AfricaConnect4: West and Central Africa Cluster (Regional Component - WACREN)

About this project

<p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">AfricaConnect is a partner-driven initiative belonging to the area of digitalisation that has been funded by the European Commission since 2011. Over the years, the project has had a positive impact on the creation, evolution of African Regional and National Research and Education Networks (RENs) and supported the provision of connectivity networks, data/cloud infrastructures and e-services (incl. Moodle, Eduroam, videoconferencing, identity federation, open science platforms, cybersecurity) to over 1700 institutions and 4.5 million end-users in the research and education sector (incl. universities, research and education centers, public libraries, TVET schools, teaching hospitals etc).</span></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The project is structured in two geographic clusters: East and Southern Africa, and West and Central Africa. The present action seeks to consolidate the results of the previous phase (AfricaConnect3) and to further expand the scope of the activities under the two geographic clusters in order to unlock the potential of research and education in Africa through access to digital infrastructures and technologies and the adoption of open science practices (Overall Objective). More specifically, the action will support:</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(64, 64, 64); background-colo…

Goals

Sustainable Development Goals this project works towards

• 4Quality Education
• 5Gender Equality
• 8Decent Work and Economic Growth
• 9Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• 13Climate Action
• 17Partnerships for the Goals

Published by

European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships · Other public sector

Sectors

Education facilities and trainingInformation and communication technology (ICT)

Focus

Gender equality · Also contributesEnvironment · Also contributesClimate mitigation · Also contributesClimate adaptation · Also contributes

Places

298 - AFRICA

Funded by

European Commission

Implemented by

WEST AND CENTRAL AFRICAN RESEARCH A ND EDUCATION NETWORK

Accountable

Developing country-based NGO

Passes funds through

Directorate-General for International Partnerships

Published by European Commission - Directorate-General for International Partnerships to the International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI), last updated 29 Sept 2026 and imported automatically. IATI identifier: XI-IATI-EC_INTPA-2025-PC-38234.

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