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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...

 WACREN and l'Agence pour le Développement du Numérique (ADN Benin) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to define each party’s obligations and the collaboration needed for the effective and efficient organisation of #WACREN2020 in Benin’s capital Cotonou.  The signing demonstrated...

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...