Frequently Asked Questions
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NRENs are National Research and Education Networks. An NREN is responsible, on a national basis, for the provision of data communications networks and services to the research and education community of its country. The NREN network typically connects other networks at regional or metropolitan level.
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Nigeria has been involved in many projects to create National Research and Education Networks - NUMIS, NUNet, PolyNet, TeachNet, NEARNet, elf Net, NULP, VLC, in an effort to develop and use ICT to foster institutional collaboration among and between administrative and academic communities.
The ICT Forum provided an update on the latest efforts in the WACREN 2009 meeting.
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Eko-Konnect will leverage the proximity of sea cables, the Internet exchange and the HEI's in the Lagos area to create a metropolitan network connected to the Internet and other REN's via fibre connections. It is expected that similar clusters of higher education and research institutes in other parts of the country like the proposed Zaria Education Metro and Ibadan Cluster will connect with Eko-Konnect in a collaborative policy framework that becomes ngREN.