Eduroam global roaming lands at major airports in Bangladesh
Students, academics, and educators can stay connected even while on the move.
Knowledge Exchange
Asian NRENs join forces to expand access to digital tools for research and education
This new alliance marks the start of a broader effort to expand digital access and foster collaboration for research and education in the region.
South Africa: lean design for digital libraries
A minimalistic approach to repository architecture provides a solution for universities that reduces costly dependencies, particularly network and storage.
The Philippines rolls out academic roaming
eduroam is now available at university campuses in The Phillipines, allowing students, researchers, and staff of the participating institutions to connect to the internet at their own campus and when they visit other partner universities and institutions worldwide.
Portugal: preserving the value of Wikipedia
Arquivo.pt collected all the pages referenced in Portuguese Wikipedia articles, resulting in a new collection containing 12 million files with their links preserved.
Open WiFi for research and education in Kenya
KENET, the national research and education network of Kenya, and its partners have established the first cloud-based Open WiFi architecture in Africa.
Furthering international research collaboration through competition
NRENs supported the Data Mover Challenge 2021, an annual international competition that brings together experts from industry and academia and tests their software and solutions for transferring huge amounts of research data.
Epilepsy and ADHD brain research in Georgia
Irma Khachidze has been preparing the ground for novel computational methods to study such brain disorders in Georgia, supported by GRENA within the EU-funded EaPConnect project and its ‘Enlighten Your Research’ programme.
Singapore and Finland collaborate to fight COVID-19 digitally
A new partnership will strengthen the use of supercomputers to find treatments and monitor how the COVID-19 pandemic spreads.
A silver lining to COVID-19 in South Africa
For the national research and education network of South Africa, WhatsApp groups are the go-to tool for communicating with institutions during the pandemic.
European cities share experiences on sustainability
Colibri, a service developed by the Portuguese national research & education network hosted a knowledge exchange on urban sustainability involving 161 European cities
Scientific collaboration for Africa and Latin America
Regional research and education networks in Africa and Latin America join forces to address United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and other common challenges.