In today’s complex world, successful project implementation and external engagements are key for #NRENs to achieve their objectives.

Our Advocacy and Engagement Manager, Nicky Wako, examines why developing concrete internal #policies is important.

👉 Read the full article: https://connect.geant.org/2023/07/03/developing-and-implementing-internal-policies-in-support-of-project-implementation-and-external-engagement-objectives

🔎 Featured on #CONNECT43, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine https://connect.geant.org/connect43

#partnership #africaconnect3 #engagement #policy #trust #projects

💪 SDG 17 is about achieving the other United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (#SDGs) collaboratively & sustainably!

Research & Education Networks
🙌 foster international partnerships
🌍 connect across borders
🚀 enable access to Research & Education resources for global impact

Read about the efforts of African RENs in the latest #AfricaConnect3 blog https://africaconnect3.net/partnering-to-maximise-sdg-actions-sdg-17-the-efforts-of-african-rens/

#sustainabledevelopment #sustainabledevelopmentgoals #partnerships #community

#love2eduroam ♥️ GÉANT's Leila Dekkar, Project Manager of the #AfricaConnect3 project talks about #eduroam in #Africa at the 18th IST-Africa Conference in Pretoria 🇿🇦

With students and researchers becoming more and more mobile, African #NRENs are harnessing the power of the secure wireless Internet connection of eduroam!

#Research & #Education #Networks are making the world a better place to live!

But how?

By helping tackle urgent social issues and thereby accomplishing significant progress in the achievement of United Nations #SDGs!

Evidence of the contribution of African RENs to the SGD is laid out in the latest paper produced by the #AfricaConnect3 project communications team, in collaboration with the wider African R&E community.

Read it here: https://africaconnect3.net/spotlight-on-rens-and-un-sdgs-making-the-world-a-better-place-to-live/

📚Access to #education is a fundamental human right and one of the #SDGs.

✨#NRENs in #Africa prove inspirational to the world in achieving SDG 4 and are making concrete progress towards a better planet for leaners.

Read #AfricaConnect3 blog to find out how ▶️ https://africaconnect3.net/african-networks-ensuring-inclusive-equitable-quality-education-for-all-sdg-4/

🚀 Space #technology and remote sensing applications in the Arab region contribute to the UN #SDGs by helping monitor #marine resources, air #pollution, movement of sand dunes, oil spills and rising sea levels.

🙌 The EgSA-Egyptian Space Agency calls for more regional collaboration: https://connect.geant.org/2023/03/29/space-technology-in-the-arab-world-the-need-for-cross-country-collaboration-to-achieve-sdgs

👉 This news is also featured on #CONNECT42, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine! Read/download here:
https://connect.geant.org/connect42

#AfricaConnect3

Standing up to people who are resistant to change can be intimidating, especially as a #WomanInSTEM.

Meet Aïda Snene, Secretary General of the Computing Center El-Khawarizmi (CCK) in #Tunisia, who did just this 👏
https://youtu.be/AhUIaljNVHw

#WomenInSTEM #ASREN #AfricaConnect3 #EmbraceEquity

With all her achievements, Dr. Iman Abdelrahman is a pillar of our global Research & Education Networking #community!

Founder of #SudREN 🇸🇩 and coordinator of EIFL #Sudan she advocates for a shared vision and collaboration between #NRENs and #libraries 🤝

Interview on https://connect.geant.org/2023/03/09/connect-interview-dr-iman-abdelrahman-founder-of-sudren

This news is also featured on #CONNECT42, the latest issue of the GÉANT CONNECT Magazine! Read and download here: https://connect.geant.org/CONNECT42

#LIBSENSE #AfricaConnect3 #UbuntuNetAlliance #WomenInSTEM

💫 Our identity is our uniqueness.

Explaining eduID.africa: the T&I collaboration framework established as part of the #AfricaConnect3 project by
the UbuntuNet Alliance, WACREN and ASREN, also part of #eduGAIN.

What's the value for African #research & #education institutions? Check our blog https://africaconnect3.net/eduid-africa-advances-federated-identity-management-in-the-education-ecosystem-in-africa

👏 Now available for download from the #AfricaConnect3 website!

A comprehensive document gathering hundreds of examples to evidence the African #NRENs’ critical participation to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Download ➡️ https://africaconnect3.net/bringing-african-nrens-contributions-to-un-sdgs-to-the-surface/

Search for your NREN & be inspired by what other countries are doing!💫

Deepest thanks to those who have taken part in this initiative!

#UNSDGs #SDGs #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #Africa