Overview of beneficiaries

Pilot Phase.

The project pilot implemented by UNESCO, with funding from HP provided the relevant equipment and support to beneficiaries from 5 African countries. More information on this phase of the project can be found at : UNESCO's website

1. Algeria
2. Ghana
3. Nigeria
4. Senegal
5. Zimbabwe

Expanded Phase

The expanded phase includes a further 15 beneficiaries from various institutes in Africa and the middle east. The list of beneficiaries is below, but more information can be found at the UNESCO website.

1. Burkina Faso
   • Institute : Ouagadougou University - Laboratoire d’analyse numérique, d’informatique et de biomathématique
   • Project : Mathematical modelling & computer simulation of pollutants transfer mechanism in the drainage basin of river Sourou
2. Burkina Faso
   • Institute : Ouagadougou University - Laboratoire de traitement de l’information et de la communication
   • Project : Implementation of a high performance computing grid at Ouagadougou University
3. Cameron
   • Institute : Douala University
   • Project : Strengthening local capacities for the study of climate change and consequences through distributed computing
4. Cameroon
   • Institute : Yaoundé I University
   • Project : Information system for risk management through remote detection (SIMART)
5. Cote d'Ivoire
   • Institute : Cocody University
   • Project : Climate modelling and distributed computing (MOCCAD)
6. Ethiopia
   • Institute : Mekelle University
   • Project : Distributed grid computing for climate change adaptation and biological modelling/simulation
7. Kenya
   • Institute : Masinde Muliro University
   • Project : Computer supported collaborative e-waste management research towards developing a national e-waste management strategy
8. Kenya
   • Institute : University of Nairobi
   • Project : Diasporas and distributed computing for development, towards creating a regional centre of excellence for distributed systems and modelling.
9. Kuwait
   • Institute : Kuwait University
   • Project : Nanotechnology-based interconnection networks.
10. Lebanon Institute : Saint-Joseph University
    • Project : E-flora of Lebanon
11. Marocco
    • Institute : Centre National pour la Recherche Scientifique et Technique (CNRST)
    • Project : Development & strengthening of the Moroccan computing grid “MaGrid”
12. Senegal
    • Institute : Gaston Berger University
    • Project : Setting up a distributed socio-economic infrastructure for a knowledge-based development approach
13. Tunisia
    • Institute : Université de la Manouba, Ecole Nationale des Sciences de l’Informatique (ENSI)
    • Project : e-infrastructure for academic cooperation and resources sharing in Africa and the Arab States region (ECUMA)
14. Uganda
    • Institute : Makerere University
    • Project : Towards Fostering localized innovative ICT solutions
15. Uganda
    • Institute : Mbarara University
    • Project : Training and implementation of e-learning
16. Uganda

Research projects

The collaborators at the institutes above are involved in applied research projects making use of HPC and grid technologies to advance the field and address locally relevant issues. These projects are managed and funded independently of the Brain Gain project, however if you would like to know more, please contact the relevant person.

-- BruceBecker - 26 May 2009