Tag: AfricaConnect2
High Level Meeting of CEOs and Directors of ICT Postponed
The High level Meeting on “Participation in the Africa Connect2 By Eastern Cluster of Higher Education Institutions” scheduled to hold on the 16th of December, 2017 has been postponed. This is as a result of several delayed flights due to the current bad weather in the country. Most of the conveners and presenters will be […]
Participation in the Africa Connect2 By Eastern Cluster of Higher Education Institutions
UPDATED ON 14/12/2017: Meeting has been postponed. Learn more here. Through the AC2 Project, the West and Central African Research and Education Network – WACREN is providing affordable high-capacity connectivity and network services for research and education in Nigeria in Quarter 1 of 2018. AfricaConnect2 supports the development of high-capacity internet networks for research and […]
NgREN Signs Agreement With WACREN On AfricaConnect2
The Nigerian Research and Education Network (NgREN), recorded a mile stone in its efforts of connecting and enabling Nigerian universities and institutions to share resources, communicate, collaborate and partner with member institutions and other countries for effective research and learning, as it signed an agreement with the West and Central African Research and Education Network […]
Eko-Konnect Hosts Meeting on Nigerian Participation in AfricaConnect2
The AfricaConnect2 Project is 80% funded by the European Union with the potential of dramatically transforming Internet access for higher education and research institutions in Africa. Participating countries must collectively contribute the 20% counter funding to the total budget (€26.6 million) being provided by the European Union. As of March 2017 Nigeria had not paid its share […]