May 2023

In today’s hyperconnected research and education environment, cyber threats no longer respect borders. From ransomware targeting university networks to phishing campaigns exploiting collaboration platforms, the challenges faced by African research and education institutions are increasingly complex and transnational. To effectively...

Nigeria’s research and education landscape is taking a significant step forward with RUMBU - a national, multitenant institutional repository platform designed to strengthen open access and scholarly communication across the country’s universities. RUMBU is a community-driven effort to complement the...

When Nigeria’s academic and research community gathered in Abuja for the National Summit on Open Access Book Publishing, the message was clear: knowledge created in Nigeria must serve the public good and remain in public hands. The two-day summit themed...

LIBSENSE marked the 2025 International Open Access Week with a series of activities that emphasized visibility, equity, sustainability, and control in scholarly communication. The highlight of the week was a joint LIBSENSE-DOAJ webinar that explored the significance of knowledge ownership...

WACREN is set to become the go-to regional hub for cyber threat intelligence in the ECOWAS and Central African Regions, as it has deployed critical infrastructure to support resilience against cyber threats for the research and education landscape. The milestone...

A quiet revolution is underway in Nigeria’s academic publishing landscape - one driven by the shift from traditional, closed-access publishing models to Open Access (OA) book publishing. This is an outcome of the LIBSENSE Open Access Book Project which catalysed...

Through their advocacy for open science culture and policies in academic institutions, the LIBSENSE Early Career Researchers (ECRs) are gaining attention from a recognised international publication: Katrina. The article describes the crucial role LIBSENSE has played in advancing open science...

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)...

EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN invite African organisations – legal entities that own open access (OA) journals that do not charge any fees for either authors or readers (often referred to as Diamond OA journals), and where editorial...

Thousands of researchers and students in Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Togo will soon access thousands of academic digital resources worldwide thanks to their country's identity federations joining eduGAIN.  The admission of GARNET Identity Federation (GIF), Burkina Faso Identity Federation (eduID.bf),...

WACREN NREN Members have decided on a bold shift for future WACREN conferences: move from hotel venues to university campuses. At the just-ended NREN CEO Academy, the NREN CEOs acknowledged that hosting the flagship event on campuses is strategic and...

Trust, mutual understanding, and shared responsibility are three crucial imperatives for an enduring security collaboration between NRENs and national CSIRTs across Africa, to safeguard digital infrastructures and strengthen the response of the research and education community against cyber threats. This...