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AfricaConnect3 News 2023
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This is a Guest Contribution. Scroll down to read more about the author. Over the past years, Mauritius has experienced a remarkable increase in women’s...
Words: Harold Bowa, UbuntuNet Alliance In a groundbreaking prelude to the UbuntuNet-Connect 2023 Conference from October 23 to 25, 2023, the UbuntuNet...
This article was originally published on the UbuntuNet Alliance’s website. Author: Harold Bowa, UbuntuNet Alliance In a groundbreaking moment for the...
This article was originally published on the UbuntuNet Alliance’s website. Author: Harold Bowa, UbuntuNet Alliance The 16th annual UbuntuNet Alliance...
This article was originally published on the UbuntuNet Alliance’s website. Author: Madara Ogot, CEO of the UbuntuNet Alliance. During the UbuntuNet...
This article was originally published on the UbuntuNet Alliance’s website. Author: Harold Bowa, UbuntuNet Alliance Botswana is on the verge of a digital...
This article was first published on the UbuntuNet Alliance’s website. The Lesotho Ministry of Information Communication Science Technology and Innovation...
National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) best learn from each other. Over the years, emerging NRENs have found that learning by visiting established...
This article was originally posted on WACREN’s website. In a significant step towards advancing education and research capabilities in The Gambia, WACREN...
Have you ever heard of eduroam? The secure, world-wide roaming access service developed for the international research and education community to address the...
RENU, the Ugandan NREN, has partnered with Mesh ++, a connectivity solutions manufacturer based in Chicago, USA, to manufacture solar-powered Internet routers...
WACREN has issued a white paper on how NRENs can harness the potentials of IoT technologies to improve weather monitoring in Africa, showing a key new role of...
Words: Harold Bowa, UbuntuNet Alliance In today’s rapidly evolving world, the importance of achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development...
This article was first published on TENET’s website. Global momentum for open access and open science is putting pressure on researchers and institutions...
There are many reasons why education and training are important. One of them is that they represent a critical component of a community’s human capital and can...
This article was first published on TENET’s website. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, and its associated lockdowns, education was in a slow evolutionary...
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), a member of GARNET (Ghanian NREN), has been recognised by Times Higher Education (THE) Ranking...
Words by Effah Amponsah, WACREN African Research and Education Networks (RENs) are crucial in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 17. Goal 17...
This article was written thanks to the precious contributions of Guys Halse (TENET), Kennedy Aseda (KENET), Klaas Wierenga and Karl Meyer (GÉANT). It was...
Words: Effah Amponsah (WACREN) The World has just seven short years to the finishing line, and we are still determining whether we can meet the 17 Sustainable...
A shorted version of our paper on African RENs’ contributions to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals has been featured on the latest CONNECT...
Words: Yasmeen AlKouz, ASREN Equality is a necessary foundation for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. Gender equality and female empowerment are...
Interview by Harold Bowa, UbuntuNet Alliance “I would like to be known as an intelligent woman, a courageous woman, a loving woman, a woman who teaches by...
The AfricaConnect3 project communications team, in collaboration with the wider African Research and Education community, has put together a comprehensive...
African researchers, scientists and innovators often face one big challenge – visibility! Associated with this is – recognition! Related to the latter is...
This article was first published on KENET website. Kenya Education Network (KENET), the National Research and Education Network (NREN) of Kenya, today...
WACREN is developing a new community of innovators, practitioners and enthusiasts who will leverage the power of the Internet of Things (IoT) to serve the...
This article was originally posted on MAREN’s website. Researchers, faculty members and students in higher education institution in Malawi are eagerly...
This article was originally published on In The Field blog. Students and academic staffers at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, Kenya, will be the initial users...
This article was originally published on TENET’s website. Students and staff of South African universities can now access eduroam — the secure...
Access to education is a fundamental human right at the heart of the SDGs. National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) are leaping barriers to education...
This article was originally published by GÉANT on CONNECT42. Iman, you have a long list of achievements: Head of the ICT Directorate at the Sudanese Ministry...
With 22 states, the Arab region stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the far west through the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea all the way to the Arabian Gulf...
By Effah Amponsah, WACREN Our identity is our uniqueness. Online identity and its management are vital to global migration to digital infrastructure, and...
Women History’s Month is celebrated globally all March long. GÉANT launched their annual #WomenInSTEM campaign to celebrate the achievements and...
This article was originally posted on UbuntuNet Alliance’s website. UbuntuNet Alliance is implementing the AfricaConnect3 project co-funded by the...
This article was originally posted on UbuntuNet Alliance’s website. Recently, the Ubuntunet Alliance completed a significant upgrade to the core of its...
TNC23 Programme is Live! We are delighted to announce that the TNC23 programme is live! Ready to take a peek? The programme committee has created a schedule...
Gladys Mosomtai is a passionate user of earth observation technology to solve environmental challenges, especially in Kenya. She has over five years’...
African NRENs are contributing to the United National Sustainable Development Goals both directly and indirectly, playing a critical role in the achievement of...
TNC23 early bird registration now open Whilst memories of TNC22 in Trieste are still fresh in everybody’s mind, we are inviting you to join us in Tirana, on 5...
Interview by Silvia Fiore, GÉANT In the brilliant TED talk that you delivered at CERN, you mention that tools, like the “super-microscope” the Synchrotron...
As an ancient civilization with over 18 countries and territories, the Middle East region has historical and cultural richness unparalleled in the world...
i RENALA, Research and Education Network for Academic and Learning Activities, is the Madagascan NREN (National Research and Education Network). Inaugurated in...