KENET Chief Operations Officer Jobs in Kenya

KENET Chief Operations Officer Jobs in Kenya

The Kenya Education Network (KENET) (http://www.kenet.or.ke) is the National Research and Education Network (NREN) of Kenya.

It builds and operates the national broadband private IP-based network that interconnects universities, research institutions and other educational member institutions in Kenya.

KENET also builds and operates the community cloud infrastructure to support specialized enterprise, research ICT and educational technology services.

KENET’s mission is to catalyse the transformation of education and research in Kenya using ICT.

KENET provides broadband Internet connectivity services, community cloud services such as web hosting, Infrastructure as a Service and Video/Web Conferencing as a Service and specialized research services (e.g., certification authority, identity provider and access to science gateways) to member institutions that includes all the major universities and research institutions in Kenya.

It provides the Cyber security Emergency and Response Team (CERT) services for connected academic institutions.

KENET promotes and supports research and education collaboration through Special Interest Groups (SIGs) in different academic areas with a focus on STEM areas of agriculture, computational modeling and materials science, computer science and information systems, educational technology, engineering, and medicine.

It conducts e-readiness surveys of selected member institutions and departments in partnership with faculty and researchers drawn from member institutions.

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