Press Release: Africa-Europe research collaboration to be transformed by EC-funded research infrastructure

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 Boost for African research as European Commission injects €14.75M into regional research and education connectivity Gaborone, Botswana, and Cambridge, UK, 11 May  2011: DANTE, the international research network operator, and the European Commission’s EuropeAid Cooperation Office today announce the signature of a €14.75M contract for support to a sub-Saharan …

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NUANCE – April 2011

Board, GEANT, Internet2, Network, Team, TERNET, UbuntuNet Connect / By / September 16, 2016

NUANCE speaks French enfin! UbuntuNet’s first six members were countries where English, French, Portuguese and Arabic were the main international languages. Given the multi-lingual nature of our Alliance community, we have long wanted to make available Alliance resources in the languages most familiar to our community. Finally, the April 2011 issue of Nuance ushers in …

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NUANCE – March 2011

Council of Members, DFN, Education, Health Science, INASP, Portrait, SudREN, WACREN / By / September 16, 2016

EthERNet to host 5th Council of Member Cluster in Addis Ababa in April Once again, the Alliance community will assemble for its top level meeting, the Council of Members, this time to be held at Hotel Jupiter, Addis Ababa, hosted by our Ethiopian NREN, EthERNet.  Activities include : 12th April 2011:  EthERNet Workshop; 14th April:  …

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NUANCE – February 2011

AfNOG, AFRINIC, Biotechnology, Board, GLOBAL, SARUA, UbuntuNet Connect / By / September 16, 2016

Call for nominations of UbuntuNet Alliance Directors The term of office of the current UbuntuNet Alliance Management Board expires at the 5th Council of Members Meeting in April 2011 in Addis Ababa and therefore a new Board will have to be elected for a 2 year term. To this effect, we are calling for Member …

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NUANCE – January 2011

Council of Members, Food Security, IDRC, KENET, Network / By / September 16, 2016

IDRC President visits UbuntuNet Secretariat, Lilongwe Since the inception of UbuntuNet Alliance, IDRC has been one of its most consistent development partners.  Even more, the mapping and pursuit of academic and research connectivity by IDRC predates the formation of UbuntuNet Alliance by several years!  Therefore it was a great honour and delight for staff to …

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NUANCE – December 2010

AU, CHAIN, Research / By / September 16, 2016

Christmas and New Year Message The year ending has been both demanding and exciting. A lot has happened to UbuntuNet Alliance, its members and development partners throughout the year. Among other things, the Alliance welcomed the  13th member NREN, Xnet (Namibia), the mapping of Intra-Africa optical fibre network, the successful implementation of EU FP7 ERINA4Africa …

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NUANCE – November 2010

ASREN, Astronomy, GLOBAL, Network, Research, UbuntuNet Connect, World Bank / By / September 16, 2016

Peering upgrade to 20 Gig approved: UbuntuNet becoming a “Major player in the global REN scene” Margaret Ngwira In January 2008, one of the first tangible offerings of UbuntuNet Alliance was the REN transit connection to GÉANT. This followed the approval by the GÉANT NREN Policy Committee, and was implemented using a Cisco 7606 router …

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NUANCE – October 2010

AAU, ERINA4Africa, TNC, UbuntuNet Connect, Video Conference / By / September 16, 2016

A Conference not to miss! Here is an opportunity for you to interact with the African Research and Education Networking community and learn about the progress and status of REN activities in Africa. This year’s UbuntuNet-Connect 2010 will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa at Kopanong Resort and Conference Centre from the 18th-19th November 2010.  …

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NUANCE – September 2010

Eb@le, GEANT, GLOBAL, IST-Africa, KENET, MAREN, MoRENet, RENU, RwEdNet, SomaliREN, SudREN, TENET, TERNET, World Bank, ZAMREN / By / March 24, 2022

About this Issue Tusu, CEO, UbuntuNet Alliance In preparation for UbuntuNet-Connect 2010, we thought it would be useful to share some updates on progress among the different NRENs to prime our readers for this important annual event.  The briefs come straight from the desks of the CEOs of the member NRENs.  Any way one looks …

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NUANCE – August 2010

Board, DFN, ERINA4Africa, KENET, Portrait, SARUA, SomaliREN / By / September 15, 2016

SARUA Dialogue Event: Finance and Information Communication Technology in Higher Education On 5-6 August 2010 the Southern African Regional Universities Association (SARUA), in collaboration with the University of Dar-es-Salaam, held a two-day Leadership Dialogue event focusing on Finance and Information Communication Technology in Higher Education. Among the impressive gathering of 64 participants from 14 countries …

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