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| Publication Date: 08/31/2026 Greetings from UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking. Please receive our NUANCE Newsletter, detailing our activites and annoucements for the past month. Feel free to share the newsletter with your colleagues who may find it useful but are not on our mailing list. Zimbabwe Librarians Pledge to Increase the Visibility of their Research Output By Madara Ogot on Aug 30, 2026 02:25 pm  Zimbabwian librarians attending the Research Repository Stewardship Programme (RRSP) workshop from August 26-28, 2026, in Harare, Zimbabwe pledged to either develop or strengthen their open institutional repositories to increase the visibility and discoverability of their nation’s research output. The workshop, attended by 28 librarians from across Zimbabwe, was facilitated by Prof Madara Ogot, the CEO … Zimbabwe Librarians Pledge to Increase the Visibility of their Research Output Read More » UbuntuNet Alliance Builds Member NRENs’ Regional Capacity for eduroam and Identity Federation By Martha Chikuni on Aug 28, 2026 10:32 am  UbuntuNet Alliance successfully conducted a five-day eduroam and Identity Federation Training in Kampala, Uganda, from 17 to 21 August 2026. The workshop brought together 25 network and systems engineers from 13 member National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) across Eastern and Southern Africa, strengthening the technical and institutional capacity needed to support secure, federated digital … UbuntuNet Alliance Builds Member NRENs’ Regional Capacity for eduroam and Identity Federation Read More » UbuntuNet Alliance Equips NRENs to Deliver DSpace-as-a-Service By Harold Bowa on Aug 25, 2026 11:14 am  UbuntuNet Alliance, hosted by the Rwanda Education and Research Network (RwEdNet), held a regional DSpace-as-a-Service (DSaaS) Engineering Bootcamp in Kigali, Rwanda, from 3-7 August 2026. The five-day systems engineering training formed part of the project “Unlocking Potential: Elevating Open Institutional Repositories in Africa for Global Impact,” funded by Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) through its … UbuntuNet Alliance Equips NRENs to Deliver DSpace-as-a-Service Read More » Uganda Librarians Strengthen Repository Stewardship Skills to Boost Research Visibility By Harold Bowa on Aug 25, 2026 11:03 am  UbuntuNet Alliance, in collaboration with the Research and Education Network for Uganda (RENU), held a three-day Research Repository Stewardship Programme in Kampala, Uganda, from 12-14 August 2026. The training formed part of the project “Unlocking Potential: Elevating Open Institutional Repositories in Africa for Global Impact,” funded by Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI) through its Network … Uganda Librarians Strengthen Repository Stewardship Skills to Boost Research Visibility Read More » Strengthening Africa’s Research Ecosystem Through Open Infrastructure By Harold Bowa on Aug 24, 2026 05:12 pm  UbuntuNet Alliance invites researchers, librarians, repository managers, National Research and Education Network teams, research networks, open-source advocates and other open science stakeholders to the next session of the OPAR Open Science Webinar Series: “Strengthening Africa’s Research Ecosystem Through Open Infrastructure.” This special webinar will feature Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI), the funder of the project … Strengthening Africa’s Research Ecosystem Through Open Infrastructure Read More » BERNET Hosts the Second French-Language Open Institutional Repository Stewardship Workshop By Harold Bowa on Aug 24, 2026 05:12 pm  UbuntuNet Alliance has conducted the eighth Librarian Capacity-Building Workshop on Modern Repository Management and Metadata Curation under the project “Unlocking Potential: Elevating Open Institutional Repositories in Africa for Global Impact”, supported by Invest in Open Infrastructure (IOI). The workshop took place in Burundi from 17–19 August 2026 and forms part of the wider series of … BERNET Hosts the Second French-Language Open Institutional Repository Stewardship Workshop Read More » From Fragmented Repositories to Connected Research: Join the Next OPAR Open Science Webinar By Harold Bowa on Aug 12, 2026 06:02 am  Africa produces a wealth of valuable research, yet much of this knowledge remains dispersed across disconnected institutional repositories and systems with limited interoperability and global discoverability. How can African institutions build a more connected, trusted and visible research ecosystem? Join the next OPAR Open Science Webinar, “Building Africa’s Trusted Research Infrastructure: From Fragmented Repositories to … From Fragmented Repositories to Connected Research: Join the Next OPAR Open Science Webinar Read More » Kenya Librarians Commit to Strengthening their Open Institutional Repositories for Increased Impact By Madara Ogot on Aug 10, 2026 05:48 pm  UbuntuNet Alliance mounted its fifth Research Repository Stewardship Programme (RRSP) workshop from August 5-7, 2026, in Nairobi, Kenya. The workshop, attended by 51 librarians from across Kenya and facilitated by Prof Madara Ogot, the CEO of the Alliance, was unique in that all participating institutions had a working Open Institutional Repository. The focus of the … Kenya Librarians Commit to Strengthening their Open Institutional Repositories for Increased Impact Read More » |
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