April 29, 2025 Grant call: Strengthening no-fee open access publishing in Africa 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 not charge any fees for either authors or readers (often... Read More
April 28, 2025 COPPHA Community of Practice established The Coalition for Open Access Publishing of Public Health in Africa (COPPHA) Community of Practice (CoP) has been established to connect and support public health researchers, early career scholars, educators, and open science advocates across Africa. Led by PublicHealth.Africa (PHA) with support... Read More
April 28, 2025 Call for Expressions of Interest: Reconfiguring PublicHealth.Africa PHA was established to leverage the skills of those with experience in public health to improve the health of populations in Africa. Initial work has focused on conducting surveys and supporting online courses in peer review and open publishing, together with... Read More
April 8, 2025 WACREN Appoints Dr. Eyouléki T. G. Palanga as Chief Executive Officer The West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Eyouléki T. G. Palanga as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective April 1, 2025, for a term of four (4) years.... Read More
March 4, 2025 Extension for RFQ for 2Mbps Internet Connectivity with Public IPs WACREN has extended the deadline for the RFQ to March 21. Click to see Request For Quote Please direct all queries and quote submissions to procurement@wacren.net Read More
February 27, 2025 African Union publishes article on the value of RENs The African Union has published an article in its AU ECHO Magazine on the value of the African Research and Education Networks (RENs) AfricaConnect3 project. The article "Réseaux de recherche et d’éducation : Surmonter les obstacles à l’éducation sur le... Read More