WACREN

The West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) in collaboration with the Ghanaian Academic Research Network (GARNET) has organised a two-day workshop in Accra, as part of initial steps to operationalise the All Varsity News Network (AVNN) in the WACREN region.

The Board Chair of WACREN and 'Father of the Internet in Africa', Prof. Nii Narku Quaynor, has challenged the continent to fully embrace innovation in technology in order to play in the highly-competitive, fast-paced global environment. 

  The Board of WACREN has appointed two new Board members – Prof. Souleymane Oumtanaga (Côte d’Ivoire) and Dr. Joshua Atah (Nigeria) 

A delegation from the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) region, would join hundreds of others across the World, at this year’s TNC 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia.

TNC, organised by GÉANT, is the largest and most prestigious European research and education networking conference. 

The five-day event – June 16 to 20, 2019, is the 35^theditionand will be hosted by EENet of HITSA, the Estonian Education and Research Network. 

From the WACREN region, there would be five participants:  the WACREN CEO and NREN representatives from Benin, Ghana and Nigeria.