The Ministry of National Education, Higher Education, Scientific Research, Innovation and Culture of Gabon, in collaboration with the Association of African Universities  organizes the 20 to 21 February 2012 at the University Omar Bongo, the consultation workshop on the establishment of the National Network of Education and Research (GabonREN). Please visit  www.gabonren.org.uk.tc   to learn more.

 NigerREN has been founded today 22 December 2011 in Niamey. The Founding General Assembly was opened this morning by the Minister of Education and Scientific Research of Niger and attended by about 60 participants.Among our guests include Boubakar Barry of RENU (AAU), Anicet Andjouat of GabonREN, the Director General of the African Institute of Computer Science (IAI) in Libreville (Gabon), the Director General of the IAI-Cameroon and the Director General of IAI-Togo.

The 28 and 29 November 2011, in collaboration with the Association of African Universities, a workshop under the patronage of the President of the Republic, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and co-chair Minister of Posts and ICT, took place in Abidjan. This important workshop was attended by all partners in education and research, has created the Ivorian Telecommunication Network for Education and Research (RITER).

Prof Tiemoman Kone with Prof Zimani Kadzamira (Chair Ubuntunet Alliance Board)

The president of the WACREN board of directors with counterpart, Prof. Zimani Kadzamira at the recently concluded UbuntuNet-Connect 2011 which was colocated with the first AfricaConnect Administrative and Technical Meetings

The work of the consultation workshop on the implementation of the National Network of Education and Research of Niger began Tuesday, November 15, 2011, under the patronage of HE Mamadou Diallo Youba, Minister of secondary and higher education and Scientific Research.

Before the opening address by HE Mr Minister, Boubakar Barry has located the process of implementation of the Niger REN in the overall process of the formation of national entities in West Africa and Central Africa.

At the joint workshop WACREN-RENATER-AAU cooperation, National Network for Education and Research of Senegal (SnRER) was designated as the first Network Operations Center (NOC) of WACREN. For this, a letter of intent has been exchanged between the Chairman of the Board of WACREN, Tiemoman KONE, and the representative of the Executive Committee snRER Alex Corenthin, replacing the National Coordinator Dr. Ibrahima Niang prevented.

The mandate of the WACREN Senra is intended to implement the partnership WACREN-RENATER.

Following the meeting of representatives of 11 countries in West Africa and Central Africa (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire, Gabon, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Togo) in initiative of Research and Education Networking Unit (RENU) of the Association of African Universities (AAU), it was taken to the establishment of the first Board of Directors of WACREN, composed of nine (9 ) members and presided by Professor Tiemoman KONE.