Category archive for ‘Newsroom’ 
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Mar
2011
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Africa to bid for world’s largest telescope (0)
Africa is bidding to host the world’s largest Telescope, that would make the continent a major hub for astronomy in the world.
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Feb
2011
21
Internet en Afrique: la fin du désert numérique? (0)
Pendant des années, l’Afrique n’a eu qu’un lien très ténu avec Internet: un seul câble sous-marin, le South Atlantic 3 (SAT-3), reliait le sud de l’Europe à l’ouest du continent africain. Sept ans plus tard, de nombreux projets ont été lancés, avec la promesse d’une augmentation significative des débits pour les usagers. Depuis 2009, le câble de fibre optique Eastern Africa Submarine Cable System (EASSy), long de 10 000 kilomètres, alimente la côte est africaine.
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Dec
2010
22
3rd UbuntuNet-Connect Conference 2010 (0)
UbuntuNet-Connect is the annual conference organised by UbuntuNet Alliance with the assistance of one of the NRENs’ members, in this case TENET.
The 2 day UbuntuNet-Connect Conference 2010 was held on 18-19 November 2010 at the Kopanong Hotel and Conference Centre in Johannesburg. -
Dec
2010
22
The Complete World Development Report Online – a World Bank publication (0)
The World Bank has announced the official launch of the Complete World Development Report Online. The World Development Report (WDR) is the major World Bank analytical publication, and has been published annually since 1978. A link on the site provides access to World Bank Data which provides “free open and easy” access some 2,000 indicators with time series data for more than 200 countries for up to 50 years.
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Dec
2010
22
Ubuntunet becoming a major player in the global REN scene (0)
The Alliance learned of the approval of its request to the GÉANT NREN Policy Committee for an upgrade to 10Gig for IP and 10 Gig for P2P circuits.
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Dec
2010
22
Launch of the CHAIN Project (0)
The Coordination and Harmonisation of Advanced eInfrastructures project, co-funded by the European Union in the 7th Framework Program, started on December 1, 2010 and will last for 24 months.
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Dec
2010
22
Launch of ASREN: the Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) (0)
Over 90 delegates from 12 Arab countries gathered the launch of the ASREN in the Egyptian capital, Cairo on December 8, 2010. The Secretary of the League of Arab States, H.E. Amr Moussa, presented in the opening session and expressed his strong support for ASREN and agreed to act as its Honorary President.
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Dec
2010
20
2010 Euro-Africa Week on ICT Research and e-Infrastructures – Lab visits report (0)
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Laboratory Visits
Friday 10 December Following the final session of the 1st Euro-Africa e-Infrastructures Conference, a group of 60 delegates, most of them from Africa, climbed aboard a coach headed off through the Helsinki snow to visit two local ICT institutions based at the nearby Otaniemi Research Campu -
Dec
2010
14
2010 Euro-Africa Week on ICT Research and e-Infrastructures – For immediate release (0)
Bringing together around 325 attendees coming from 55 different countries over Europe and Africa, the “2010 Euro-Africa Week on ICT Research and e-Infrastructures” took place in Helsinki, Finland, on December 7-10 and ended on a very high note of optimism. Presentations and debates were welcomed with very enthusiastic participation from the delegates and most of the interviewed participants judged the event to be a resounding success, giving a very good or excellent rating to the overall event (including networking opportunities) and content (note: a comprehensive online survey will be soon administrated to all participants).
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Dec
2010
10
East Africa’s hi-tech hub (0)
In 1998, just a handful of countries had extensive internet usage. Today, nearly two billion people have web access.
ITU has created a map that shows how the cable network has spread and internet use has expanded in the last 10 years.
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