October 22, 2014 WACREN 2015 to be held in Abuja on 11-13 March 2015 - Save the date! The WACREN's Annual General Meeting and the Annual Conference will be held in Abuja on 11-13 March 2015, hosted by NgREN. Please save the date. A call for papers will be sent out soon. Read More
October 15, 2014 WACREN delegation participates in Future Internet Forum Summit 2014 in Seoul A WACREN delegation composed of WACREN Chair (Dr. Nii Quaynor), WACREN CEO (Dr. Boubakar Barry) and WACREN CTO (Mr. Omo Oaiya) participated in the 2014 edition of the Future Internet Forum Summit held on 13-15 October in Seoul, Korea. [flickr-photo:id=15357548089, size=c] The... Read More
October 14, 2014 TERENA and DANTE have joined forces to become the GÉANT Association! It is official now, TERENA and DANTE have joined forces to become the GÉANT Association!More at http://www.geant.org Read More
September 29, 2014 First WACREN Regional Capacity Building Workshop successfully completed WACREN has successfully completed its first regional capacity building workshop. The workshop was organized on 15-19 September in collaboration with the Association of African Universities (AAU), the Network Startup Resource Centre (NSRC), the Ghanaian Academic and Research Network (GARNET) and... Read More
September 19, 2014 RENATER becomes the first "international member" of WACREN This strong support of WACREN is supplemented by financial support from the French players RENATER, CIRAD and IRD (two French research organizations and members of RENATER present in West Africa) to accelerate the participation of WACREN in the "AfricaConnect "... Read More
July 12, 2014 WACREN and the UbuntuNet Alliance formally adopt the Africa Training Initiative (ATI) The West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) and the UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking, the regional Research and Education Networking organization for Eastern and Southern Africa, have signed an agreement to adopt the Africa Training Initiative (ATI), a programme that is highly expected... Read More
July 10, 2014 WACREN SETS UP A SUPPORT TEAM FOR IP RESOURCES APPLICATION During discussions at AIS 14 in Djibouti, it came out that many African academic and research institutions find the application process at AfriNIC too complex, which is certainly just a perception. Acknowledging the fact that many of us feel more comfortable... Read More
July 9, 2014 NgREN commissioned NgREN’s Secretariat and NMC was officially commissioned in Abuja on Tuesday 8 July 2014.WACREN CEO and CTO were present at this important eventMore at http://ngren.edu.ng/news/presidential-commissioning-of-the-ngren. Read More
June 15, 2014 WACREN CEO wins 2014 NII service award WACREN CEO Boubakar Barry has won the 2014 Network Information & Infrastructure (NII) Service Award. Dr Barry who comes from Senegal won the award for his commitment to capacity building and Internet development in Africa including his work in supporting the emergence and... Read More
May 5, 2014 WACREN appoints its Chief Technology Officer WACREN today announced the appointment of Omo Oaiya to the role of Chief Technology Officer for the association. In his new role, Mr Oaiya will be responsible for WACREN technical assets, counselling and supporting members on technical issues and supervising WACREN... Read More
March 19, 2014 WACREN CEO makes a contribution in PADTICE project's newsletter - in French http://www.wacren.net/sites/default/files/bulletin-padtice-N003.pdf Read More
February 15, 2014 CONNECT interview with WACREN CEO See link below for CONNECT interview with Dr Boubakar Barryhttp://issuu.com/danteprm/docs/connect_14_v11_web/23?e=6131560/6699366CONNECT is the magazine from GÉANT, the pan European data network dedicated to the research and education community. Read More
