Great news for the sustainability of Diamond open access journals in Africa: AJOL, EIFL and WACREN announce funding for 17 projects to strengthen no-fee journals and platforms across nine countries www.eifl.org/news/17-gran...
17 grants to strengthen no-fee OA publishing in Africa | EIFL
EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) take pleasure in announcing the award of 17 grants that will strengthen the quality and su...
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November 27, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Great news for the sustainability of Diamond open access journals in Africa: AJOL, EIFL and WACREN announce funding for 17 projects to strengthen no-fee journals and platforms across nine countries www.eifl.org/news/17-gran...
From Copim to WACREN: a librarian’s journey through global Open Access conversations - Open Book Collective obc.copim.pub/from-copim-t...
From Copim to WACREN: a librarian’s journey through global Open Access conversations - Open Book Collective
If you had told me at the beginning of the year that I would be hopping between conferences, countries, and conversations about open access book publishing, I might have smiled politely and asked, “Wh...
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May 9, 2026 at 9:11 AM
From Copim to WACREN: a librarian’s journey through global Open Access conversations - Open Book Collective obc.copim.pub/from-copim-t...
It's Diamond #OA Day at @wacren.bsky.social Conference 2026 💎
Mary Felix-Maina @oapenbooks.bsky.social joins partners to share expertise around the technical infrastructure that underpins open scholarly communication
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/y4PHiSM
#WACREN2026
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Mary Felix-Maina @oapenbooks.bsky.social joins partners to share expertise around the technical infrastructure that underpins open scholarly communication
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/y4PHiSM
#WACREN2026
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Diamond Open Access Day
Organised by WACREN within the broader LIBSENSE and AfricaConnect4 initiatives, and held alongside the LIBSENSE Open Science Symposium and WACREN 2026 Conference, the event brings together…
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March 24, 2026 at 9:02 AM
It's Diamond #OA Day at @wacren.bsky.social Conference 2026 💎
Mary Felix-Maina @oapenbooks.bsky.social joins partners to share expertise around the technical infrastructure that underpins open scholarly communication
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/y4PHiSM
#WACREN2026
Photo: Daniele Levis, Unsplash
Mary Felix-Maina @oapenbooks.bsky.social joins partners to share expertise around the technical infrastructure that underpins open scholarly communication
Find out more 👉 buff.ly/y4PHiSM
#WACREN2026
Photo: Daniele Levis, Unsplash
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
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
March 23, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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
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
From London to The Gambia - in our latest guest blog, librarian Dr Fatimah Jibril Abduldayan reflects on traveling across 2 continents discussing #DiamondOpenAccess, the BookHub initiative, and her work building equitable scholarly infrastructure from the inside out.
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From Copim to WACREN: a librarian’s journey through global Open Access conversations - Open Book Collective
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May 7, 2026 at 8:01 PM
From London to The Gambia - in our latest guest blog, librarian Dr Fatimah Jibril Abduldayan reflects on traveling across 2 continents discussing #DiamondOpenAccess, the BookHub initiative, and her work building equitable scholarly infrastructure from the inside out.
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We've awarded grants to 16 projects in 9 countries to strengthen the quality & sustainability of no-fee (Diamond) #OpenAccess journals & journal hosting platforms in #Africa. Meet the grantees - zurl.co/ros6h @EIFL #AJOL #WACREN @Wellcome Trust.
December 10, 2025 at 12:36 PM
We've awarded grants to 16 projects in 9 countries to strengthen the quality & sustainability of no-fee (Diamond) #OpenAccess journals & journal hosting platforms in #Africa. Meet the grantees - zurl.co/ros6h @EIFL #AJOL #WACREN @Wellcome Trust.
I am delighted to inform you that the Journal of academic Finance #JoAF , Diamond Open Access (www.scientific-society.com/journal/inde...) just win the Grant call "Strengthening no-fee open access publishing in Africa" launched by #EIFL, #AJOL and #WACREN.
September 25, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I am delighted to inform you that the Journal of academic Finance #JoAF , Diamond Open Access (www.scientific-society.com/journal/inde...) just win the Grant call "Strengthening no-fee open access publishing in Africa" launched by #EIFL, #AJOL and #WACREN.
We are excited to collaborate with WACREN @wacren.bsky.social and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on our joint project to strengthen the cyber resilience, situational awareness and incident response of the West African research & education sector!
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 -
A new project to strengthen response of research and education community to cyber threats - WACREN
In response to the growing cyber threats and weak response within the research and education community in Africa, WACREN and Shadowserver are jointly implementing a new pilot project to capacitate…
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February 21, 2025 at 3:49 PM
We are excited to collaborate with WACREN @wacren.bsky.social and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH on our joint project to strengthen the cyber resilience, situational awareness and incident response of the West African research & education sector!
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
It forms part of #LIBSENSE National Open Science Roadmaps activities aimed at strengthening national open science policies across Africa.
#digitalsovereignty #openaccess
March 2, 2026 at 2:26 PM
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
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...
More here => wacren.net/en/news/wacr...
WACREN Announces New Board of Directors - WACREN
The newly constituted Board brings together distinguished and experienced professionals from across academia, research, digital infrastructure, finance, and development. For the first time in the orga...
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February 20, 2026 at 12:45 PM
📢 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...
More here => wacren.net/en/news/wacr...
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/
March 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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/
🌍 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...
✅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...
September 22, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🌍 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...
✅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...
Driving Open Science Forward: Early Career Researcher Teams in Ghana and Nigeria Push for Research Visibility - WACREN https://wacren.net/en/driving-open-science-forward-early-career-researcher-teams-in-ghana-and-nigeria-push-for-research-visibility/
August 24, 2024 at 8:50 AM
Driving Open Science Forward: Early Career Researcher Teams in Ghana and Nigeria Push for Research Visibility - WACREN https://wacren.net/en/driving-open-science-forward-early-career-researcher-teams-in-ghana-and-nigeria-push-for-research-visibility/
We welcome new members WACREN in Ghana and Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo in The Dominican Republic, which are the first organizations in these countries to join ORCID! 🎉
See all the countries with ORCID Member Organizations here 👉 https://info.orcid.org/resources/orcid-statistics/
See all the countries with ORCID Member Organizations here 👉 https://info.orcid.org/resources/orcid-statistics/
January 29, 2026 at 11:32 AM
We welcome new members WACREN in Ghana and Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo in The Dominican Republic, which are the first organizations in these countries to join ORCID! 🎉
See all the countries with ORCID Member Organizations here 👉 https://info.orcid.org/resources/orcid-statistics/
See all the countries with ORCID Member Organizations here 👉 https://info.orcid.org/resources/orcid-statistics/
📣 Heading to Banjul for #WACREN2026?
Don’t miss ORCID’s Lombe Tembo for ORCID for African Researchers during Session 3.
📅 24 March @ 13:30
See you there! 🇬🇲 https://wacren2026.wacren.net/
Don’t miss ORCID’s Lombe Tembo for ORCID for African Researchers during Session 3.
📅 24 March @ 13:30
See you there! 🇬🇲 https://wacren2026.wacren.net/
March 9, 2026 at 7:29 PM
📣 Heading to Banjul for #WACREN2026?
Don’t miss ORCID’s Lombe Tembo for ORCID for African Researchers during Session 3.
📅 24 March @ 13:30
See you there! 🇬🇲 https://wacren2026.wacren.net/
Don’t miss ORCID’s Lombe Tembo for ORCID for African Researchers during Session 3.
📅 24 March @ 13:30
See you there! 🇬🇲 https://wacren2026.wacren.net/
My student Saevin is conducting a survey on #opensource activities in #Nigeria and would also love to interview some of the survey participants online. Maybe members of @WACREN, @OpenSciNigeria or @dsnai can help? The survey is hosted on the Qualtrics instance of Maastricht University and will […]
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May 23, 2026 at 7:25 PM
My student Saevin is conducting a survey on #opensource activities in #Nigeria and would also love to interview some of the survey participants online. Maybe members of @WACREN, @OpenSciNigeria or @dsnai can help? The survey is hosted on the Qualtrics instance of Maastricht University and will […]
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 -
A new project to strengthen response of research and education community to cyber threats - WACREN
In response to the growing cyber threats and weak response within the research and education community in Africa, WACREN and Shadowserver are jointly implementing a new pilot project to capacitate…
buff.ly
February 19, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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 -
Grant call for organisations publishing no-fee (Diamond) #OpenAccess journals in #Africa. Support for improving journals and strengthening sustainability – bit.ly/3RD1oJ9 @AJOLinfo
Grant call: Strengthening no-fee open access publishing in Africa | EIFL
EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) invite African organizations - legal entities that own open access (OA) journals that do…
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April 30, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Grant call for organisations publishing no-fee (Diamond) #OpenAccess journals in #Africa. Support for improving journals and strengthening sustainability – bit.ly/3RD1oJ9 @AJOLinfo
⚕️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
#OpenAccess #PublicHealthAfrica
🔗 https://ow.ly/Rmis50XpKoh
#OpenAccess #PublicHealthAfrica
November 11, 2025 at 12:10 AM
⚕️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
#OpenAccess #PublicHealthAfrica
🔗 https://ow.ly/Rmis50XpKoh
#OpenAccess #PublicHealthAfrica
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
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
March 20, 2026 at 4:26 PM
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
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
Omo Oaiya highlights the very real infrastructural challenges in Africa, whether repositories, DOIs or simply connectivity #KEOS26
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WACREN is the West and Central African Research and Education Network which aims to provide a World-class infrastructure and services for the West and Central African Research and Education community ...
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May 19, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Omo Oaiya highlights the very real infrastructural challenges in Africa, whether repositories, DOIs or simply connectivity #KEOS26
@wacren.bsky.social (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) wacren.net/en/about-us/...
@wacren.bsky.social (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) wacren.net/en/about-us/...
🌍 Africa’s research networks are now directly connected via a 10 Gbps link between Lagos and Cape Town, led by WACREN and #SANReN, enabling faster, more resilient data sharing across the continent.
🔗 https://ow.ly/GGTG50YOh8M
#ResearchInfrastructure #DigitalTransformation #AfricanScience
🔗 https://ow.ly/GGTG50YOh8M
#ResearchInfrastructure #DigitalTransformation #AfricanScience
April 22, 2026 at 11:37 PM
🌍 Africa’s research networks are now directly connected via a 10 Gbps link between Lagos and Cape Town, led by WACREN and #SANReN, enabling faster, more resilient data sharing across the continent.
🔗 https://ow.ly/GGTG50YOh8M
#ResearchInfrastructure #DigitalTransformation #AfricanScience
🔗 https://ow.ly/GGTG50YOh8M
#ResearchInfrastructure #DigitalTransformation #AfricanScience
⛈️ The West and Central African R&E network WACREN is expanding connectivity to six new countries, supporting climate adaptation through weather monitoring, regional data platforms and federated #HPC for climate modelling.
🔗 https://ow.ly/rSKc50Z2vlW
#ClimateAdaptation #AfricanScience #NREN
🔗 https://ow.ly/rSKc50Z2vlW
#ClimateAdaptation #AfricanScience #NREN
May 21, 2026 at 1:02 AM
⛈️ The West and Central African R&E network WACREN is expanding connectivity to six new countries, supporting climate adaptation through weather monitoring, regional data platforms and federated #HPC for climate modelling.
🔗 https://ow.ly/rSKc50Z2vlW
#ClimateAdaptation #AfricanScience #NREN
🔗 https://ow.ly/rSKc50Z2vlW
#ClimateAdaptation #AfricanScience #NREN
EIFL, AJOL and WACREN, with funding from Wellcome, are launching a call for proposals to support African diamond open access journals (no fees for authors or readers).
Eligibility:
African organizations (universities, learned societies, etc.) publishing diamond journals or hosting journal […]
Eligibility:
African organizations (universities, learned societies, etc.) publishing diamond journals or hosting journal […]
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May 21, 2025 at 8:59 AM
EIFL, AJOL and WACREN, with funding from Wellcome, are launching a call for proposals to support African diamond open access journals (no fees for authors or readers).
Eligibility:
African organizations (universities, learned societies, etc.) publishing diamond journals or hosting journal […]
Eligibility:
African organizations (universities, learned societies, etc.) publishing diamond journals or hosting journal […]
🎉 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
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
December 11, 2025 at 9:55 AM
🎉 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
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