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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 "...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

http://www.wacren.net/sites/default/files/bulletin-padtice-N003.pdf

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. 

“Dr Barry became the Coordinator the Research and Education Networking Unit at the Association of African Universities in 2006 and was elected Director of UbuntuNet Alliance in 2011.He has  brought great wisdom to the positions. When advice or information is...

Full text at http://euroafrica-ict.org/files/2013/10/EuroAfrica-ICT-Newsletter_Sept.2013_Interview-of-the-month_Boubakar-Barry.pdf.

After a search and nomination process by the WACREN community, the Search and Nomination Committee mandated to drive this process is happy to announce that the exercise has been completed successfully.21 nominations of 15 Nominees were received and the Committee...

Dr. Nii Quaynor accepting the Internet Hall of Fame Pioneer award.WACREN joins family, friends and associates to congratulate a worthy son of Africa on this well deserved acknowledgement of his inspiring work in developing the Internet in Africa and his role...