May 12, 2025 Open Call: Pilot to Establish RUMBU - A Shared, Community-Governed Repository Platform for Nigerian Institutions There is a growing need for robust, accessible, interoperable, and sustainable repositories to host scholarly outputs across African institutions. Many Nigerian universities either lack institutional repositories or operate underperforming systems, limiting their ability to effectively support open access and reducing... Read More
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
February 25, 2025 Call for Applications: Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of WACREN The West and Central Africa Education and Research Network (WACREN) is seeking to recruit a candidate for the position of CEO to lead the organization in strengthening its activities in the service of research, higher education and digital innovation in... Read More
February 19, 2025 A new project to strengthen the response of research and education community against cyber threats 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 national research and education networks (NRENs) and, by extension, the... Read More
February 18, 2025 RFQ for 2Mbps Internet Connectivity with Public IPs WACREN invites suitable and qualified internet service providers (ISPs) to share their quotes per the specifications in the link below: Request For Quote Please direct all queries and quote submissions to procurement@wacren.net Read More
January 24, 2025 Announcement: WACREN Annual General Meeting (AGM) – April 11, 2025 WACREN is pleased to announce our Annual General Meeting (AGM), which will be held on Friday, April 11, 2025, immediately after the WACREN 2025 Conference in Dakar, Senegal. The AGM will be an opportunity to engage, share updates, and shape... Read More
January 22, 2025 RFQ for 10Gbps IP Transit Capacity in Ghana WACREN invites suitable and qualified vendors to share their quotes per the specifications in the link below: Request For Quote Read More
