TENET (South Africa)

The boost for e-learning initiated by the COVID pandemic has given birth to a new trend for education. While students have returned to lecture halls, educators keep the digital momentum going in new blended formats.

How an NREN is intensifying its efforts to mitigate the consequences of scheduled, rolling electricity outages for its connected institutions.

eduroam - the free Wi-Fi roaming service for the international research and education community - is available at more than 30 airports around the globe, with deployments at airports in Bangladesh and South Africa among the latest.

Eduroam is being deployed in hospitals and clinics in South Africa, providing health sciences students and staff with easy access to the internet at off-campus and on-campus training locations

South African Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges have received a broadband boost, which will improve the teaching and learning experience for many students across the nation.

Particle physics research datasets that need to be transported to CERN are often large and can require large amounts of bandwidth for short bursts.

Construction of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) radio telescope has been initiated in South Africa and Australia. A major part of the challenge is to provide the necessary high-speed bandwidth.

For the national research and education network of South Africa, WhatsApp groups are the go-to tool for communicating with institutions during the pandemic.

How the national research and education network has been instrumental in securing affordable online education for South African students and university staff.

The TVET project provides invaluable support to learners, delivering the Internet access and knowledge resources they need to study and graduate.

eduroam is turned on in Cape Town’s public libraries, providing wireless roaming services and free Internet access to the research and education community globally.

Instead of managing a vast amount of user names and passwords we want one digital identity, a “passport” reusing login information and giving us secure and easy access to all the services and resources we require to study, do research, and collaborate with colleagues across borders.