📢 Pleased to announce a new Board of Directors for #WACREN. The new Board brings together distinguished leaders and experts to provide strategic direction and governance for the next phase of our growth and regional impact.
More here => https://wacren.net/en/news/wacren-announces-new-board-of-directors/
🚀 WACREN is hiring a Chief Technology Officer to lead our technical and technology potforlio.
✉️ Apply: [email protected]
Details: https://wacren.net/en/about-us/careers/terms-of-reference-for-chief-technology-officer-wacren/
📅 Deadline: January 31, 2026
The West and Central Africa Education and Research Network (WACREN) is seeking to recruit a candidate for the position of CEO to lead the organization in strengthening its activities in the service of research, higher education and digital innovation in West and Central Africa. About WACREN WACREN is a regional organization dedicated to the development […]
We are deeply saddened to hear of the loss of our dear friend and colleague, Boubakar Barry, CEO of #WACREN. Our heart goes out to our friends at WACREN and the #NRENs in West and Central Africa.
WACREN has opened a Condolence Book: boubakarbarry.wacren.net
connect.geant.org/2024/09/20/in-memory-of-dr-boubakar-barry-wacren-ceo
#EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries), #AJOL (African Journals Online) and #WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) invite African organizations - legal entities that own open access (OA) journals that do not charge any fees for either authors or readers (often referred to as #DiamondOA journals), and where editorial teams are based - to participate in a grant call for proposals.
29 April 2024, via EIFL NL
https://eifl.net/news/grant-call-strengthening-no-fee-open-access-publishing-africa
EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) invite African organizations - legal entities that own open access (OA) journals that do not charge any fees for either authors or readers (often referred to as Diamond OA journals), and where editorial teams are based - to participate in this call for proposals. This
AbstractIn this workshop, we will look at various business models and value propositions for NREN services and examine the topics of "Open Science" and "Trust and Identity" in more detail. Workshop Objective The objective of the workshop is to provide participants with an easily comparable way to describe the business model of their NREN and to develop an awareness and knowledge of business models in general. It also aims to provide the tools and a methodology to develop valuable extensions...
Kudos to this project to strengthen diamond #OpenAccess in #Africa.
https://www.eifl.net/news/new-project-strengthen-diamond-oa-africa
Thanks to Electronic Information for Libraries (@eiflnet), African Journals Online (#AJOL), the West and Central African Research and Education Network (#WACREN), and the #Wellcome Trust.
EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network), with support from Wellcome, are launching a three-year project that will strengthen the quality and sustainability of diamond open access (OA) publishing services across Africa while maintaining their diversity. The ‘Collaboration for sustainable open access
WEBCAST TODAY – Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa | Mesurer la résilience d’Internet en Afrique (MIRA) #WACREN2021 @isoc_pulse @afrinic @KevinGChege @amreesh #AfricanInternetResilience #Internetmeasurement @InternetSociety @WACREN
On Monday March 15 2021 at 14:00-16:00 UTC, as part of the 6th Annual West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) Conference the Internet Society and AFRINIC
On Monday March 15 2021 at 14:00-16:00 UTC, as part of the 6th Annual West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) Conference the Internet Society and AFRINIC will present ‘Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa (MIRA)‘ MIRA is a collaborative project facilitating and carrying out sustained Internet measurements in the African region, part of […]
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