Europe’s research and education collaboration network, GÉANT, has announced that it has appointed New Zealand’s National Research and Education Network (REANNZ) CEO Steve Cotter as its new CEO. The announcement, which was made on August 17, 2015, follows the restructuring of the operations of the organisation which saw DANTE Ltd and TERENA joining forces to …
UbuntuNet Alliance, one of the coordinators of the soon to be signed European Union funded AfricaConnect2 project, which aims to expand connectivity across the African continent, is already rolling up its sleeves in readiness for the rolling out of the project. On 4-5 August 2015, the Alliance held a Price and Costing Model Workshop in …
The UbuntuNet Alliance has unveiled its 3 year network upgrade plan which aims at expanding connectivity within its membership region by increasing the number of Points of Presence (POPs) from 10 to 17 by the year 2017. Currently, the Alliance operates 10 POPs with 2 of them delivering global transit in Europe (London and Amsterdam) …
Peeping into the UbuntuNet network 3-year projection plan: From 10 to 17 POPs Read More »
The UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 to be held in Maputo, Mozambique on 19-20 November this year is extra special to the UbuntuNet Alliance as it will coincide with the 10th anniversary of the Eastern and Southern Africa Research and Education Network. November 2015 will mark exactly 10 years since the UbuntuNet Alliance was formed at the World …
10 added members, 10 Points of Presence, 10 years of existence Read More »
The newly recruited UbuntuNet Alliance Communications Officer, Hastings Ndebvu, has appealed to the Alliance’s NREN Members to supply his office with research and education inventions and innovations happening in their communities to enable the office enhance the visibility of Africa’s research and education networking in the global research and education community. The new officer was …
New UbuntuNet Alliance Communications Officer lobbies for support from NREN Members Read More »
The UbuntuNet Alliance family is once again happy to be associated with its Vice Chairperson and Board Member Dr. Iman Abuel Maaly Abdelrahman, who was in June this year named as the recipient of the 2015 Sudanese “Distinguished Arab Woman Engineer” by the Federation of Sudanese Engineers, the biggest professional organisation for engineers in Sudan. …
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Efforts being made by governments and Regional Research and Education Networks such as the UbuntuNet Alliance, WACREN and ASREN in trying to improve Internet connectivity in Africa seem to be paying off following revelations that Internet penetration levels are on the rise in the continent. This is according to a report released in May 2015 …
Africa’s Internet penetration levels on the rise, Costs still high – Internet Society Read More »
The ever-growing demand for advanced ICT services by the research and education community should push National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Africa from being mere Internet Service Providers to institutions that offer diverse and modern ICT services that support research and education. This is the vision that UbuntuNet Alliance CEO Dr. Pascal Hoba wants …
NREN members should move towards being service centers – Dr Hoba Read More »
The past two months of June and July 2015 were busy ones for UbuntuNet Alliance CEO; Dr. Pascal Hoba represented the Alliance at a number of important research and education networking forums. First on this busy schedule was the AfREN meeting that was held on June 1 in Tunis, Tunisia coordinated by UbuntuNet Alliance, WACREN …
Kenya Education Network (KENET), which is one of UbuntuNet Alliances’ National Research and Education Network (NREN) Members, has become the first sub-Saharan Africa NREN to partner with IBM in delivering advanced hands-on certification courses to faculty and students of 50 Kenyan universities over its broadband network. The certification courses will develop and enhance job market …
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