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is the West and Central African Research and Education Network providing infrastructure and promoting regional interconnection and collaboration among NRENs.
Accra, Ghana
Joined January 2014
🎉 Early bird registration for #WACREN2026 is officially open! Head here - https://t.co/e0T0koeh68 Register now and secure your Early Bird spot with a discounted conference fees. Don’t miss out on joining us in Banjul 🇬🇲on March 26 & 27, 2026. #Research #Education #Africa
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🚀 The @ORCID_Org -WACA Project launches with two calls: https://t.co/5lMFG9kDu0 🔹 Community of Practice 🔹 Ambassador Programme These calls support efforts to strengthen researcher identification, improve attribution of scholarly outputs, and advance ORCID and #PID adoption 🌍
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#EkoKonnect2026 in Abuja brings the community together around Eko-Konnect and https://t.co/KLYvWulYDu — an emerging national coordination and visibility initiative, with programme design informed by national policy discussions led by the @OfficialNUC. Here’s to an impactful 2026.
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🌍 WACREN is hiring a CTO to lead our tech portfolio. Details: https://t.co/WQoZmcDR10 ⏰ Deadline: Jan 31, 2026
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📢 Excited to announce #WACREN2026, happening 23–27 March 2026 in Banjul! We’ll explore how open, federated & community-driven digital ecosystems are shaping Africa’s digital future. Featuring initiatives like #LIBSENSE, @AfricaDigCampus, WACREN CLI-MET & #EduAI. @AC3_News
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⚕️African #NREN @WACREN + partners have launched #COPPHA, a coalition advancing #DiamondOA publishing — free for authors & readers — to boost African public health research visibility. 🔗 https://t.co/s3nos3zWO4
#OpenAccess #PublicHealthAfrica
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At #TAS2025 in #Conakry, our PM Abigail Essel presented our emerging #EduAI Programme - a bold step toward building Africa’s trusted #AI infra for education. Most AI tools aren’t built with or for #Africa. EduAI will help change that by leveraging our infra and community🌍
Transform Africa Summit 2025 : Conakry devient l’épicentre de la coopération numérique en Afrique: https://t.co/QL3yxH5eLs ------- Transform Africa Summit 2025: Conakry becomes the epicenter of digital cooperation in Africa: https://t.co/8l6HB8cMLp
#TAS2025 #SmartAfrica
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WACREN, with @LeCames , MESRI, MDENP & UV-BF with support from @EIFLnet hosts a national #DiamondOpenAccess (DOA) workshop on 13 Nov 2025 at UVBF, Ouagadougou 🇧🇫 📌Goals: agree on the national DOA policy framework & launch the pilot publishing platform. 🔗 https://t.co/OJU1HDEHSr
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WACREN, through @AC3_News & the @AfricaDigCampus, is supporting the full integration of FasoREN into the regional network - boosting research connectivity & collaboration in Burkina Faso 🇧🇫 This workshops will enhance the process. 💡
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It’s #UbuntuNetConnect2025 week! 🎉 Join us in Harare, Zimbabwe (30–31 Oct) for Africa’s premier research & education networking conference! Plus: Women Hackathon 2025 Open Science Training Supported by the EU under the Global Gateway 🇪🇺 Let’s connect, collaborate & innovate!
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#LIBSENSE is proud to join the global 🌍#ScholarlyCommunication community in celebrating International #OpenAccessWeek 🔓2025 (Oct 20–26)! 👉 Explore our exciting line-up of activities for the week: https://t.co/etXvF63jZW
@COAR_eV @EIFLnet @DOAJplus @DOABooks @WACREN @AC3_News
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The #CyberSecurityMonth 🌍reminds us that cybersecurity starts with trust. When CSIRTs build trust with each other they become stronger than the cyber criminals. Together We Are Stronger! #TrustBrokerAfrica #SecureOurWorld #AfricanCSIRTs @FIRSTdotOrg @Shadowserver
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In total, we have 12 countries connected to the WACREN backbone, and we will keep going until the region is fully covered.
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A four-year journey of connecting six countries in our region culminates in a celebration and commitment to translate this milestone into real value for the #research and #education communities in West & Central #Africa. Thanks to @EU_Commission @AC3_News and African partnersđź‘Ź
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WACREN, SANReN & TENET deliver the 1st-ever inter-RREN link on #African soil: a 10 Gbps Lagos–Cape Town connection.— faster, cheaper & more reliable for #research & #education 🚀 Read more here - https://t.co/EuwwnHinhH Thanks to @EU_Commission @AC3_News. @UbuntuNet @ASRENorg
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Grateful for the support from @GARNETGHANA and @WACREN as our Technical Presentations Partners.
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🌍 Big announcement! ✅WACREN connects 6 new countries - 🇬🇲🇬🇳🇬🇼🇲🇷🇸🇱 🇸🇳! ✅ This will catalyse global collaboration in education and research, reducing barriers of cost and connectivity ✅ The upgraded network will also power WACREN’s climate programme 👉 https://t.co/9o8hH8MCYH
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Thursday, September 18, 2024. A day we will never forget. Join us in observing a minute of silence in honour of our cherished former CEO. #NeverForgotten @UbuntuNet @ASRENorg @AIS_Africa @ICANN @AFRINIC @AfNOGWorkshops @ISOC_Foundation @aftld @AAU_67 @AC3_News @nordunet @RENATER
With deep sorrow, we share the news of the passing of Dr. Boubakar Barry, CEO of WACREN, after a brief illness. Dr. Barry’s legacy and contributions will always be remembered. Honor the life and legacy of Dr. Boubakar Barry by sharing your memories and messages of condolence at
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