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WACREN is beefing up its team to deliver quality network operation and services to its growing community of users. We are in search of a qualified professional suitable for the position of Senior Network Engineer (Consultant) for three (3) month...

WACREN is searching for an experienced, capable and committed Chief Technology Officer for a 3-year contract (renewable).His or her task would be to provide company-wide direction in the areas of technology, policy and services, and ensure that WACREN has an...

 The 7th edition of our Annual General Meeting (AGM) would be held on Friday, 13 November 2020 via Zoom from 09:00 to 11:00 UTC. As has been the tradition, the AGM would be a time to take stock of activities...

As part of the development of its infrastructure and roll out of new applications and services to the community it serves, WACREN is upgrading its NOC infrastructure. This means WACREN requires a range of equipment suitable for upgrading its NOC...

WACREN is offering members of its constituency licensed use on its Zoom service until the end of 2020 to support their need for online collaboration toolsZoom helps universities and schools improve student outcomes with secure video communication services for hybrid...

1. BackgroundWACREN is the West and Central African Research and Education Network which supports interconnections and fosters collaboration between R&E institutions in the region and international peers by building and operating a world class network infrastructure, developing state of the...

WACREN is searching for a capable DevOps engineer on a short-term basis to further develop the eduID.africa platform and move it from its current pilot state to a production-grade system. Please see the Terms of Reference attached.

WACREN is seeking collaborators from the NREN community for the implementation of its Women-in-WACREN program.The initiative has developed a community of women in African NRENs promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) curricula and showcasing the opportunities with diversity and...

 LIBSENSE will organise its third Community Call on Co-Designing Open Access Publishing Infrastructures, on Wednesday, August 26, 2020. This third Call is an activity under the AfricaConnect3 project. The focus will be on discussing requirements and areas for collaboration on shared free...

RFQ for the provision of hyper converged cluster Hardware, Virtualisation Software and licencing package, support plan and training.   

This online workshop taking place on August 19, 2020 at 11:00 - 13:30 UTC is part of the objective in AfricaConnect3 to establish a framework to guide the development of Open Access Repositories (OARs) and Open Access Journals (OAJs).Stakeholders will discuss evolving skills...

Due to the numerous calls pointing to error notifications received while applying online for the two advertised positions: NOC Engineer and Project & Procurement Officer, WACREN has changed the procedure.Now, applicants are requested to re-apply to ceo@wacren.net, with the following...