From tiwobanda at gmail.com  Fri May  6 14:04:23 2011
From: tiwobanda at gmail.com (Tiwonge Bandar)
Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 16:04:23 +0200
Subject: [afren] =?iso-8859-1?q?NUANCE_Speaks_French_/_NUANCE_parle_fran?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?=E7ais?=
Message-ID: <BANLkTin=PE8hR+DPABVTOWnZPkjYqDGVtg@mail.gmail.com>

 Chers coll?gues,
NUANCE, le bulletin ?lectronique mensuel de l'Alliance UbuntuNet est
maintenant disponible en fran?ais: http://www.ubuntunet.net/april2011_fr

Meilleurs voeux,
Tiwonge


Dear Colleagues,
NUANCE, the monthly e-bulletin of UbuntuNet Alliance is now available in
French: http://www.ubuntunet.net/april2011_fr

Best wishes,
Tiwonge

-- 
Tiwonge Msulira Banda,

Mobile: +26 59 99 34 07 40
Alt Email: tiwonge at banda.name

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the
vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no
meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd
in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my
salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18 (KJV)
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From asimeon at rdc.maf.net  Fri May  6 14:30:49 2011
From: asimeon at rdc.maf.net (Avuta Simeon)
Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 15:30:49 +0100
Subject: [afren]
	=?iso-8859-1?q?NUANCE_Speaks_French_/_NUANCE_parle_fran?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?=E7ais?=
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTin=PE8hR+DPABVTOWnZPkjYqDGVtg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTin=PE8hR+DPABVTOWnZPkjYqDGVtg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <001101cc0bfa$3924bbe0$ab6e33a0$@maf.net>

Merci pour la version fran?aise.

 

Simeon Avuta

 

De : afren-bounces at afnog.org [mailto:afren-bounces at afnog.org] De la part de
Tiwonge Bandar
Envoy? : Friday, May 06, 2011 3:04 PM
? : afren at afnog.org
Objet : [afren] NUANCE Speaks French / NUANCE parle fran?ais

 

Chers coll?gues,
NUANCE, le bulletin ?lectronique mensuel de l'Alliance UbuntuNet est
maintenant disponible en fran?ais: http://www.ubuntunet.net/april2011_fr

Meilleurs voeux,
Tiwonge 

 

 

Dear Colleagues,


NUANCE, the monthly e-bulletin of UbuntuNet Alliance is now available in
French: http://www.ubuntunet.net/april2011_fr

 

Best wishes,

Tiwonge

 

-- 
Tiwonge Msulira Banda,

Mobile: +26 59 99 34 07 40
Alt Email: tiwonge at banda.name

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the
vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no
meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd
in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my
salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18 (KJV)

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From tiwobanda at gmail.com  Wed May 11 14:00:22 2011
From: tiwobanda at gmail.com (Tiwonge Bandar)
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 16:00:22 +0200
Subject: [afren] AfricaConnect project signed
Message-ID: <BANLkTik9HM2h6Y0vt1mr2cLbSTgzJjGGyg@mail.gmail.com>

*Africa-Europe research collaboration to be transformed by EC-funded
research infrastructure*

*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 African intra-regional research
networking infrastructure which is already interconnected to the
pan-European research network, G?ANT. Eighty percent of the project?s
funding will come from the European Commission?s EuropeAid Co-operation
Office, and the remainder will be contributed by the African partners in the
project.



The contract represents a significant injection of capital to develop
research networking infrastructure across sub-Saharan Africa and with
Europe. The initiative will dramatically accelerate the development of the
Information Society in Africa, providing advanced data communications
infrastructure and enabling African researchers to collaborate more easily
in advanced international research projects.



Within the framework of the Africa Caribbean Pacific Islands (ACP)
programme, the AfricaConnect project will establish a high-capacity Internet
network for research and education in Southern and Eastern Africa to provide
the region with a gateway to global research collaboration, the objective of
which is to overcome the current limitations of international research
collaboration within sub-Saharan Africa and towards Europe, and to foster
research and education collaboration and advancement within and between
these regions.



The project will be strongly collaborative, so whilst DANTE will coordinate
AfricaConnect, they will be partnered by DANTE?s regional counterpart
organisations in Africa ? UbuntuNet Alliance covering Eastern and Southern
Africa, and WACREN covering Western and Central Africa ? as well as the
Association of African Universities; existing National Research and
Education Networks (NRENs) in Africa (DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi,
Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
and Zambia); and several European NRENs (Germany, Ireland, Italy, the
Netherlands, Portugal and the UK). All will work to ensure that the project
benefits all of sub-Saharan Africa.



?We are delighted to see this project underway,? said Cathrin St?ver,
DANTE?s International Relations Manager. ?DANTE has a strong history of
supporting regional connectivity including actions in South America and
Asia, and we will build on this experience to support African research and
education networks as together they transform the research environment in
Africa. DANTE always puts the emphasis on partnership in this kind of
activity, and we are therefore excited to be working with such a strong
group of partners on a project of this importance.?



Eng. Dr Francis Tusubira, CEO of the UbuntuNet Alliance agrees: ?For the
Alliance, this support is invaluable, since our challenges run from the
macro-challenge of establishing regional connectivity in a geographical area
that could contain the whole of Europe several times over, to the
comparative micro-challenge of ensuring that each NREN has the human
capacity to set up and operate their national network. Achievement of the
impossible is our mantra, and we appreciate the support of the European
Commission in this respect - their funding makes the achievement of the
impossible a whole lot easier!?



DANTE will soon announce an international tender for the connectivity and
equipment required for the AfricaConnect project. The infrastructure is
expected to be operational by early 2012.



The AfricaConnect project is expected to last for four years, after which
time the African Project Partners of AfricaConnect will ensure the
sustainability of the intra-regional African research network and its direct
connection to G?ANT.



*About DANTE*

DANTE is a non-profit organisation, coordinator of large-scale projects
co-funded by the European Commission, and working in partnership with
European National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) to plan, build and
operate advanced networks for research and education. Established in 1993,
DANTE has been fundamental to the success of pan-European research and
education networking. DANTE has built and operates G?ANT, which provides the
data communications infrastructure essential to the success of many research
projects in Europe. DANTE is involved in worldwide initiatives to
interconnect countries in the other regions to one another and to G?ANT.
DANTE currently manages projects focussed on the Mediterranean, Asia-Pacific
and central Asia regions through the EUMEDCONNECT, TEIN and CAREN projects
respectively. For more information, visit www.dante.net.





*About the UbuntuNet Alliance*

UbuntuNet Alliance is, at both the conceptual and implementation levels, a
commitment and movement by member NRENs to unlocking Africa?s intellectual
potential by ensuring that African Researchers and Educators achieve equity
with the rest of the world in terms of ease and cost of access to the global
information Infrastructure as well as opportunities for research
collaboration . The UbuntuNet Alliance was established in 2005 and
registered in 2006 as a not-for-profit regional association of NRENs in
Eastern and Southern Africa and currently has 13 members.



In January 2009, UbuntuNet Alliance established a 1Gb/s IP interconnection
with the GEANT network in London. This connection has recently been upgraded
as fibre has become available, prices drop and demands from NRENs increase,
The upgrade includes a 10Gb/s IP connection to GEANT and a new 10-Gbps link
for dedicated point-to-point connectivity, making Sub-Saharan Africa the
first world region outside North America to gain dedicated circuit capacity
with Europe. Therefore, the AfricaConnect project builds on a proven
relationship between Europe and sub Sahara Africa. For more information
visit www.ubuntunet.net





-- 
Tiwonge Msulira Banda,

Mobile: +26 59 99 34 07 40
Alt Email: tiwonge at banda.name

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the
vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no
meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd
in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my
salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18 (KJV)

-- 
Tiwonge Msulira Banda,

Mobile: +26 59 99 34 07 40
Alt Email: tiwonge at banda.name

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the
vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no
meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd
in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my
salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18 (KJV)
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From principal at dit.ac.tz  Thu May 12 06:54:00 2011
From: principal at dit.ac.tz (Prof. John Kondoro)
Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 09:54:00 +0300
Subject: [afren] AfricaConnect project signed
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTik9HM2h6Y0vt1mr2cLbSTgzJjGGyg@mail.gmail.com>
References: <BANLkTik9HM2h6Y0vt1mr2cLbSTgzJjGGyg@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <001101cc1071$6a263720$3e72a560$@ac.tz>

Hallo all,

These are good news. They present a very wonderful opportunity for Africa to leap into the future. Congratulations to everybody but especially to Tusu and Cathrin for the struggle. Best regards, kondoro

 

From: afren-bounces at afnog.org [mailto:afren-bounces at afnog.org] On Behalf Of Tiwonge Bandar
Sent: Jumatano, Mei 11, 2011 5:00 PM
To: ictassociation; kictanet; afnog; afren
Subject: [afren] AfricaConnect project signed

 

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

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 African intra-regional research networking infrastructure which is already interconnected to the pan-European research network, G?ANT. Eighty percent of the project?s funding will come from the European Commission?s EuropeAid Co-operation Office, and the remainder will be contributed by the African partners in the project.

 

The contract represents a significant injection of capital to develop research networking infrastructure across sub-Saharan Africa and with Europe. The initiative will dramatically accelerate the development of the Information Society in Africa, providing advanced data communications infrastructure and enabling African researchers to collaborate more easily in advanced international research projects. 

 

Within the framework of the Africa Caribbean Pacific Islands (ACP) programme, the AfricaConnect project will establish a high-capacity Internet network for research and education in Southern and Eastern Africa to provide the region with a gateway to global research collaboration, the objective of which is to overcome the current limitations of international research collaboration within sub-Saharan Africa and towards Europe, and to foster research and education collaboration and advancement within and between these regions.

 

The project will be strongly collaborative, so whilst DANTE will coordinate AfricaConnect, they will be partnered by DANTE?s regional counterpart organisations in Africa ? UbuntuNet Alliance covering Eastern and Southern Africa, and WACREN covering Western and Central Africa ? as well as the Association of African Universities; existing National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Africa (DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia); and several European NRENs (Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal and the UK). All will work to ensure that the project benefits all of sub-Saharan Africa.

 

?We are delighted to see this project underway,? said Cathrin St?ver, DANTE?s International Relations Manager. ?DANTE has a strong history of supporting regional connectivity including actions in South America and Asia, and we will build on this experience to support African research and education networks as together they transform the research environment in Africa. DANTE always puts the emphasis on partnership in this kind of activity, and we are therefore excited to be working with such a strong group of partners on a project of this importance.?

 

Eng. Dr Francis Tusubira, CEO of the UbuntuNet Alliance agrees: ?For the Alliance, this support is invaluable, since our challenges run from the macro-challenge of establishing regional connectivity in a geographical area that could contain the whole of Europe several times over, to the comparative micro-challenge of ensuring that each NREN has the human capacity to set up and operate their national network. Achievement of the impossible is our mantra, and we appreciate the support of the European Commission in this respect - their funding makes the achievement of the impossible a whole lot easier!?

 

DANTE will soon announce an international tender for the connectivity and equipment required for the AfricaConnect project. The infrastructure is expected to be operational by early 2012.

 

The AfricaConnect project is expected to last for four years, after which time the African Project Partners of AfricaConnect will ensure the sustainability of the intra-regional African research network and its direct connection to G?ANT.

 

About DANTE

DANTE is a non-profit organisation, coordinator of large-scale projects co-funded by the European Commission, and working in partnership with European National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) to plan, build and operate advanced networks for research and education. Established in 1993, DANTE has been fundamental to the success of pan-European research and education networking. DANTE has built and operates G?ANT, which provides the data communications infrastructure essential to the success of many research projects in Europe. DANTE is involved in worldwide initiatives to interconnect countries in the other regions to one another and to G?ANT. DANTE currently manages projects focussed on the Mediterranean, Asia-Pacific and central Asia regions through the EUMEDCONNECT, TEIN and CAREN projects respectively. For more information, visit www.dante.net. <http://www.dante.net./> 

 

 

About the UbuntuNet Alliance

UbuntuNet Alliance is, at both the conceptual and implementation levels, a commitment and movement by member NRENs to unlocking Africa?s intellectual potential by ensuring that African Researchers and Educators achieve equity with the rest of the world in terms of ease and cost of access to the global information Infrastructure as well as opportunities for research collaboration . The UbuntuNet Alliance was established in 2005 and registered in 2006 as a not-for-profit regional association of NRENs in Eastern and Southern Africa and currently has 13 members.

 

In January 2009, UbuntuNet Alliance established a 1Gb/s IP interconnection with the GEANT network in London. This connection has recently been upgraded as fibre has become available, prices drop and demands from NRENs increase, The upgrade includes a 10Gb/s IP connection to GEANT and a new 10-Gbps link for dedicated point-to-point connectivity, making Sub-Saharan Africa the first world region outside North America to gain dedicated circuit capacity with Europe. Therefore, the AfricaConnect project builds on a proven relationship between Europe and sub Sahara Africa. For more information visit www.ubuntunet.net 

 

 


-- 
Tiwonge Msulira Banda,

Mobile: +26 59 99 34 07 40
Alt Email: tiwonge at banda.name

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18 (KJV)

-- 
Tiwonge Msulira Banda,

Mobile: +26 59 99 34 07 40
Alt Email: tiwonge at banda.name

Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the LORD, I will joy in the God of my salvation. Habakkuk 3:17-18 (KJV)

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From barry at aau.org  Sat May 28 12:34:30 2011
From: barry at aau.org (Boubakar Barry)
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 12:34:30 +0000
Subject: [afren] Fwd: [Stakeholders] A message from Lagos Higher Education
 Connectivity Project
In-Reply-To: <05cda41177496d5d3943febe145618f7@eko-konnect.org.ng>
References: <05cda41177496d5d3943febe145618f7@eko-konnect.org.ng>
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=B2b4jr-cRJpk7drsZ-3UibLGZ2g@mail.gmail.com>

Forwarded message from Omo:

Message from sender:

*I thought to share this news which contributes to the shared vision of a
Nigerian Research and Education Network reached by connecting clusters of
REN activity.

It is my hope that the folks from the University of Jos will leverage this
link to establish a similar cluster in the Jos region

Best wishes

Omo*

 Published on *Lagos Higher Education Connectivity Project* (
http://eko-konnect.org.ng)

Home <http://eko-konnect.org.ng/> > Eko-Konnect wins award to connect to
University of Jos
------------------------------
Eko-Konnect wins award to connect to University of Jos

Eko-Konnect has won an award to connect the University of Lagos to the
University of Jos and the National Film Institute as part of the
establishment of a World Bank/STEP-B assisted Center of Excellence in
Multimedia Technology and Cinematography.  <http://www.mmcine.org.ng>

The tender attracted several high profile companies but competitiveness, the
expansion of the growing research and education and its implication on the
efforts to establish the Nigeria REN (ngREN) were strong arguments in favour
of the metropolitan network.  Establishing this link through Eko-Konnect
adds value to the Center of Excellence because it expands the collaboration
from 2 institutions to all the members of the network.

The link will be used to support project communication between the
collaborators, for video-conferencing and access to e-Learning platforms
hosted in Lagos.  It is expected to go live by the end of June.

   - Center of Excellence<http://eko-konnect.org.ng/category/tags/center-excellence>
   - Jos <http://eko-konnect.org.ng/category/tags/jos>

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Stakeholders mailing list
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From mengwira at ubuntunet.net  Sat May 28 12:42:11 2011
From: mengwira at ubuntunet.net (Margaret Ngwira)
Date: Sat, 28 May 2011 14:42:11 +0200
Subject: [afren] Fwd: [Stakeholders] A message from Lagos Higher
 Education Connectivity Project
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTi=B2b4jr-cRJpk7drsZ-3UibLGZ2g@mail.gmail.com>
References: <05cda41177496d5d3943febe145618f7@eko-konnect.org.ng>
	<BANLkTi=B2b4jr-cRJpk7drsZ-3UibLGZ2g@mail.gmail.com>
Message-ID: <BANLkTikjJ6Z_xM5Gx3YxNwPY34ut1XfR+A@mail.gmail.com>

Another piece of the jigsaw - the big picture is becoming clearer - well
done Omo to all concerned
Margaret
UbuntuNet Alliance

On 28 May 2011 14:34, Boubakar Barry <barry at aau.org> wrote:

>  Forwarded message from Omo:
>
> Message from sender:
>
> *I thought to share this news which contributes to the shared vision of a
> Nigerian Research and Education Network reached by connecting clusters of
> REN activity.
>
> It is my hope that the folks from the University of Jos will leverage this
> link to establish a similar cluster in the Jos region
>
> Best wishes
>
> Omo*
>
>  Published on *Lagos Higher Education Connectivity Project* (
> http://eko-konnect.org.ng)
>
> Home <http://eko-konnect.org.ng/> > Eko-Konnect wins award to connect to
> University of Jos
> ------------------------------
> Eko-Konnect wins award to connect to University of Jos
>
> Eko-Konnect has won an award to connect the University of Lagos to the
> University of Jos and the National Film Institute as part of the
> establishment of a World Bank/STEP-B assisted Center of Excellence in
> Multimedia Technology and Cinematography.  <http://www.mmcine.org.ng/>
>
> The tender attracted several high profile companies but competitiveness,
> the expansion of the growing research and education and its implication on
> the efforts to establish the Nigeria REN (ngREN) were strong arguments in
> favour of the metropolitan network.  Establishing this link through
> Eko-Konnect adds value to the Center of Excellence because it expands the
> collaboration from 2 institutions to all the members of the network.
>
> The link will be used to support project communication between the
> collaborators, for video-conferencing and access to e-Learning platforms
> hosted in Lagos.  It is expected to go live by the end of June.
>
>    - Center of Excellence<http://eko-konnect.org.ng/category/tags/center-excellence>
>    - Jos <http://eko-konnect.org.ng/category/tags/jos>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
> _______________________________________________
> Stakeholders mailing list
> Stakeholders at abuja.forum.org.ng
> http://abuja.forum.org.ng/mailman/listinfo/stakeholders
>
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> afren mailing list
> afren at afnog.org
> http://www.afnog.org/mailman/listinfo/afren
>
>


-- 
Margaret Ngwira
UbuntuNet Alliance
P O Box 2550
LILONGWE,  Malawi
www.ubuntunet.net
www.erina4africa.eu
<http://www.erina4africa.eu/>www.chain-project.eu
Phone/Fax 265 1 754 535
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From mamahamadu at yahoo.com  Sun May 29 16:01:13 2011
From: mamahamadu at yahoo.com (Mahamuda Alhaji Mahamadu)
Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 16:01:13 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [afren] Invitation to connect on LinkedIn
Message-ID: <426003063.2040671.1306684873771.JavaMail.app@ela4-bed32.prod>

LinkedIn
------------

   
I'd like to add you to my professional network on LinkedIn.

- Mahamuda

Mahamuda Alhaji Mahamadu
Network Engineer at CSIR 
Ghana

Confirm that you know Mahamuda Alhaji Mahamadu
https://www.linkedin.com/e/se0n0t-goa6fpd5-4w/isd/3037812134/UEDJpY0G/


 
-- 
(c) 2011, LinkedIn Corporation
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From barry at aau.org  Mon May 30 07:25:13 2011
From: barry at aau.org (Boubakar Barry)
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 07:25:13 +0000
Subject: [afren] COREVIP 2011 - Live coverage
Message-ID: <BANLkTimCrowLv7wS-BbMqziN6iwg0-DX8w@mail.gmail.com>

You may be interested in following the 2011 Conference of Rectors,
Vice-Chancellors and Presidents of African Universities on Facebook, Twitter
and Flickr (see www.aau.org).

B.
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