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Save the date: WACREN 2018 to be held in Lomé, Togo, on 15-16 March 2018, with the official launch of the WACREN network. More soon.

WACREN participated in Brussels in the final reviews of the MAGIC, Sci-GaIA and TANDEM projects by independent reviewers.[flickr-photo:id=34963719623, size=c]WACREN was member of the consortia of these three H2020 projects funded by the European Commission and participated in their implementation in...

From the feedback we got from the 160+ participants, the WACREN 2017 Conference and parallel events have been a great success.Thank you to all of you who contributed to this success, including those who couldn’t make it to Abidjan, especially...

[flickr-photo:id=32857500503, style="float:left;"] Jennifer Blanke is Vice President for Agriculture, Human and Social Development at the African Development Bank (AfDB). The American-Swiss citizen, who joined the Bank earlier this year, is a renowned and globally respected development economist.With more than twenty years...

WACREN is organizing its 3rd Annual Conference and 4th Annual General Meeting on 30-31 March 2017, hosted by the Ivoirian Research and Education Network (RITER).  WACREN 2017 will be held at the brand new Azalaï Hotel, Abidjan, in a vibrant part of...

WACREN and partners GEANT are about to embark upon a Competitive Dialogue process in respect of the AfricaConnect2 Cluster 2 Equipment Framework Contract.  Potential bidders are invited to register on the procurement portal and express interest.

Submission of abstracts for WACREN 2017 is at https://indico.wacren.net/event/46/call-for-abstracts/

WACREN is seeking collaborators from its NREN community for pilots of cloud and shared services hosted in the region.   These Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) pilots will be based on Synnefo, a complete open source cloud stack written in Python...

Please note new dates for WACREN 2017 in Abidjan: 30-31 March 2017WACREN is organizing its 3rd Annual Conference on 30-31 March 2017 in Abidjan, hosted by RITER, the NREN of Côte d’Ivoire.The main theme of the conference is: "Catalyzing Quality...

In recognition of the need for the community to acquire the necessary skills to support the promotion of open and reproducible scientific research, WACREN will host a 10-day e-research hackfest in Lagos, Nigeria.  The event is supported by the European Commission...

Save the date: WACREN 2017 (Annual Conference and AGM) will be held in Abidjan on 16-17 March 2017, hosted by RITER, the NREN of Côte d'Ivoire.More information will follow soon. See you in Abidjan!

AfricaCERT, the African forum of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs), will facilitate a 1-day workshop to promote establishment of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) in National Research and Education Networks (NRENs).The workshop is organised with WACREN in a...