West and Central African
Research and Education Network

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eNGAGE no. VI published!

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Innovative e-learning pilot
project for universities

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Connecting Africa to
unlimited possibilities

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WACREN's high speed, large bandwidth network fosters knowledge discovery and use

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LIBSENSE is strengthening
open science in Africa

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WACREN beefs up its team with four new technical staff 

WACREN beefs up its team with four new technical staff 

WACREN has recruited four additional professionals to beef up its engineering team. Adding two DevOps Engineers and two NOC Engineers will help accelerate the delivery of technical infrastructure and advanced services to serve WACREN’s ever-increasing and dynamic community. With their...

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GARNET announces new Board, new staff

GARNET announces new Board, new staff

GARNET has announced a new team of Board Members and staff members to steer the strategic and administrative affairs of the Ghanaian NREN, respectively. The Board is a rich mix of experienced professionals and experts in the broad research and...

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Africa Digital Campus featured on UN website

Africa Digital Campus featured on UN website

The Africa Digital Campus (ADC) project has been highlighted on a United Nations website dedicated to the Transforming Education Summit (TES). According to the UN webpage, TES "provides a unique opportunity to elevate education to the top of the global...

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UA-Connect 2022 to focus on 'redesigning digitized' HEIs

UA-Connect 2022 to focus on 'redesigning digitized' HEIs

This year's edition of the UbuntuNet-Connect will focus on 'Redesigning the Digitized African College and University' - a pertinent post-COVID subject matter. Conference participants will share experiences, discuss and chart the way forward on how African higher education institutions (HEIs)...

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Services

Connectivity Service

The WACREN Global Transit Service (GTS) provides robust IP interconnectivity.

Video Conferencing

WACREN operates a cloud-hosted platform based on Zoom software which provides video conferencing.

Identity & Access Management

WACREN allows NRENs to provide secure access for their communities across network boundaries.

Network Performance

Connected WACREN members are provided with network monitoring and management services.

Security Services

The WACREN Network Operating Centre provides threat intelligence feeds for security policy enforcement.

Hosting

WACREN can provide hosting of domains on behalf of NREN beneficiaries.

Network Operating Centre

The network operation centre (NOC) is at the heart of NREN infrastructure, a vital piece providing services.

Capacity Building

Capacity building in WACREN is an iterative social program that engages the NREN and its community.

Members

Projects

WACREN is actively involved as Consortium Member in the implementation of projects funded in the framework of European Commission Horizon Programme.

AfricaConnect3

AfricaConnect3 (AC3) is the third phase of the AfricaConnect project. It builds on the success of its predecessor projects: AfricaConnect and AfricaConnect2, in supporting the creation, development and use of advanced, reliable Internet connectivity for the teaching, learning and research communities of Africa.

TANDEM

The TransAfrican Network Development (TANDEM) aimed at creating the favourable conditions for WACREN (West and Central African Research and Education Network), enabling the Regional REN to draw maximum benefit from the forthcoming AfricaConnect2 project and ensuring its integration into the global Research and Education networking community and its long-term sustainability.

Magic

Magic (Middleware for collaborative Applications and Global Virtual Communities) aims at establishing a set of agreements for participating world regions to consolidate/complete middleware for a marketplace of services and real-time applications to benefit global science communities.

Sci-GaIA

The Energizing Scientific Endeavour through Science Gateways and e-Infrastructures in Africa (Sci-GaIA) was aimed at producing clearly structured guides and educational documents that can be used to train and support representatives of NRENs. Communities of Practice (CoPs), and, importantly, to get universities to develop Science Gateways and e-Infrastructures in Africa.

AfricaConnect2

AfricaConnect2 (AC2), a project funded by the European Union, aimed to support the development, consolidation and use of high-capacity national and regional research and education networks (NRENs) across Africa and set up connections to the pan-European GÉANT network, thus providing the African research and education (R&E) communities with unrivalled opportunities for global collaborations.