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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....

WACREN is pleased to announce developments in its Secretariat staffing: Mr. Omo Oaiya is now Chief Strategy Officer in charge of Business Development and Mr. Alain Aina is now Chief Technology Officer. Mrs. Tigui Bah has joined the team as Executive...

WACREN and Vice Chancellors Ghana (VCG) have signed agreement for hosting the WACREN Secretariat at the VCG Office Complex in Accra.Office space as well as space to host the WACREN Network Operation Center (NOC) have been allocated to WACREN.Commenting on...

WACREN organizes its 7th regional capacity building workshop in Lagos, Nigeria from 26 - 30 November 2018.The workshop will be organized in collaboration with the Open CSIRT Foundation,  Eko-Konnect Research and Education Initiative, a cluster of the Nigerian NREN, the University...

WACREN wishes to thank all of those who have contributed to a successful WACREN 2018 in Lomé on 15-16 March 2018, which featured the formal launch of the WACREN network.The conference was preceded by a 3-day training workshop on BGP...

Programme and RegistrationYou can now register for the WACREN 2018 Conference and Annual General Meeting to be held in Lomé, Togo, on 15-16 March 2018. The WACREN network will be officially launched at this occasion.The Programme Committee has put together an...

WACREN is recruiting staff to fill the following positions:Finance and Administration Officer – Read more Communications and Marketing Officer – Read more Network and Systems Engineer –  Read morePlease share widely.