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n Incorporated in 2010 as a not for profit organisation n Currently 13 NREN members
n Initiatives: GabonREN (Gabon), snRER (Senegal) n Associate members: RENATER (FR), Eko-Konnect (NG)
WACREN
n FasoREN – Burkina Faso n Cameroon – RIC
n RITER – Côte d’Ivoire n GARNET – Ghana
n GhREN ‒ Ghana
n Gn-REN – Guinée n MaliREN – Mali
n Niger-REN – Niger n NgREN – Nigeria
n SLREN – Sierra Leone n TchadREN – Tchad
n TogoRER – Togo
n RerBenin
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AfricaConnect 2 n Second phase of the AfricaConnect Project
n First phase targeted only Eastern and Southern Africa
n Project started in June 2015 n Guiding principle: inclusiveness n 10 countries expected to participate n EC Funding (26.6 M€) n Project duration: 2015 - 2018 n Objective: Support RENs in Africa and interconnect with
GEANT and the global REN n Three clusters
n Cluster 1: UbuntuNet Alliance n Cluster 2: WACREN n Cluster 3: ASREN
n 80:20% funding scheme
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AC2 implementation in Cluster 2 (WACREN) n Sign-ups so far:
n TogoRER (TG), MaliREN (ML), RITER (CI), FasoREN (BF), NgREN (NG), GARNET (GH)
n Expected to join soon: SLREN (SL), GhREN (GH)
n Procurement process: n Procurement for connectivity started in June 2016
n Best and final offers for first phase (wet backbone) received and contract awarded in August 2017
n Equipment tender closed n Contract awarded in November 2017
n Call-off and equipment delivered for the 3 PoPs (NG-GH-UK)
n Connectivity tenders and direct negotiations for CI-TG-BF-ML n Bids and proposals reviewed
n Objective: network live end Q2 of 2018 n At least 8 to 10 member NRENs to be connected by end of 2018
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NOC and staffing n WACREN offices and NOC location negotiations ongoing
n Staffing : n Finance and Administration Officer n Communication and Marketing Officer n Network and System Engineer
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Capacity Building n PerfSonar Workshop
n October 2017 ‒ Accra
n Women in WACREN (Physical Computing with Python) n January 2018 ‒Lagos
n BGP and Peering n March 2018 ‒Lome
n ISOC/AFREN capacity building n Online courses
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WACREN 2018 15-16 March 2018
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WACREN Network
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WACREN Network deployment
n Circuits provisioned n Equipment ATP and commissioning n NG-GH-UK going live n Followed by CI-TG-ML-BF n NOC in ACCRA
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WACREN Network deployment
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Contacting WACREN …
n www.wacren.net
n @wacren - #wacren
n facebook.com/wacren.net
