Stein Mkandawire

Zambia Research and Education Network

ZAMREN is a National Research and Education Network (NREN) that started its operation in 2012 and has grown to become one of the leading Internet Service Provider and ICT solutions for Higher Education and Public Research Institutions in Zambia. A national Research and Education Network (NREN) is a specialized ICT provider that exists in a country to provide internet and advanced ICT services to the country's research and educational institutions on a non-profit basis. Bona-fide NRENs enjoy recognition within their own countries and within the body of NRENs worldwide. This recognition enables them to enter into special inter-connection agreements with other NRENs worldwide, usually through the mediation of Regional Research and Education Network. Our passion for equitable access to education and research resources, and approach for technical ICT capacity building in our member institutions, makes us radically different from other Internet Service Providers. Our growth has been founded on strong relationships with local education and research institutes, access to regional and international research and education networks and professional expertise in ICT.