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This year's edition of the UbuntuNet-Connect will focus on 'Redesigning the Digitized African College and University' - a pertinent post-COVID subject matter. Conference participants will share experiences, discuss and chart the way forward on how African higher education institutions (HEIs)...

National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) worldwide are contributing in several ways to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs); African NRENs are no exception. Though NRENs directly focus on the research and education  (R&E) niche, the outcomes and...

Students across the WACREN region and Africa are invited to join the competition to name the new EU Space Constellation. The new constellation of satellites are expected to enhance internet connectivity speed and coverage for Europeans as well as governments,...

All is set for WACREN 2022 Reloaded with webinar sessions on capacity building and infrastructure. These sessions will comprise presentations on research work conducted by members of our community and beyond on the above areas under open science. The two...

  We are happy to announce that registration is now open for WACREN Annual Conference [WACREN 2022 - In-person & online]. Please visit the Conference website for details and to register. We invite you to keep your eyes on the...

Open science is a global trend that has the potential to accelerate the rate of new discoveries and greatly increase the quality and impact of science in Africa. However, open science practices must be adopted in a way to ensure...

WACREN in colloboration with DFN (German NREN), RENATER (French NREN) will organise a day workshop on eduroam. eduroam provides simple, easy, secure connectivity to students and researchers from thousands of hotspots across more than 100 countries. Currently, five countries (Ghana, Nigeria, Benin...

Open science aims to make the products and processes of scholarly work accessible to as many stakeholders as possible. However, shifting scholarly culture to value the open sharing of software, data, protocols, and research findings also requires changes in how...

The Board of WACREN has adjusted Membership Fees downwards. This new fees slate takes effect in 2022. WACREN currrently has five options for Membership: NREN Member, Associate Member, Premium Associate Member, Corporate Member and Premium Corporate Member. New Members are...

WACREN and the Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture (RUFORUM) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to enhance scientific and scholarly communication in Africa, through the AfricaConnect3 project and the LIBSENSE initiative. This cooperation is underlined by the common interests and values...

The AfricaConnect project and its partners get a mention in the paper “In Praise of the Great Open Conversation of Science” – a summary of key messages from the 2nd United Nations Open Science Conference which was held on July...