Piloting Solutions for Reversing Brain Drain into Brain Gain for Africa: Use of grid and cloud computing applications as technical interventions to manage brain drain dynamics

Dr. Raphael Muzondiwa Jingura

Chinhoyi University of Technology, Zimbabwe

Chinhoyi University of Technology
P. Bag 7724
Chinhoyi
Zimbabwe
Phone: 263 67 29472
e-mail: rjingura@gmail.com

The objectives of the project are to:

• Advocate and popularize grid and cloud computing as research tools in the University
• Develop a t-infrastructure in grid and cloud computing for University faculty
• Set up an institutional platform for grid and cloud computing
• Establish a Diaspora digital connection model for the University

Chinhoyi University of Technology is participating in the UNESCO/HP project on reversing brain drain into brain gain. The project is premised on the use of e-based education-oriented technologies running on the global cyber-infrastructure. The main technologies to be used are grid and cloud computing. Activities include:

• Awareness sessions of grid and cloud computing as research-enhancing technologies
• Grid and cloud computing training
• Setting up the Institutional grid

• University academics and researchers
• Students
• Diaspora faculty
  

Distributed computing as a tool to link up researchers. Use of grid and cloud computing technologies

Developing a digital model to link up researchers as a way of supporting and developing research capacity in Africa in order to countervail the effects of brain drain.

• Setup of a website
• Capacity building for grid and cloud computing
• Awareness by faculty of access to counterparts in the Diaspora
• Ability to connect virtually with fellow researchers
  

• Leads to internationalization of research
• Assists in building international research networks
  

Computers and software