UbuntuNet Alliance Scholarships

We are a membership organisation of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) in Eastern and Southern Africa.  We collectively seek to facilitate access by the region’s knowledge communities to their and global research and educational resources, and enable and proactively supporting research collaboration for the digital transformation of the higher education and research sectors.

This direction is in direct support of Africa Agenda 2063, specifically Aspiration 1, “A prosperous Africa, based on inclusive growth and sustainable development” and Aspiration 6 “An Africa whose development is people driven, relying on the potential offered by African people, especially its women and youth, and caring for children”

Research and innovation, catalysed through enhanced regional collaboration,  has a strong potential to spur inclusive and sustainable socio-economic development.

UA and member NRENs actions in supporting their knowledge communities contribute to national and continental realisation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), primarily:  SDG 4 – Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all SDG 9 – Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure; SDG 5 – Gender equality, and SDG 8 – Decent work and economic growth.

Key Documents

• Annual Reports
• Strategic Plans
• Memoranda of Understanding

Vision

“A vibrant connected and sustainable community of NRENs, enabling and strengthening collaboration and innovation among and between their knowledge communities.”

Mission

“To develop and grow a thriving sustainable community of NRENs and partners within Eastern and Southern Africa, collaborating and innovating to provide the NRENs’ research and education communities with connectivity and holistic innovative research and education services.”

Core Values

• Collaboration – We derive our strength from working together internally as a community, and externally with other research and education networks, stakeholders and service providers.

• Accountability – We are responsible and transparently accountable for our actions and decisions.

   

• Pro-activeness – We embrace an action and result-oriented culture.

• Community – We strive to be aware of the needs of those within the communities we serve.
• Dynamism – We adapt and respond to changing internal and external environment.
• Equity and Fairness – We focus on inclusive equity and fairness in the way we treat and work with each other, our members and our stakeholders.