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According to the Times Higher Education (THE) Ranking, the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), a member of GARNET (Ghanian NREN), is the university that has made the most significant global contributions to Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 4...

The Ghanaian Academic Research Network (GARNET) is holding its 2023 conference in Sokode. The theme for the week-long activities is 'Overcoming the Challenges of Building Digital Scholarly Infrastructure'. There will be a technical workshop from Monday, June 18 to Wednesday,...

The LIBSENSE Working Group on Infrastructure has developed a roadmap for promoting open science and advancing the development of digital services in African higher education and research institutions. The roadmap emphasizes the importance of persistent identifiers (PIDs) in enhancing the...

On May 11, 2023, in Abidjan, West African Ministers of Higher Education convened for a high-level workshop on enhancing distance education throughout the region. Representatives from seven West African countries, including five ministers, agreed to establish a collaborative network for...

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WACREN will participate in a High Level Ministerial Workshop focusing on distant and digital education in the West African sub-region. The Workshop organised by the Agence universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and the Digital for Development (D4D) African Union-European Union...

The West African Science Service Centre on Climate Change and Adapted Land use (WASCAL) is the newest member of the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN). As a premium associate member, WASCAL will actively participate in WACREN...

Access to education is a fundamental human right at the heart of the SDGs. National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) are leaping barriers to education in the African world through e-learning. They provide higher education establishments and research centers with affordable...

The UbuntuNet Alliance is pleased to announce the call for abstracts and panel session proposals for UbuntuNet-Connect 2023, which will be held on 26th and 27th October 2023 in Kampala, Uganda. UbuntuNet-Connect is the annual conference of the UbuntuNet Alliance, the regional...

The partners of the Africa Digital Campus (ADC) project have organized a 'Community Day' on e-learning at the Virtual University of Burkina Faso (UV-BF) in Ouagadougou. The goal was to facilitate the adoption of distance learning in higher education. This...

The University Joseph KI-ZERBO (UJKZ), represented by its President, Prof. Jean François KOBIANÉ, has received computer equipment from the President of the Virtual University of Burkina Faso (UV-BF), Prof. Jean Marie DIPAMA, as part of efforts to build the technical...