🌍 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...

A big thank you to @Layer3NIGERIA for sponsoring #WACREN2025 👏

AFR-IX Telecom (https://afr-ix.com/) is a Bronze sponsor at #WACREN2025! Thank you, AFR-IX, for your support 🇸🇳

🪧 We are searching for a leader to drive our vision and strategy. If this looks like you, please apply or forward it to suitable and qualified persons. More info here - https://buff.ly/4kef1f0 #WACREN #vacancy #jobs

Join us for an engaging online session on Open Education & Open Publishing organised in collaboration with Peoples-Praxis at the #OEWEEK25 hosted by @oeglobal.bsky.social. Details here - oeweek.oeglobal.org/activity/dis....

We're pleased to announce Prof. Adji Boussou Dieng 🇸🇳 an accomplished scholar and a leading voice in #AI, machine learning, and the natural sciences, as a Keynote Speaker at #WACREN2025! Get ready to hear deep perspectives which will help shape the future of #African research and education.

WACREN, @shadowserver.bsky.social and GIZ are collaborating on a project to strengthen Africa’s #research & #education sector against cyber threats! 🔐 The project will enhance real-time response and catalyse decision-making in NREN and national African #CSIRTs More info here -

WACREN is pleased to announce crossref.bsky.social - Crossref as a Bronze sponsor of #WACREN2025 👍

WACREN, EIFL and @ajol.info held the inaugural No-Fee Open Access Community of Practice Mtg for African researchers, editors, and journal publishers. The use of #AI and persistent identifiers in academic publishing took centre stage, and close to 100 of our 300 CoP participants joined the meeting.