The WAeUP is a Nigerian-Ghanaian-German cooperation initiated by the West African ISPs Broadband Technologies Limited (Lagos, Nigeria) and Netplux Limited (Accra, Ghana). The German partners are WAeUP Germany, Scientific African e.V. (a non-profit organisation focussing on scientific content management and self-publishing on the Internet) and several freelance programmers with a focus on the development of Open Source web solutions.

Among others, the proposed generic portal shall 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
• online courses and lectures (e-learning facilities)

The software will be 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)