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Alain Patrick Aina, the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of WACREN has won the coveted Jonathan B. Postel Service Award for the year 2019. He joins several other internet experts and pioneers, who have been, befittingly, honoured with this award in the past. The...

  WACREN is organizing its 6th Annual Conference on 19 - 20 March 2020 in Benin's largest city and seat of government - Cotonou, hosted by Benin Research and Education Network (RBER).The venue is the 4-Star Hotel Golden Tulip le Diplomate Cotonou. The theme of the conference is: 'Digital Transformation...

Next year's edition of WACREN Conference is slated for March 19 and 20 in Benin's capital - Cotonou. One exciting news is that #WACREN2020 would mark the 10th anniversary of the regional REN.Next year's event is expected to be packed with very...

End of September 2019, the Goree Institute in Senegal was the destination for the two-day workshop to assess the level of development of NRENs in the WACREN region and position them to attract support from donor organisations across the world.The...

 WACREN presented an African outfit to Mr. Peter Kaba, as a token of appreciation to him for being very instrumental in securing a head office space for WACREN at the Vice Chancellors Ghana (VCG) Office Complex in Accra.During the presentation,...

 The West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) in collaboration with the Ghanaian Academic Research Network (GARNET) has organised a two-day workshop in Accra, as part of initial steps to operationalise the All Varsity News Network (AVNN) in...

 The Board Chair of WACREN and 'Father of the Internet in Africa', Prof. Nii Narku Quaynor, has challenged the continent to fully embrace innovation in technology in order to play in the highly-competitive, fast-paced global environment. He spoke at the 2019 edition...

  The Board of WACREN has appointed two new Board members – Prof. Souleymane Oumtanaga (Côte d’Ivoire) and Dr. Joshua Atah (Nigeria) This follows a resolution at the WACREN 2019 AGM in Accra concerning reforms in the governance structure and composition of...

A delegation from the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) region, would join hundreds of others across the World, at this year’s TNC 2019 in Tallinn, Estonia.TNC, organised by GÉANT, is the largest and most prestigious European research and...

June 3, 2019 - COAR and WACREN are pleased to announce a new collaboration agreement to advance open access and open science in Africa.  Greater access to the results of research will contribute to improving the visibility and value of...

WACREN wishes to thank members of the community, speakers, partners and sponsors who have all contributed to the success of the WACREN 2019 Conference held in Accra, Ghana, on 15-16 March 2019, preceded by the 2nd LIBSENSE workshop on 11-12...

The second LIBSENSE workshop took place on March 11 & 12, 2019 in Accra, Ghana.  The workshop was organized by WACREN (West and Central African Research and Education Network), in conjunction with EIFL and COAR, with support from OpenAIRE and...