliance secretariat Read More »
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 …
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 …
RENU powers Ugandan and Norwegian Universities collaboration Read More »
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 …
“Competition from private Internet Service Providers should not worry African NRENs” Read More »
[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 …
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. …
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 …
CKLN pleased with NREN development and growth in the Caribbean Read More »
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 …
Sci-GaIA assessing implementation and uptake of science gateways and e-Infrastructure Read More »
