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WACREN: Regional Network for Research & Education in West & Central Africa

WACREN aims to provide world-class infrastructure & services for the R&E community in West & Central Africa, with a focus on connectivity, collaboration, and capacity building across institutions.

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WACREN: Regional Network for Research & Education in West & Central Africa

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  1. WACREN Regional network for sharing knowledge Prof Tiemoman Kone WACREN Board President tiemoman@wacren.net

  2. WACREN “World-class” infrastructure and services for the West and Central African Research and Education community for development • Target: Membership of 22 countries • More than 150 institutions • About 2.2 million users • Promotion and development of interconnection among NRENs in the region;   • Fostering collaboration between research and education institutions in the region and with their peers at continental and international levels.

  3. WACREN's Genesis • 2006: - Incubated in AfNOG and AAU workshop on R&E Networks (Nairobi, April 2006); - Regional worshop on RREN (Accra, Nov 2006); • 2007: AfREN worhshop (Rabat, Nov 2007); • 2009: Task force to set up WACREN (Accra, Nov 2009) • 2010: Registration as not for profit association in August 2010 • 2011: First Board installed in March 2011

  4. NREN'S in WACREN 8 Established NREN members : • GARNET - Ghana(operational) • SnRER - Senegal(operational) • MaliREN - Mali • RITER - Côte d’Ivoire(operational) • NigerREN - Niger • GabonREN - Gabon • TogoREN- Togo (operational) • NgREN- Nigeria Ongoing initiatives in: Cameroun, Bénin, Burkina, Gambia.

  5. SINCE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF BOARD WACREN’s Network Operations Center : SnRER 3 Technical Committees • Connectivity and infrastructure. •   Capacity building, applications and services. •   Strategy, partnership and resource mobilization. International partnership with RENATER Definition of a strategic development plan Establishment of 6 new NRENs

  6. Challenges for NREN'S in WACREN • Poor national Telcom and power infrastructures • High cost of Bandwidth and ICT services • Lack of institutional structure and human capacity for ICT; • Unsustanaible funding • Conservative Regulatory framework

  7. WACREN’s Main fields for action • Administrative structure, Governance & Financing • Connectivity/Infrastructures & Regulatory issues including interconnection • Implementation strategy & Partnerships • Capacity building • Content/Applications

  8. Thank you for your kind attention WACREN, 11 Aviation Road Extension, P O Box 5744, Accra, Ghana www.wacren.net Board Chairman : Tiémoman KONE <tiemoman@wacren.net>

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