Verify users from WACREN IDP
WACREN IDP is a member of African Catch-all Federation, one of the national research and education federations that share academic identity providers through eduGAIN. That means you can verify a user's affiliation with WACREN IDP by having them sign in with their WACREN IDP account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
- Persistent identifiers
- No
- Country
- Africa
- Federation
- African Catch-all Federation
Institution details
- Organization
- WACREN IdP
- Description
- WACREN IDP
- Country
- Africa
- SAML Entity ID
https://wacren.wacren.eduid.africa/saml2/idp/metadata.php- Federation
- African Catch-all Federation
SAML capabilities
Capabilities are read from the institution's SAML metadata. An advertised format is what the IdP declares it supports — not a guarantee of what every login returns.
- technical
- other
Frequently asked questions
Can I verify that someone is affiliated with WACREN IDP?
Yes. WACREN IDP participates in African Catch-all Federation, which shares academic identity providers through eduGAIN. Users prove their affiliation by signing in with their WACREN IDP account via SAML single sign-on — no document uploads, no passwords, no identity data stored on Studid.
Does WACREN IDP support persistent identifiers?
No. WACREN IDP only advertises transient (per-login) identifiers, so authIdentifier will typically be null. You can still confirm which institution the user logged in from via entityId.
Which country is WACREN IDP in?
WACREN IDP is located in Africa.
How do I verify students from WACREN IDP?
Create a verification session via POST /v2/auth/verification, redirect the user to the returned link, and poll GET /v2/auth/verification/{id} after they authenticate at WACREN IDP. The integration guide has a complete walkthrough.
Ready to verify users from WACREN IDP?
Start the demo and authenticate with WACREN IDP, or read the integration guide to wire it up in minutes.