UbuntuNet-Connect 2017

Session

Session 1 - NREN as Facilitators of Intra-African Collaboration

2 Nov 2017, 10:30

Hilton Hotel (Addis Ababa | Ethiopia)

Conveners

Session 1 - NREN as Facilitators of Intra-African Collaboration: NRENs as Facilitators of Intra-African Collaboration

• Boubakar Barry (CEO, WACREN)
• Abdullahi Hussein (SomaliREN)

38. Building and Strengthen National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Africa through Intra-African Collaborations

Mr Benjamin Eshun (Ghana Research and Education Network (GhREN))

02/11/2017, 10:30

Stimulating intra-African collaboration

Reviewed Presentation

Abstract A National Research and Education Network (NREN) is both; 1) a high performance communications network owned and operated for and by the education and research community of a country and; 2) the organization that operates that network, constituted as a consortium of members, a dedicated agency, a company, NGO, or other type of body. In World Bank partner countries an NREN may...

46. Mapping the research collaboration networks in computer science: The case of central, eastern and southern African Countries. .

Mr Charles Marwa (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences)

02/11/2017, 10:50

Stimulating intra-African collaboration

Reviewed Presentation

Mapping the research collaboration networks in computer science: The case of central, eastern and southern African Countries. Charles Marwa (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences-MUHAS) Raphael Zozimus Sangeda (Muhimbili University of Allied Sciences - MUHAS) Edda Tandi Lwoga (Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences - MUHAS) Abstract Purpose: We conducted a...

58. MoRENet as a Platform for Intra-country Collaboration in Research and Education: Evidence Based on Analyses of Usage Patterns and Network Data Flows

Prof. Lourino Chemane (MoRENet)

02/11/2017, 11:10

How collaboration works

Reviewed Presentation

MoRENet (Mozambique Research and Education Network) has been defined as a technological platform to support the collaboration between national research and education actors within the country, and between these and their peers in Africa and other parts of the world. Focused on this aim and on the government’s policy of facilitating the mobility of researchers, lecturers, and students, the...

14. Reorganizing for Efficiency: Framework for National Education and Research Stakeholders Collaboration

Dr Magreth Mushi (Tanzania Education and Research Network)

02/11/2017, 11:30

Stimulating intra-African collaboration

Reviewed Presentation

National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) are involved with diverse activities ranging from core connectivity to simply brokerage. Some of the services are so indispensable to research and education institutions that they must be available in the institutions before NRENs are capable of providing them. While TERNET is restructuring itself for relevance and for efficient service...

16. Technical Capacity Building and the Growth of an NREN - Case Study: RENU since 2014

Mr Nicholas Mbonimpa (Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU))

02/11/2017, 11:50

Technical support required for intra-African collaboration

Reviewed Presentation

An NREN network is an aggregation of member institution networks. Sadly, the state of the member institution networks, and the technical competence of member institution network and systems administrators are, many a time, not considered vital contributors to the growth of an NREN. The member institution technical staff are faced with various hardships in their day to day tasks. Aside from the...

17. Forging Meaningful Synergies between NRENs and CSPs - The Case of Uganda’s NREN (RENU)

Mr Isaac Kasana (Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU))

02/11/2017, 12:10

Stimulating intra-African collaboration

Reviewed Presentation

In the first five years of its existence, when RENU was not able to operate its own network, an ef-fort was made to establish a symbiotic relationship with a then leading commercial service pro-vider (CSP). A consortium of willing Ugandan R&E institutions engaged this CSP under the aus-pices of RENU in a first attempt at collective bargaining to get the maximum possible discount on bandwidth...