Francis Frederick Tusubira is the CEO of UbuntuNet Alliance, a regional association of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Africa - primarily in East and Southern Africa – that is part of the Africa Connect project, which aims to interconnect  the region with GÉANT. Through this interview we get to know his views of regional research and education networks and  of global collaboration.

 

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Thanks to the ALICE2 project, jointly funded by the European Commission through its @LIS2 programme, the capacity of the transatlantic link has increased from the 622-Mbps connection between Europe and Latin America that was in place at the beginning of the project, to 2.5 Gbps, strengthening collaborative research between the communities of both continents.

Ken Sylvester is the leader of the Caribbean Knowledge and Learning Network, CKLN, institution that has recently completed the installation of backbone of the research and education network of the Caribbean, C@ribnet. From his central role in that particular region, he shares with us his views on the role of research and education networks  and the importance of global collaboration.

 

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