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What is the research-based ICT in Higher Education advocacy agenda of KENET?
In the past 12 years since it was founded in 1999, KENET has had an advocacy role in the promotion of the use of ICT in Higher Education and research in Kenyan institutions. This is because KENET is part of the higher education research and eco-system of Kenya. Consequently, ICT readiness of Kenyan universities and other member institutions has improved significantly in the past 10 years, making KENET the second largest NREN after TENET in South Africa. This has been achieved in the following ways:
- Organizing forums for Vice Chancellors and Heads of Member Institutions to discuss and answer the question of Why ICT Matters in Higher Education in Kenya. Consequently, the uptake of ICT in KENET member institutions is very high with combined Internet consumption of over 1500 Mb/s.
- Organizing forums of ICT directors and network professionals to discuss ICT strategies and technologies appropriate for Higher Education institutions. KENET is key advisor in all ICT matters in Kenya’s Higher Education, including participation national cybersecurity committee and formulation of broadband policies and strategies.
- Conducting E-readiness research to provide research data on readiness and utilization of ICT in teaching, learning, research and administration in member institutions. This has been an ongoing initiative since 2006(see http:// eready.kenet.or.ke).
- Providing a Gateway to advanced e-infrastructures for research that are available exclusively within the Research and Education Community anywhere in the world. Kenyan researchers can now access the Africa Grid Science Gateway , a Web 2.0 portal that gives researchers access to advanced applications for Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science, Big Data research. Read More