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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...

Website - Web Developers / Companies are invited to submit proposals for the development of a brand-new Wordpress website for WACREN.  Introduction WACREN is the Regional Research and Education Network for the West and Central African region. Its vision is to have...

COVID-19 has placed a heavy burden on developing countries unravelling enormous social and economic consequences. Therefore, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) together with the European Commission and  “Team Europe” partners including other EU member states, tech...

Accra, 6 April 2020 - Amidst the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, many academic and research communities have resolved to work remotely for health and safety reasons. This situation has proved the importance of building strong communications infrastructures for higher education and research...

 In view of the growing global concerns about the spread of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) and our deep concern for the health and safety of our Conference stakeholders, WACREN has postponed WACREN 2020.This decision has been taken in the best...

It’s open now; you can register for the WACREN 2020 Conference and the Annual General Meeting slated for March 19 and 20 in Benin chief city – Cotonou. There are many exciting things about this year’s event; one of which is, WACREN would...