The WAeUP is a Nigerian-Ghanaian-German cooperation initiated by Broadband Technologies Limited (Lagos, Nigeria), Netplux Limited (Accra, Ghana), Scientific African e.V. (Luechow, Germany) and several freelance programmers with a focus on the development of Open Source web solutions.

Among others, the generic portal does enable the universities to undertake the following administrative and academic functions:

• online student admission and registration
• online course registration
• reservation for use of school facilities (e.g. accomodation)
• content and document management for research and education

The software has been developed on the basis of the Open Source web application server Zope and its related products.

The portal is dedicated to Joachim Schmitz who unexpectedly died on March 10, 2008.

Core Team during the workshop in Cape Coast, March 2007

The following registration portals have been launched:

https://uniben.waeup.org (University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria)

https://fceokene.waeup.org (Federal College of Education, Okene, Nigeria)

https://aaua.waeup.org (Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria)

https://ois.waeup.org (Olashore International School, Iloko-Ijesa, Nigeria)

https://fceoyo.waeup.org (Federal College of Education [Special], Oyo, Oyo State, Nigeria)

https://futminna.waeup.org (Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria)

https://aaue.waeup.org (Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Nigeria)

https://nau.waeup.org (Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria)