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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AfricaConnect2 rolls into life

AfricaConnect / By / September 21, 2016

Following the signing of the AfricaConnect2, Cluster 1 Contract between UbuntuNet Alliance and the European Union in November 2015, the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) and the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) have also signed Cluster 2 and 3 contracts of the project signaling the official kick-off of the …

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Calling for applications for the Sci-GaIA Winter Online School

Training / By / September 21, 2016

If you are a network engineer or a systems administrator or an IT expert from the African research and education community and are interested in Science Gateways, then you stand a great chance of developing and enhancing your skills of integrating scientific applications in the field by enrolling  for the upcoming Sci-GaIA Winter School Online set to …

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Introducing Mconf web conferencing to African NRENs

Network / By / September 21, 2016

Among the authors that presented their papers at UbuntuNet-Connect 2015 was South African Research Network (SANReN) Network Engineer Kasandra Isaac. Her presentation, titled ‘Implementing Mconf web conferencing at the South African National Research and Education Network’ aimed at introducing African NRENs to Mconf web conferencing, an open source NREN web conferencing tool funded by the …

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