In their effort to set up their National Research and Education Network (NREN) in Burundi, the Burundi Education and Research Network (BERNet) team planned to visit some NRENs in the East Africa Community to learn from their experience. To that end on 15th October 2014, KENET has the pleasure of hosting the BERNet team. The team were represented by Mr. Pierre Ndamama the Executive Secretary of Secretariat for Information and Communication Technologies (SETIC), and Prof. Grégoire Njejimana BERNet Project Manager.
The team met the technical team that builds and operates the network, accounting and business team that develops the pricing policy and also deals with commercial and sustainability issues. The BERNet team also visited University of Nairobi (UoN) Information, Communication and Technology Centre and United States International University (USIU) data centre.