❗Next week From Preprints to Publication: How Community-Driven Models Are Reshaping Scholarly Communication 🕓Thursday 11ᵗʰ June 2026 - 16:30 CEST Femi Qudus Arogundade (@wacren.bsky.social) will bring an African perspective through COPPHA PublishNow. 👉Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🚨 We’re Hiring: Systems & Security Engineer Join WACREN to help operate and secure critical digital infrastructure serving research and education communities across West and Central Africa. 📍 Remote or within WACREN member countries 📅 Deadline: 29 May 2026 Apply: [email protected]

The LIBSENSE Open Science Symposium - The Gambia highlighted the aspirations, efforts, the gaps and most importantly the commitment of the research and education community to advance in open science in all its facets. Speaking were the Minister of Higher Education and the SG for UNESCO Gambia.

Meet us at the WACREN Conference 2026 Banjul, 24 March Johanssen Obanda & Thelma Laryea are speaking at Diamond Open Access Day on PIDs, metadata & discoverability of African OA research. 14:00, Identifiers & Indexing track. 🔗 https://indico.wacren.net/event/264/ #DiamondOA #WACREN2026

Off to Banjul to attend @wacren.bsky.social‘s 2026 conference. Looking forward to our session on Friday.

WACREN will hold the #OpenScience Symposium – The Gambia 🇬🇲 as part of the pre-events of #WACREN2026 in Banjul. It forms part of #LIBSENSE National Open Science Roadmaps activities aimed at strengthening national open science policies across Africa. #digitalsovereignty #openaccess

📢 Pleased to announce a new Board of Directors for #WACREN. The new Board brings together distinguished leaders and experts to provide strategic direction and governance for the next phase of our growth and regional impact. More here => wacren.net/en/news/wacr...

See @EIFL news - zurl.co/fhAmq - for a policy brief for supporting no-fee OA publishing in #Africa & some real-life examples of journal funding used by institutions, #OpenAccess journals @ OA journal platforms. 🙏 to all co-authors @ajol.info @wacren.bsky.social#Africa#OpenAccess[email protected]

#LIBSENSE is hosting an #OpenScience ECR Leadership Workshop on April 28-29, 2026, for early career researchers from Nigeria. 🔹 Pilot program for co-creating leadership frameworks and toolkits 🔹 Selected participants will be ECR Champions Deadline: Feb. 28, 2026 libsense.ren.africa/news/696a563...

#WACREN2026 is just next month! Register now and prepare to join the African #research and #education community as we gather in ✈️ The Gambia - 'Smiling Coast of Africa' to chart the course for #digital sovereignty for Africa's digital ecosystem. Register - wacren2026.wacren.net/register

The Gambia - 'The Smiling Coast of #Africa' is waiting to welcome you to #WACREN2026 to be held at the Banjul Convention Centre. Early Bird registration ends on Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. 💰 Participants in Africa: $100 💰 Participants outside Africa: $150 Register here: wacren2026.wacren.net/register

🚀 The ORCID-WACA Project opens with two calls: 🔹 ORCID-WACA Community of Practice (CoP) 🔹 ORCID-WACA Ambassador Programme This part of efforts to build a strong regional community advocating ORCID adoption in West and Central Africa. 👉 Learn more & apply: libsense.ren.africa/news/6956002...

🌍 WACREN is hiring a CTO to lead our technical and technology portfolio. Details => wacren.net/en/about-us/... 📅 Deadline: Jan 31, 2026

🎉 Early bird registration for WACREN 2026 is officially open! Head here - wacren2026.wacren.net/register Register now and secure your Early Bird spot with a discounted conference fees. Don’t miss out on joining us in Banjul on March 26 & 27, 2026. #WACREN2026 #Research #Education #Africa

⚕️African #NREN WACREN + partners have launched #COPPHA, a coalition advancing #DiamondOA publishing — free for authors & readers — to boost African public health research visibility. 🔗 https://ow.ly/Rmis50XpKoh#NREN#COPPHA#DiamondOA#OpenAccess #PublicHealthAfrica

📢 Announcing WACREN 2026, happening 23–27 March 2026 in #Banjul! We’re diving into open and community-driven digital ecosystems from connectivity and HPC to repositories, LoRaWAN, sensors and open data and how they shape Africa’s research & education future. More here - wacren2026.wacren.net

Join a vibrant network of African no-fee journal editors and researchers advancing Diamond #OpenAccess (OA) publishing in Africa. Read more - libsense.ren.africa/diamond-open... Apply - survey.wacren.net/index.php/55... @libsense.bsky.social @eifl.bsky.social

WACREN, with CAMES, MESRI, MDENP & UV-BF with support from @eifl.bsky.social hosts a national #DiamondOpenAccess (DOA) workshop on 13 Nov 2025 at UVBF, Ouagadougou. 📌Goals: agree on the national DOA policy framework & launch the pilot publishing platform. Details here - indico.wacren.net/event/255/

WACREN, through the AfricaConnect project and Africa Digital Campus, is supporting the full integration of FasoREN into our network. This will enhance national and regional collaboration, boost research capacity, and empower universities 🏫 and researchers in Burkina Faso to connect with global RENs

At the LIBSENSE- @doaj.bsky.social #OAWeek2025 webinar, Dr. Oluchi Okere, @DOAJ Ambassador for West Africa, shed more light on: 👉️ what DOAJ indexing represents, 👉️ why it matters for hashtag#African scholarly journals, among others Watch recorded video here - video.wacren.net/media/Streng...

#LIBSENSE is proud to join the global 🌍#ScholarlyCommunication community in celebrating International #OpenAccessWeek 🔓2025 (Oct 20–26) 👉 Explore our exciting line-up of activities for the week: libsense.ren.africa/open-access-... @coar-repositories.bsky.social @eifl.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social

The #CyberSecurityMonth 🌍reminds us that cybersecurity starts with trust. When CSIRTs build trust with each other they become stronger than the cyber criminals. Together We Are Stronger! #TrustBrokerAfrica #SecureOurWorld #AfricanCSIRTs @shadowserver.bsky.social

This is part of the LIBSENSE activities to celebrate the #OAWeek (International Open Access Week). Register here - wacren.zoom.us/webinar/regi... @doaj.bsky.social

A four-year journey of connecting six countries in our region culminates in a celebration and commitment to translate this milestone into real value for the #research and #education communities in West & Central #Africa. Thanks to EU and African partners for the support under AfricaConnect3 project.

WACREN, SANReN & TENET deliver the 1st-ever inter-RREN link on #African soil: a 10 Gbps Lagos–Cape Town connection.— faster, cheaper & more reliable for #research & #education. 🚀. Read more here - wacren.net/en/news/afri...

🌍 Big announcement! ✅WACREN connects 6 new countries - 🇬🇲🇬🇳🇬🇼🇲🇷🇸🇱🇸🇳 to its high speed backbone ✅ This will catalyse global collaboration in education and research, reducing barriers of cost and connectivity ✅ The upgraded network will also power WACREN’s climate programme 👉 wacren.net/en/news/wacr...

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Thursday, September 18, 2024. A day we will never forget. Join us in observing a minute of silence in honour of our cherished former CEO. #NeverForgotten @libsense.bsky.social @renater-1.bsky.social

Learn about #AI tools to support scholarly journal editors at the meeting 17 Sept 10:00 UTC of the Community of Practice (CoP) for no-fee #openaccess publishing in #Africa. Join the CoP register for the meeting – zurl.co/DH9gq @wacren.bsky.social @ajol.info

📢 Participez au webinaire @libsense.bsky.social & @doaj.bsky.social 🗓️ Jeudi 30 oct. 2025 | ⏰ 10h00 UTC | 💻 Zoom 👉 Inscription : wacren.zoom.us/webinar/regi... ✅ Renforcez vos pratiques éditoriales ✅ Boostez visibilité & crédibilité des revues africaines ✅ Luttez contre les pratiques prédatrices

Join the LIBSENSE–DOAJ Webinar on strengthening #African journals! 22 Oct 2025|10 UTC|Zoom.Participants will: ✨ gain practical editorial & publishing insights ✨ boost #journal visibility & credibility ✨ learn to counter predatory publishing 🔗 lnkd.in/edxZCST4 @libsense.bsky.social @doaj.bsky.social

🌍 LIBSENSE is expanding its Early Career Researchers (ECR) programme! Are you a researcher, librarian, or scholar in #Africa? Join a vibrant community driving collaboration and advocacy in #openscience, #research visibility and integrity. Apply 👉 libsense.ren.africa/ecr-call-exp.... Deadline-Oct. 31

TBA V Workshop in 🇬🇭 ended with a Community Day! The Cyber Security Authority of Ghana, CERT-GH, @firstdotorg.bsky.social and GARNET engaged our community on key policy and operational topics in the cybersecurity ecosystem. Thanks to GIZ and @shadowserver.bsky.social for the ongoing partnership 👏

The latest issue of our #eNGAGE newsletter is here! Read now: wacren.net/en/media-cen.... Learn about: ✅ WACREN's new cyber threat intelligence platform ✅ WACREN's decision to host future annual conferences on campuses ✅ A new era of OA book publishing in 🇳🇬

The clock is ticking 🕐 We are calling on all #Nigerian 🇳🇬 HEIs, librarians, research centres, et al to get on board this wagon and let's define the future of our OA institutional repositories.. Scan the QR code to begin your Expression of Interest.

One of the several international panels sharing about #openaccess #repositories at #COAR2025. Tons of momentum in Canada, Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe. Now we just need to connect it all together! @investinopen.bsky.social @wacren.bsky.social @openaire.bsky.social @carl-abrc.bsky.social

Our CSO, Omo Oaiya, highlights #LIBSENSE contribution to shaping open access in Nigeria. Read here => www.linkedin.com/posts/omooai...

Joined a panel at @wacren.bsky.social conference to dissuss @elife.bsky.social’s efforts to foster a diverse, inclusive, and equitable publishing ecosystem through global outreach, capacity-building, and infrastructure offerings that support researchers in addressing local open science challenges.

Help take publichealth.africa to the next level! Join our Working Group to shape its future—strategy, structure, sustainability & impact. 🗓 Deadline: May 20, 2025. Submit your EoI 👉 bit.ly/EoIforPHA @wacren.bsky.social #publichealth #coppha

Grant call for organisations publishing no-fee (Diamond) #OpenAccess journals in #Africa. Support for improving journals and strengthening sustainability – bit.ly/3RD1oJ9 @AJOLinfo

The COPPHA Community of Practice (CoP) connects #publichealth researchers and professionals, early career scholars, educators, and open science advocates to learn, share, network, and access open infrastructure and opportunities. The quest is to advance public health in Africa through #research.

Let's talk about some stats. #WACREN2025🇸🇳

We're excited to announce our closing keynote speaker, Dr. Tidiane Seck. He is famous for his contribution to #digital governance and #ICT in #Africa. His address will give impetus and counsel to Africa's digital future. Register - wacren2025.wacren.net and get ready to ✈️ to 🇸🇳 for #WACREN2025.

This session will focus on the evolving landscape of threat intelligence and the critical role of ISACs in enhancing cybersecurity resilience. It will explore how NRENs and nCSIRTs in the WACREN region can foster stronger regional cooperation to mitigate cyber threats effectively. 🔐 #WACREN2025

This first session at #WACREN2025 will explore how AI and open infrastructure drive innovation in digital education and research across #Africa. Panelists will discuss the integration of #AI in research, teaching and learning, the development of open resource-sharing platforms, and key strategies.

WACREN is collaborating with COBESS, CAMES and CINERI to hold a LIBSENSE Workshop on the National Roadmap for Open Science in #Senegal. Universities, researchers, librarians, NREN, funders and policymakers will to co-define a pathway to advance #openscience More here - indico.wacren.net/event/244/

This week, we joined @crossref.bsky.social Accra, where our CMO shared our contributions to advancing #openscience through the LIBSENSE programme. He talked about our #repositories, PIDs service and publishing platform - libsense.ren.africa/home. Watch out for the 'PIDs Clinic' 🤗 at #WACREN2025 in 🇸🇳

We’re thrilled to launch LIBSENSE's revitalised online office - a new website! ✨✨💫🌟 🔎 What’s New? 🔹 Open Access Services 🔹 Diamond Open Access Community of Practice 🔹 Policy Observatory for #OpenScience in Africa Read more on the above here: libsense.ren.africa. #LIBSENSE

We proudly announce Dolphin Telecom as the Platinum Sponsor for #WACREN2025. Thank you, Dolphin! 👏 👏 👏

(1/2) Invest in Open Infrastructure is excited to launch the call for proposals for the IOI Fund for Network Adoption! This Fund aims to catalyze the shared adoption & expansion of open data infrastructure across Africa, Latin America, and North America. Apply here investinopen.org/blog/call-fo...