May 9, 2023 WACREN expands team WACREN is seeking to hire experienced and committed professionals to join our growing team. Check the following roles to see if you are a good fit and apply: Project Manager Senior Network Engineer Accountant Read More
May 8, 2023 eNGAGE Newsletter VII is out! The 7th issue of the eNGAGE newsletter has been published. Click to read. Read More
May 8, 2023 WACREN to participate in High Level Workshop on Digital Education WACREN will participate in a High Level Ministerial Workshop focusing on distant and digital education in the West African sub-region. The Workshop organised by the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and the Digital for Development (D4D) African Union-European Union... Read More
May 3, 2023 WASCAL joins WACREN as the third premium associate member The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land use (WASCAL) is the newest member of the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN). As a premium associate member, WASCAL will actively participate in WACREN... Read More
May 3, 2023 African Networks Ensuring Inclusive, Equitable Quality Education for All (SDG 4) Access to education is a fundamental human right at the heart of the SDGs. National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) are leaping barriers to education in the African world through e-learning. They provide higher education establishments and research centers with affordable... Read More
May 3, 2023 Calls for Proposals for UbuntuNet-Connect 2023: October 26-27 in Kampala The UbuntuNet Alliance is pleased to announce the call for abstracts and panel session proposals for UbuntuNet-Connect 2023, which will be held on 26th and 27th October 2023 in Kampala, Uganda. UbuntuNet-Connect is the annual conference of the UbuntuNet Alliance, the regional... Read More
March 1, 2023 ADC holds Community Day in Burkina Faso The partners of the Africa Digital Campus (ADC) project have organized a 'Community Day' on e-learning at the Virtual University of Burkina Faso (UV-BF) in Ouagadougou. The goal was to facilitate the adoption of distance learning in higher education. This... Read More
February 14, 2023 UJKZ receives equipment to facilitate online education The University Joseph KI-ZERBO (UJKZ), represented by its President, Prof. Jean François KOBIANÉ, has received computer equipment from the President of the Virtual University of Burkina Faso (UV-BF), Prof. Jean Marie DIPAMA, as part of efforts to build the technical... Read More
January 26, 2023 WACREN 2023 to focus on making NRENs resource-ready We are very close to that time of the year again, when all stakeholders of WACREN gather to have a conversation around topics that are pertinent to the advancement of the research and education community in Africa. The 2023 WACREN... Read More
January 16, 2023 ADC Project: WACREN conducts 4-day technical training in Burkina Faso WACREN will conduct a 4-day training for campus network engineers at the Virtual University of Burkina Faso, from Monday, January 16 to Friday, January 19, 2023. This is part of capacity building efforts, under the Africa Digital Campus project, to... Read More
November 23, 2022 Accra to host WACREN 2023 Ghana's capital Accra is getting ready to host the 8th edition of the WACREN Conference of stakeholders. Next year's Conference is expected to build on the momentum of engagements with new communities within the WACREN region. The Conference will be... Read More
November 14, 2022 National Computing Centre of Côte d'Ivoire joins WACREN WACREN is pleased to announce that National Computing Centre of Côte d'Ivoire (CNCCI) has joined WACREN. This brings to 18 the number of WACREN Member NRENs. The Ivorian state organisation was formally accepted into the WACREN family after satisfying all... Read More