eNGAGE Newsletter

WACREN is a recipient of ORCID’s Global Participation Fund (GPF). This award marks a significant milestone in WACREN’s strategy to promote open science practices across West and Central Africa, empowering researchers with a reliable digital identity infrastructure.  ORCID's GPF is...

The African research and education landscape has taken a historic leap forward. WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) is now directly interconnected with the Eastern and Southern African research and education community at the ZAOXI Global...

WACREN is proud to spotlight the remarkable achievement of Rasmata Simporé, a young researcher from Burkina Faso, whose innovation is set to transform the way urban waste is managed in her country. Her waste management innovation, the Trash App, was...

When Henrietta Ampofo joined the Women in WACREN (WiW) 2024 cohort in Accra, Ghana, for the Python for Weather and Climate Data. She quickly stood out for her passion, curiosity, and active participation. The WiW initiative—designed to empower women in...

September marked one year since the passing of Dr Boubakar Barry, our founding CEO and a visionary leader whose work transformed research and educational networking in Africa. Dr Barry dedicated his life to building digital bridges across the continent, ensuring...

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...

As part of the global celebration of International Open Access Week 2025, LIBSENSE will host a series of webinars to examine how African-led open access practices can advance visibility, sustainability, and scholarly equity. Through collaborations with the Directory of Open...

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...