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12th January RENU marks 20 years of existence.

10th January RENU achieves ISO 9001:2015 certification for Quality Management Systems (QMS). 13th February RENU partners with Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) to connect 85 more schools across Uganda to the RENU network. 21st February RENU achieves ISO 27001:2022 certification for Information Security. 2nd April RENU joins the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 9th May RENU holds

9th January RENU launches KobWeb, our community magazine. 18th March Ministry of Education and Sports (MoES) joins eduroam, the Free, Secure and Trusted Wi-Fi. 9th April RENU signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Uganda Vice Chancellors Forum, to collaborate as partners in improving the quality and reach of education within institutions of education

1st February RENU opens up a new office branch at Plot 6B, Mabua Rd, Kololo. 1st April Kiira Motors Corporation becomes the 500th site to get connected to the RENU network through the MoU between RENU and UNCST, which was signed in 2022. 9th May RENU launches eduroam SpoT, an App that notifies users about

17th January The HIV/AIDS research facility in Soroti, under The AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) Uganda becomes the 300th site to get connected to the RENU network. 3rd May RENU launches Metro eduroam service upcountry; extends Metro eduroam to 15 upcountry towns/cities across Uganda. 8th June RENU network finally reaches Kisoro and Metropolitan International University (MIU)

13th January RENU marks 15 years of existence. 26th February RENU deploys first LoRaWAN gateway. 5th March RENU integrates one of the Google Global Caches (GGC) in its data center to improve user experience with many of the web-based applications. 4th May RENU launches the Celestini: Uganda Program (in partnership with the Marconi Society, NSRC

27th March RENU removes caps on international traffic to enable unrestricted data communication to support the country’s efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. 23rd May Infectious Disease Institute (IDI) – Masindi becomes the 200th site to get connected to the RENU network. 10th July RENU launches a free open source cloud-based e-learning environment, with

16th January RENU network reaches Kasese and Baylor Uganda – Kasese campus is connected to the RENU network. 22nd February The Inter-University Council of East Africa (IUCEA) gets connected to the RENU network. 15th March RENU network finally reaches Kagadi and African Rural University (ARU), an all-women university, gets connected to the RENU network. 12th

10th January RENU network reaches Jinja and Kampala University – Jinja campus becomes the 85th site to get connected to the RENU network. 12th January RENU network reaches Lira and Lira University becomes the 86th site to get connected to the RENU network. 30th January The RENU Identity Federation (RIF) becomes the 55th federation in

7th February RENU network reaches Fort Portal and Mountains of the Moon University becomes the 64th campus to get connected to the RENU network. 22nd April RENU commissions aggregation PoP in Arua and gets its network to reach West Nile, resulting into Muni University getting connected. 5th May Nabisunsa Girls’ School, through their collaboration with