Serving our community and furthering global best practice in education and research in Africa

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Serving our community and furthering global best practice in education and research in Africa

NetworkServiceImpact

Growing education in Africa through exceptional Internet and Information Technology services

Find out more about our services

Growing education in Africa through exceptional Internet and Information Technology services

NetworkServiceImpact

Evolving our network and building trust in line with international best practice

Find out more about our impact

Evolving our network and building trust in line with international best practice

TENET | Tertiary Education & Research Network of South Africa

For two decades, TENET has provided outstanding research and education networking services to enable collaborative inter-networking by universities, science councils and associated research institutions.

Our in-depth understanding of the higher education space enables us to continue to grow our service offerings in line with international best practice and the changing needs of higher education in Africa.

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Load-shedding and the SANReN network

07 Dec, 2022

The South African national research and education network is interconnected and interdependent, but load-shedding has greatly upset this balance.

Vacancy: Chief Executive Officer

27 Nov, 2022

Project to connect TVET colleges near complete

24 Oct, 2022

Going global: the importance of the international NREN community

31 Aug, 2022

TENET is a proud member of ISPA and upholds the ISPA Code of Conduct.

The SANReN Competency Area is TENET's principal partner in the South African NREN landscape.

Universities South Africa, formally known as Higher Education South Africa (HESA), is a membership organisation representing South Africa’s universities.

HEITSA is a key partner and collaborator in service strategy and design. HEITSA facilitates IT collaboration between higher education institutions in South Africa.

TENET is an Associate (NPO) member of the Wireless Access Providers’ Association of South Africa.

TENET is a founder member of the UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking. The Alliance serves the regional REN needs of Eastern and Southern Africa.