UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking

**UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking** (wanda aka fi sani da UbuntuNet Alliance) ita ce Cibiyar Bincike da Ilimi ta Gabas da Kudancin Afirka. An kafa shi a ƙarshen rabin shekara ta 2005 ta hanyar NRENs da aka kafa da kuma fitowa a Kenya, Malawi, Rwanda, Mozambique da Afirka ta Kudu tare da hangen nesa na tabbatar da haɗin kai mai sauri, galibi tushen fiber na gani, don masu bincike da ilimi - a farashi mai araha - wanda ke haɗa NRENs na Afirka da juna, ga sauran NRENs a duk duniya da Intanet gaba ɗaya. An kafa shi a cikin 2006 a Amsterdam, Netherlands, a cikin Mai Rijistar Kasuwanci na Chambers of Commerce and Industry a matsayin ƙungiyar da ba ta riba ba ta Cibiyoyin Bincike da Ilimi na Kasa (NRENs). Kafin farkon AfricaConnect2, a watan Mayu 2013, UbuntuNet Alliance ta yi rajista a Malawi.

A yau, al'ummar UbuntuNet Alliance sun hada da NRENs 13 a Gabas da Kudancin Afirka daga Sudan, Habasha, har zuwa Afirka ta Kudu, suna rufe babbar ƙasa ta nahiyar.

Alliance tana da kyakkyawar dangantaka da Ƙungiyar Jami'o'in Afirka, wanda ke nada Shugaban. Shugaban da ke kan mulki shine Farfesa Stephen Simukanga, tsohon Mataimakin Shugaban Jami'ar Zambia, wanda aka nada shi a watan Afrilun 2019. 

## Ra'ayi, Aiki, da Abubuwan da suka fi muhimmanci
Ra'ayin al'umma na UbuntuNet Alliance shine na cibiyoyin bincike da ilimi na Afirka, suna sadarwa yadda ya kamata a cikin al'ummar ilimi ta duniya. Manufar UbuntuNet Alliance ita ce tabbatar da cewa NRENs na Afirka suna da inganci da arha mai arha ga membobinsu na bincike da cibiyoyin ilimi wanda ke ba su damar shiga cikin al'ummar sadarwar ilimi da bincike na duniya. UbuntuNet Alliance na da niyyar cimma wannan ta hanyar fifiko na dabarun da suka hada da ci gaba da haɓaka iyawa na NRENs a duk ƙasashe a Gabas da Kudancin Afirka; tabbatar da cewa NRENs suna samun damar samun damar haɗi mai sauri ta hanyar yin lobbying don inganta manufofin ƙasa da yanayin tsari; motsawa da tallafawa hanyoyin sadarwar abun ciki; da kuma sanya UbuntuNet Alliance ta ci gaba da kudi.

UbuntuNet Alliance ya yi niyyar gina cibiyar sadarwa ta UbuntuNet wacce za ta haɗa NRENs a Afirka kuma ta haɗa su da ƙungiyar bincike da ilimi ta duniya ta hanyar GÉANT, cibiyar sadarwar yankin Turai.

## Clusters na UbuntuNet
UbuntuNet Alliance ta karɓi hanyar da ta dace wacce ke neman gina cibiyar sadarwar fiber bisa ga yiwuwar haɗin ƙasa mai zurfi wanda ya wanzu ko yana fitowa a yankin. An bayyana rukunin ci gaban kashin baya guda biyu a matsayin UbuntuNet East da UbuntuNet South. Wadannan tarin sun dogara ne kawai akan sauƙin ƙasa, la'akari da sauƙin haɗin kai.

UbuntuNet East zai haɗa NRENs a Burundi, Djibouti, DRC, Eritrea, Habasha, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, da Uganda, kuma zai haɗa da al'ummar REN ta duniya ta hanyar saukowar fiber na karkashin ruwa a wurare a gabashin gabar Afirka. UbuntuNet ta Kudu za ta haɗa NRENs a Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Afirka ta Kudu, Swaziland, da Tanzania, kuma za ta haɗa da al'ummar REN ta duniya ta hanyar saukowar fiber na karkashin ruwa a wurare a kudu maso gabashin, kudu, da kudu maso yammacin Afirka. Daga ƙarshe, waɗannan ƙananan ƙasusuwa za su haɗu a cikin hanyar bincike da ilimi ta yanki.

## Kasancewa memba
Kasancewa memba a UbuntuNet Alliance yana buɗewa ga duk masu aminci na Afirka NREN da ke aiki da cibiyoyin bincike da ilimi. Jerin mambobi yana kan UbuntuNet Alliance, shafin yanar gizon.

## Irin waɗannan ƙungiyoyi
Irin waɗannan ƙungiyoyi a wasu wurare a duniya sun haɗa da GANT, APAN, WACREN (Yamma da Tsakiyar Afirka Bincike da Ilimi), ASREN (Jami'ar Bincike Da Ilimi ta Larabawa), da CLARA (Cooperación Latino Americana de Redes Avanzadas).

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