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KENET conducted a five (5) in-person training for System Administrators from February 26- March 1, 2024 at the KENET Training room. The training which was attended by 26 participants from 24 institutions focused on mastering the Fundamentals of Unix/Linux administration through a practical and hands-on approach. The course covered all aspects on Linux/Unix System administration including an introduction to Linux system administration, familiarization with the Unix and Linux shell scripts, command line tools and user management.
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KENET launched the remote teaching pilot project in 2017 aiming at exploring the possibility of using the KENET web conferencing platform to reduce the cost of teaching multiple classes through remote teaching.KENET partnered with three (3) universities to pilot remote teaching classrooms reducing the need for faculty to teach multiple satellite or rural campuses of the same university.The participating universities include University of Nairobi ( 3 remote teaching classrooms at main campus, Mombasa campus and Kisumu campuses), Catholic University of Eastern Africa (2 remote teaching classroom at main campu...
Digital inclusion refers to the efforts and policies aimed at ensuring that all individuals and communities have access to and effectively use digital technologies improving their digital skills.The goal of digital inclusion is to bridge the digital divide and create equal opportunities for everyone to participate in the increasingly digital and technology-driven aspects of modern society.
KENET conducted a five (5) day capacity building workshop for network/system administrators and ICT infrastructure managers from November 27- December 1, 2023 at the KENET Training room. The Scalable Campus Networks and Wireless LAN Design training was attended by 32 participants from 31 member institutions including universities, teaching hospitals, research institutions and university colleges. The training focused on mastering building of scalable campus networks through a practical and hands-on approach as they operate a TCP/IP network with inter-campus and international connectivity.
...KENET was granted the Building Opportunities/Leveraging Technologies (BOLT) award, a substantial $200,000 donation from the Internet Society Foundation.Aligned with the Internet Society Foundation's overarching vision that "The Internet is for everyone," the BOLT Program focuses on propelling internet development, enhancing global internet access and connectivity, and fostering responsible innovation.