Press Release: Call for Papers for UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 released

Press Release / By / January 25, 2018

PRESS RELEASE Authors are invited to submit abstracts for presentation at UbuntuNet-Connect 2015, the 8th Annual Conference of the UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking. The UbuntuNet-Connect series of conferences has been held for the past seven years and is regarded as one of the premier conferences in Africa. This year the conference will …

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Tusu receives the NI&I Service Award

Certificates, Stories / By / September 21, 2016

Eng. Dr Francis “Tusu” Tusubira, former CEO of UbuntuNet Alliance received the Network Information and Infrastructure Service Award (NI&I) Service Award 2015. This was announced on 4 June 2015 at the African Internet Summit in Tunis, Tunisia. Tusu, as he is popularly known in the community, holds a PhD (Southampton, UK), an M.Sc.E (New Brunswick, …

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Proceedings of UbuntuNet-Connect 2014 published

UbuntuNet Connect / By / September 21, 2016

The long awaited Proceedings and Report of the 7th UbuntuNet Alliance annual conference has been published on the UbuntuNet Alliance website and are available for download. The proceedings include 31 full text papers presented at the UbuntuNet-Connect 2014, which was held in Lusaka, Zambia on 13-14 November 2014. Download your copy for free now! As you …

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Giant rats helping control TB in Mozambique, Tanzania*

Health Science / By / September 22, 2016

A technology that relies on trained African giant pouched rats — named HeroRATS — to sniff out tuberculosis (TB) and diagnose the disease faster than conventional diagnostic methods is helping save lives in Mozambique and Tanzania. Mozambique and Tanzania are among 22 high-burden nations suffering from TB, with 58,270 and 63,151 new cases of the …

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NUANCE celebrates eighth anniversary: New dedicated columns in the pipeline

Interview, Stories / By / September 22, 2016

During the month of June every year, UbuntuNet Alliance celebrates the anniversary of the Newsletter of UbuntuNet Alliance: Networks, Collaboration, Education (NUANCE), a monthly e-newsletter that carries latest Research and Education networking updates from within the Alliance region and the rest of the global R&E networking community. June 2016 marks 8 years of existence of …

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Dr. Iman Abuelmaaly Abdelrahman: A shining light of women in Research and Education Networking

Interview, Stories / By / September 22, 2016

The story of the life of Dr. Iman Abuelmaaly Abdelrahman, the Vice Chairperson of UbuntuNet Alliance, is one that should ooze tones of inspiration to many a young African woman wanting to break-through the continent’s research and education networking field that seems to be dominated by men. On 29 March this year, the Head of …

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RENU, ZAMREN foster collaboration through an engineer training workshop

RENU, ZAMREN / By / September 22, 2016

In a bid to strengthen the spirit of collaboration and sharing among NRENs in the UbuntuNet Alliance membership region, the Research and Education Network of Uganda (RENU) extended an invitation to the Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) to nominate and send a network engineer from its community to help facilitate a Scalable Campus Network …

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The Government and the NREN: Reviewing the relationship and its impact on NREN performance

Capacity Building, Seminar / By / September 22, 2016

The agenda of the National Workshop for the Tanzania Education and Research Network (TERNET) the NREN of Tanzania, held on 27 April 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania risked becoming stagnant halfway through the workshop after delegates spent more time than intended, trying to understand the relationship that exists between TERNET and the Higher Education …

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Innovation meets networking at TNC 2015, Porto

TNC / By / September 21, 2016

Big minds from every corner of world including Africa shared life-transforming ICT initiatives and cutting-edge technology at TNC 2014 in Dublin Ireland in May last year. Now Europe’s largest and most prestigious Networking Conference TNC is back. With more than 650 participants attending this annual event takes us to Porto in Portugal from 15-18 June …

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Marching towards a federated UbuntuNet Alliance membership region

Members / By / September 22, 2016

NREN Members of UbuntuNet Alliance yet to introduce and implement an Identity Federation for their communities received a major boost in April 2016 when the Alliance presented them with an opportunity to start thinking towards the implementation of such services through the provision of a Federated Applications (FedApps) training workshop to system administrators from the …

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