SESSION 7: EXPANDING eduroam: CONNECTING NIGERIAN INSTITUTIONS GLOBALLY

In recent years eduroam as a global wi-fi service has been expanding with increasing adoption within the research and education community and beyond. The uptake of eduroam in Nigeria has been low despite the immense benefits it offers.

This Session will convene a panel of stakeholders from the REN community and wider commercial stakeholders for an interactive session with the audience to discuss the prerequisites and challenges toward deployment of eduroam on campus and the role of the cloud-based eduID.ng plays in facilitating eduroam operations and management. A showcase of eduroam CAT will also demonstrate the ease of user configuration after eduroam deployment.

OBJECTIVES: eduroam sensitisation and role eduID.ng plays in management and operation

OUTCOMES: Commitments to campus network audits by participants as part of steps toward eduroam deployment.