Press Release: ZAMREN and TENET form the first UbuntuNet cross-border link

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 [/et_pb_text][/et_pb_column][/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.0.98″ background_layout=”light”] 25th July 2012, Lilongwe, Malawi. UbuntuNet Alliance announces that the research and education community in Zambia joined their global counterparts on Tuesday, 17th July 2012 when a team of Engineers from ZAMREN, ZESCO (the Zambian power utility company), TENET and CEC-Liquid Telecom completed installing a …

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NUANCE – July 2012

Cables, CHAIN, Environmental Sciences, RedCLARA, TENET, UbuntuNet Connect, WACREN / By / September 16, 2016

Register now for UbuntuNet-Connect 2012 Preparations are speeding up for the UbuntuNet-Connect 2012 in Dar es Salaam and the preceeding capacity building activities. Have you registered? This is a conference you do not want to miss. Academic and applied content, networking, innovation, capacity building, field trips and many  other opportunities will be there. Among other …

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NUANCE – June 2012

Network / By / September 16, 2016

Consolidating Research and Education Networking in Africa (CORENA) – Where are we? By Tusu The acronym CORENA was coined to capture the dreams of the UbuntuNet Alliance in a single symbolic word:  the removal of digital and consequent intellectual isolation of researchers based in Africa.  It must be remembered that the backdrop for the formation …

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Press Release: New high-speed 15,000km international link seamlessly connects African radio astronomers to Europe through GÉANT and UbuntuNet

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 First point-to-point research network circuit between Europe and Africa enables astronomers to create a more detailed view of the universe Lilongwe, Malawi, 25 April 2012: Radio astronomers in Africa and across the globe will benefit from faster collaboration through a dedicated, high speed 15,000 km network link between the …

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NUANCE – April 2012

AfricaConnect, CHAIN, Council of Members, Internet2, KENET, Portrait, Xnet / By / September 16, 2016

Council of Members Cluster of Events in Lilongwe declared a Success By Margaret Ngwira The sudden death of Malawi’s President Bingu wa Mutharika a few days prior to the scheduled 6th Council of Members Cluster Meetings in the country’s Capital City of Lilongwe cast some doubts on the scheduling.  Four meetings were scheduled: Special Meeting …

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NUANCE – March 2012

AfREN, Citizen Science, eduroam, GEANT, MAREN, Portrait, Video Conference / By / September 16, 2016

UbuntuNet Alliance after 6 years – in the words of a Veteran On 31st March 2006, registration documents for UbuntuNet Alliance were submitted in the Trade Registrar of Chambers of Commerce in Amsterdam. Now the Alliance is 6 years old. Margaret Ngwira was there when UbuntuNet Alliance was established in 2005:  a Librarian by profession, …

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NUANCE – February 2013

Council of Members, KENET, Library, UbuntuNet Connect / By / September 16, 2016

UbuntuNet Alliance announces the 7th Council of Members Meeting UbuntuNet Alliance wishes to inform the community and all Member NRENs that the 7th Council of Members Meeting (the Annual General Meeting of the Alliance) will be held at Protea Hotel Entebbe in Uganda on 12th April 2013. Major highlights of the Council of Members Meeting …

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NUANCE – January 2012

AU, Education, GEANT, KENET, RwEdNet / By / September 16, 2016

Rwanda’s KIST gets ultra modern ICT facility E-learning and student-centred learning are becoming the status quo in Universities throughout the globe.  Of course this requires recognition of the pervasive role of ICT and a major investment in e-infrastructure.  Kigali Institute of Science and Technology has been a leader in ICT uptake in Rwanda.  KIST has …

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