[afren] Fwd: [Stakeholders] A message from Lagos Higher Education Connectivity Project

[Margaret Ngwira]

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>
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Margaret Ngwira
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