[afren] NREN news from West Africa

[omolo omolo]

This is wonderful!

B blessed.

o.

On 8/5/08, Boubakar Barry <barry at aau.org> wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Some news from West Africa:
>
> Cote d'Ivoire:
> Representatives of Ivoirian higher education and research institutions met
> on 1 August 2008 in Abidjan for a one-day workshop on the establishment of a
> NREN in Cote d'Ivoire. The workshop was hosted by Institut National
> Polytechnique Felix Houphouet Boigny.
>
> At the end of the workshop, the participants (IT Directors) agreed to
> continue the discussion on a list to be set up and to work on a document to
> be submitted to their respective heads of institution for approval.
>
>
> Ghana:
> Two weeks before the Abidjan meeting, IT Directors of Ghanaian higher
> education and research institutions met for a one-day workshop on GARNET;
> the workshop was hosted by University of Ghana, Legon.
>
> A decision to form GARNET Forum was made, a platform for collaboration for
> all Ghanaian higher education and research institutions (with Nigeria ICT
> Forum as model). A group with representatives of public and private higher
> education institutions, research institutions and library associations was
> tasked to follow up and spearhead the process of making GARNET be a reality.
>
>  Two smaller technical groups were formed to work on architecture and
> costing, and on policy and administrative issues for the drafting of
> documents to be presented to the heads of institutions and the Ministry of
> Education.
>
> Regards
> B.
>


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