May 22, 2015 WACREN and Internet2 sign a MoU [flickr-photo:id=17340815204, size=c]Boubakar Barry, CEO of WACREN, and David Lambert, President and CEO of Internet2, signed a MoU during the Internet2 Global Summit 2015 recently held in Washington DC.The main purpose of the MoU is to develop a framework for exploring... Read More
May 18, 2015 CANCELLATION OF WACREN 2015 Dear Members and Friends of the WACREN Community,Following the postponement of WACREN 2015 due to circumstances beyond our control, WACREN has received the offer from RITER, the NREN of Côte d’Ivoire, to host the event in Abidjan.Unfortunately, clashes with various... Read More
March 17, 2015 Ubuntunet Alliance appoints Dr. Hoba AS CEO UbuntuNet Alliance, the Regional Research and Education Networking organisation for Eastern and Southern Africa, today announces the appointment of Dr Pascal Hoba as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Alliance with effect from 1st January 2015.Dr Hoba succeeds Eng. Dr Francis (Tusu)... Read More
February 4, 2015 Postponement of WACREN 2015 Dear WACREN Community and Friends,We are very sorry to inform you that due to recent geopolitical developments and other circumstances beyond our control, we are obliged to postpone the WACREN 2015 conference. We are now working on alternatives and will give... Read More
January 30, 2015 WACREN meets Minister of Communications of Ghana [flickr-photo:id=16292537797, size=c] Read More
January 27, 2015 WACREN meets Minister of Higher Education and Research of Togo [flickr-photo:id=16406659011, size=c] Read More
December 23, 2014 Register now! Registration is open for the WACREN 2015 conference to be held at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja. The programme is being finalised and it will include sessions on the thematic areas related to enabling virtual R&E communities. Talks will focus on NREN business and advocacy, teaching and learning, identity management and technology. Conference attendees will have the opportunity... Read More
December 11, 2014 WACREN meets the Minister of Higher Education, Research and Innovation of Niger [flickr-photo:id=15812783290, size=c] Read More
December 4, 2014 WACREN meets Minister of Higher Education and Research of Senegal [flickr-photo:id=15327530474, size=c] Read More
December 1, 2014 WACREN 2015 Conference Call For Papers - Deadline Extended to 12 December The call for papers submission deadline has been extended to Friday 12 December 2014.All documents will be submitted online through the conference website. Read More
December 1, 2014 Securing African networks: The Africa Training Initiative and AfricaCERT sign strategic cooperation agreement. The managers of the Africa Training Initiative and AfricaCERT today announced a strategic partnership to facilitate closer cooperation and training collaboration to build capacity in the development and security of African networks.The partnership aims to impulse new dynamics into current... Read More
November 18, 2014 WACREN meets Nigerian minister of communication technology [flickr-photo:id=15822287705, size=c] Read More
