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 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...

In the framework of the AfricaConnect3 (AC3) project funded by the European Union and to leverage the power of communication to meet NRENs operational and organisational needs, WACREN has committed to provide support for NRENs in its region.The task is...

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

 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...

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 will hold a Service Outreach Workshop in collaboration with GÉANT (pan-European RREN) and RENATER (French NREN) to create awareness and foster interest in relevant REN services available in the West and Central African region.The Workshop, slated for Tuesday, June...

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

WACREN regrettably announces that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its WACREN 2020 Conference has been cancelled. The event will be postponed in the first week of February 2021 in Cotonou, Benin.Some of the side events planned for the 2020 Conference...

The West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN), EIFL and COAR will organise a LIBSENSE workshop on June 3, 2020 on “Co-designing policies, repository infrastructures and services and strengthening open science communities in Africa.”  The workshop is part of the 15th International...