TENET (South Africa)
Visit WebsiteSouth Africa: lean design for digital libraries
A minimalistic approach to repository architecture provides a solution for universities that reduces costly dependencies, particularly network and storage.
Blended learning on the rise in 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.
South Africa: coping during power outages
How an NREN is intensifying its efforts to mitigate the consequences of scheduled, rolling electricity outages for its connected institutions.
Extending the reach of eduroam to more airports: Bangladesh and South Africa
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.
High-speed internet during medical training
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
Improving connectivity for vocational education in South Africa
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.
Connecting South Africa to the CERN physicists
Particle physics research datasets that need to be transported to CERN are often large and can require large amounts of bandwidth for short bursts.
South African bandwidth for world’s largest science project
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.
A silver lining to COVID-19 in South Africa
For the national research and education network of South Africa, WhatsApp groups are the go-to tool for communicating with institutions during the pandemic.
Data relief for South African students
How the national research and education network has been instrumental in securing affordable online education for South African students and university staff.
South Africa’s vocational education goes Industry 4.0
The TVET project provides invaluable support to learners, delivering the Internet access and knowledge resources they need to study and graduate.
Connecting Cape Town’s periphery with eduroam in public libraries
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.