UbuntuNet Alliance elected new Trustees at its 9th Annual General Meeting held on 27th March 2015 in Lilongwe, Malawi. The Alliance sees back people like Dr Iman Abuel Maaly Abdelrahman from Sudan, Kenya’s Prof. Meoli Kashorda, Prof. Dibungi Kalenda of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Mr Duncan Greaves of South Africa. New blood among …
[et_pb_section bb_built=”1″][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.97″ background_layout=”light”] PRESS RELEASE 5th March 2015, Lilongwe, Malawi: UbuntuNet Alliance, the Regional Research and Education Network for Eastern and Southern Africa, today announces the appointment of Dr Pascal Hoba as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Alliance with effect from 1st January 2015. Dr Hoba succeeds Eng. Dr Francis (Tusu) Tusubira …
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GÉANT, with its award-winning Research and Education network, is already at the leading edge of networking services. Today, researchers can connect to GÉANT at speeds of up to 100Gigabits per second and these ultrafast communications services are revolutionising research and education across Europe. However even these enormous speeds aren’t fast enough for the most challenging …
Be part of the larger community supporting the promotion of Open Science in Africa by being one of the signatories to the Dakar Declaration on Promotion of Open Science in Africa. The Dakar Declaration on promotion of Open Science in Africa was prepared for and signed by participants to the Sci-GaIA workshop on Promotion of …
The 2nd annual WACREN conference for research and education (R&E) networking took place in Dakar, Senegal on March 17th-18th following three days of intensive workshops promoting e-infrastructure, federated identity and Open Science in Africa. Hosted by the Senegalese research and education network (snRER) with the support of the Senegalese Ministry for research and higher education …
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UbuntuNet Alliance would like to convey its best wishes to outgoing Sudanese Research and Education Network (SudREN) CEO Dr. Sami Salih who has left the network following the expiry of his two year term as CEO. Dr. Salih, who joined SudREN as CEO in March 2014, will now take up the post of Assistant Professor …
Malawi president Arthur Peter Mutharika has ignited a flicker of hope for the Malawi Research and Education Network (MAREN) by pledging to connect the network to the regional research and education network and introducing a levy to help fund the country’s research sector. President Mutharika, who was appointed Champion for Higher Education in Africa last …
By Michuki Mwangi, Internet Society The 17th of March 2016 will be long remembered in the Internet history books of Madagascar as the “Journée de l’Internet” or “Internet Day”. On this “Journée de l’Internet”, the local Internet community consisting of the Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and New Technologies (MPTNT), Autorité de Régulation des Technologies de …
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Cathrin Stöver was one of four finalists to be announced in the International Leader of the Year category in the prestigious 2015 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards. As Chief International Relations and Communications Officer for GEANT Ltd, Cathrin was nominated for her work supporting the global connectivity of GÉANT. Through this she is both supporting …
Research and Education networks in Europe are getting bigger, better and faster, shows the findings of the recently published 2014 GEANT Association Compendium of European NRENs produced by the GÉANT Association. Among some of the enviable trends, the Compendium records that National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Europe have increased the capacity of national …
