Ethiopia joins the continental federation: 18 institutions now connected via CERENET
CERENET's national federation officially peers with eduID.africa, adding Ethiopia's 18 registered research institutions to the continental network and expanding eduGAIN access across the Horn of Africa.
Addis Ababa research and education network interconnected with eduID.africa continental federation.
Key Highlights
- →CERENET becomes the latest National Research and Education Network to peer directly with eduID.africa.
- →18 Ethiopian higher learning and scientific institutions gain bilateral access to continental resources.
- →Accelerates research collaboration between Eastern Africa and peer institutions across UbuntuNet, WACREN, and ASREN.
Following comprehensive metadata exchange and security conformance testing with the UbuntuNet Alliance and WACREN operational teams, CERENET's central federation hub has completed bilateral peering with eduID.africa.
This milestone brings over 180,000 students, researchers, and scientific staff into the continental trust boundary. Ethiopian academic staff can now access digital libraries, computational clusters, and shared scientific datasets across Africa and internationally without separate authentication hurdles.
The peering also sets the stage for rapid nationwide rollout of eduroam Wi-Fi at all 18 member campuses, backed by the regional RadSec proxy infrastructure.
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