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Three African NRENs have recently connected to the Global R&E Network (GREN), joining the global collaboration of national research and education networks, serving researchers and educators with world-class connectivity and services all around the globe. Read more here

Bénin, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire have gone live on a high-speed, secure data communications network, to allow their research and academic communities to benefit from specialised internet connectivity and digital tools during the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. The three,...

Dear Ministers, Dear Colleagues; Dear General Directors; Distinguished guests in your respective ranks and grades, Dear participants, On 1 February 2019 in Cotonou, Benin joined the West and Central Africa Education and Research Network "WACREN" by signing a memorandum of...

This speech was read by the Chair of WACREN - Dr Venant Palanga. It focused on the value of national RENs and the needed support to advance them. Ms Eléonore YAYI LADEKAN, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of...

Mrs Aurélie Adam Soulé Zoumarou, Minister of Digital Affairs and Digitalisation of Benin, Mrs. Eléonore Yayi Ladekan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of Benin, Prof. Alkassoum Maïga, Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research and Innovation of Burkina Faso,...

On behalf of WACREN, I welcome you to read this first edition of ‘ENGAGE’ - our bi-monthly, community newsletter. We envisage this newsletter to be a platform for sharing all the happenings in the region to keep you informed and...

Hundreds of thousands of researchers, lecturers and students in Benin, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire will now be able to take their research and education to the next level as the national RENs in the three countries have successfully connected...

The National High Performance Computing Centre of la Côte d’Ivoire will be open to the WACREN community soon.  This came to light when Dr. Barry visited the facility in Bingerville, near Abidjan. After a tour at the facility, the Director,...

While Côte d’Ivoire, the CEO visited a former Board Chair of WACREN and currently the Director-General of the Virtual University of Côte d’Ivoire (UVCI), Prof. Tiémoman Koné, to discuss on how the institution can leverage the potentials and benefits available...

As part of efforts to drive advocacy and support for national RENs in the WACREN region, the CEO of WACREN, Dr. Boubakar Barry, has visited some Member countries to push for government and community support for local NRENs. His first...

In Côte d’Ivoire, Dr. Barry paid a courtesy call on the Minister for Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Adama Diawara. The two gentlemen discussed advocacy and support for the local REN - RITER, as the latter prepares to receive...

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic changes in work culture and general lifestyle across the World, including Nigeria. Interestingly, the same period created an opportunity for Eko-Konnect to develop its cloud infrastructure. To ensure participation of the Nigerian R&E...