geteduroam regional service reaches 4,200 active certificate installations
The AC4 geteduroam deployment passes 4,200 active certificates, reflecting growing student and staff adoption at connected campuses across the WACREN region.
African university students and researchers securely connecting to global eduroam Wi-Fi across campus.
Key Highlights
- →4,200+ secure Wi-Fi certificates actively installed across Android, iOS, Windows, and macOS devices.
- →EAP-TLS certificate-based authentication replaces vulnerable password-based Wi-Fi onboarding.
- →Catchall programme provides institutions without national federation access with immediate geteduroam profiles.
Using geteduroam, students and faculty download cryptographic client certificates directly to their laptops and smartphones with a single authentication step. This eliminates the widespread risks of credential theft associated with shared passwords on open campus networks.
The regional RADIUS / RadSec backbone maintained by WACREN and UbuntuNet Alliance ensures roaming users authenticate seamlessly whether working in their home laboratory or visiting research institutes across Africa.
With new onboarding tools launched in BonafID 1.0, participating institutions report a 70% reduction in IT support tickets related to wireless network setup.
More Announcements
BonafID 1.0 released: first production-ready deployment begins across six institutions
WACREN announces the AC4 production release of BonafID, marking the transition from pilot to operational platform. Six institutions across Ghana, Senegal, and Cameroon are the first to deploy the production version, with 14 additional onboardings scheduled before year-end.
Abidjan T&I Roadshow: 12 institutions begin BonafID assessment
The May West Africa roadshow hosted 34 HEI IT administrators from Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Burkina Faso. Twelve institutions completed the initial BonafID readiness assessment.