May 2023

The Virtual University of Côte d'Ivoire (UVCI) is the latest and 16th member of WACREN.   Being one of the famous virtual universities in the region, UVCI is now better positioned to offer the best digital academic services anchored on a...

The NREN CEOs and their C-level colleagues across the WACREN region will converge at a webinar to learn about federated Identity and the interfederation benefits through eduGAIN. Complementary to efforts to establish a framework for Trust and Identity through eduID.africa, the...

For the second time running, ASREN’s eAGE will be held fully online. This time, the date is 13 to 15 December 2021. ‘e-Infrastructure for Science and Beyond’ is the theme for the Conference, and it will be hosted by the...

UbuntuNet-Connect 2021 will take stock of the milestones and success stories the Research and Education community has so far achieved in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic.  The Conference will be held as a hybrid event (online and in-person in...

The Arab States Research and Education Network (ASREN) will hold its flagship event - e-AGE21 from 13th to 15th December 2021. e-AGE is the grande forum for stakeholders of research and education in the Arab States to share practices and...

  Digital Transformation for Research and Education will be the focus for TERNET’s first international conference. The event is scheduled on 16th and 17th September, 2021.  The Conference is expected to draw local and international participants including practitioners, researchers, and...

Started as an initiative to foster Library-NREN collaboration to provide digital services for African libraries, outcomes from LIBSENSE surveys and workshops in the three African NREN regions identified the provision of open resources and librarian ability to support these as...

The Nigerian REN community with technology partners have worked together to create an open science cloud. This allows the Nigerian R&E community in Nigeria and other stakeholders access to the cloud to complement their research and education practice. The simple...

After six years of contributing to AfricaConnect and Africa’s digital transformation, our International Cooperation Officer at DG INTPA, Stéphanie Truillé-Baurens, is pursuing the next chapter of her career. Stéphanie’s enthusiasm and drive for developing National Research, and Education Networks (NRENs)...

The EC official managing the AfricaConnect3 project - Stéphanie Truillé-Baurens has said goodbye to the project after six years of dedicated service.  In a virtual farewell event, the African Regional Research and Education Networks (RRENs) CEOs took turns to express...

  RENs across Africa have converged for a webinar on the process of collecting data for Country Fiche - a key deliverable in the AC3 project. The webinar focused on the importance, value and potential of collaborating with respective national...