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 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...

Accra, Ghana, 15 March 2019 - The National Institute of Informatics, Research Organization of Information and Systems (NII/Director General: Dr. Masaru Kitsuregawa/Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan), and The West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN/CEO: Dr. Boubakar Barry/Accra, Ghana) have signed a...

You can now register for the WACREN 2019 Conference and Annual General Meeting to be held in Accra, Ghana on 14-15 March 2019.The Programme Committee has put together an exciting programme for the participants; please do also consult the General Schedule of the WACREN 2019 Week.Conference...

The  NREN of the Republic of Benin becomes the latest WACREN member to join AfricaConnect2Some pictures from the signing ceremony below:[flickr-photoset:id=72157689386868643, size=m, num=6, tags=AC2, heading=none]

Prof. Octave Nicoué Broohm, a good friend of NRENs moves on from the role of Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Togo.Some pictures from TogoRER joining AfricaConnect2 and a recent press conference:[flickr-photoset:id=72157704944945441, size=n, num=4, heading=none]

By Kathleen Shearer, Omo Oaiya and Iryna KuchmaOn November 19 & 20, 2018, a repository workshop was held in Zanzibar City, Tanzania. The workshop was jointly organized by West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN), EIFL and the...

WACREN is organizing its 5th Annual Conference on 14-15 March 2019 in Accra, hosted by the Ghanaian Academic and Research Network (GARNET).The theme of the conference is: "Beyond Networks: Applications and Services".This is a call for papers for the conference....