KENET Awards up to 15 travel grants per financial year to faculty and graduate students in Science Technology Engineering Mathematics (STEM) areas. Since 2014, KENET has awarded over 47 travel grants to member institutions. In the financial year 2016/2017, we awarded 12 travel grants. Seven (7) faculty members, five (5) graduate students from seven (7) member institutions benefited from the grants. As of September 2017, we had awarded 14 travel grants.
Our vision for having works by Kenyan researchers publicly available and accessible has been realized by the upgrade of our Research Infrastructures. Research Infrastructures (RIs) are the facilities, resources and services used by the science community to conduct research and foster innovation. By putting together efforts and developing RIs for the community, KENET’s long term goal is to improve the overall research productivity of the country.
High Performance Computing (HPC) Initiative
The top 20 research institutions were grouped by their geographical locations as follows.
Nairobi Region
UON
KENET was audited by KKCO East Africa auditors in the year. We realized a surplus of KSH84M in the financial year 2016/2017 as shown in the statement of comprehensive income below:
Ransomware is a type of malware designed to encrypt users’ files or lock their operating systems so attackers can demand a ransom payment. Ransomware executes when a user is lured to click on an infected link or e-mail attachment or to download a file or software drive while visiting a rogue website. Sophisticated social engineering techniques are used to entice users to take the desired action;
This is a test newsletter for security Awreness
The Ubuntunet Connect Conference is a significant gathering especially for National and Research Networks(NRENS).
