Kenya Education Network (KENET) is a National Research and Education Network that promotes the use of ICT in Teaching, Learning and Research in Higher Education Institutions in Kenya. KENET aims to interconnect all the Universities, Tertiary and Research Institutions in Kenya by setting up a cost effective and sustainable private network with high speed access to the global Internet.
The 12th edition of the Standard Chartered Nairobi Marathon was held on 26th October 2014. KENET was represented in the marathon by its staff members who took part in the 21km and 10km races. The marathon is a Corporate Social Responsibility initiative focusing on the eradication of avoidable blindness in Kenya.
The IBM Corporate Service Corps was launched in 2008 to help provide IBMers with high quality leadership development while delivering high quality problem solving for communities and organizations in emerging markets. They spent 3 months in Kenya and working with KENET in 2011.
This years UbuntuNet-connect workshop was held at Lemigo Hotel in Kigali, Rwanda on 14-15 November 2013. The 6th in the series, the conference was hosted by one of the founding NRENs of the UbuntuNet Alliance, RwEdNet, the Rwandan NREN, with great support from the Ministry of Education.
UbuntuNet-Connect 2014 is the Annual Conference of UbuntuNet Alliance that focuses on research and education networking activities in Africa. It is organized by UbuntuNet Alliance and hosted by member NRENs. The 7th Annual conference of the UbuntuNet Connect 2014 will take place on 13th to 14th November, 2014 in Lusaka, Zambia and will be hosted by Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN), the NREN of Zambia.