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This first “Women In WACREN” training and community event is held in collaboration with SenChix, a women in technology group hosted by snRER, the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD) and the...

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!