📣 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/

DOAJ Ambassador for West Africa Oluchi Okere is presenting at the WACREN 2026 Conference.

The theme for the 2026 annual conference is: 'Connected Futures: Advancing Africa's Digital Sovereignty Through Open Collaboration'

#WACREN2026 @WACREN

🗓️ 23-27 March
📌 Banjul, The Gambia

Details: https://wacren2026.wacren.net/

📣 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/

📣 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/

📢 Today, we announce Kathleen Shearer, ED of @coar_repositories as the Closing Keynote Speaker at the #WACREN2026

👉 https://wacren2026.wacren.net/?profile=keynote-2

For 20 years, Kathleen has helped shape a more interoperable and collaborative research communication ecosystem through #openrepositories and shared standards.

Her closing keynote will highlight how #openinfrastructure and trusted #scholarlycommunication ecosystems are strengthening Africa’s capacity to contribute to the global knowledge economy. 👏 👏

📣 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/

LIBSENSE will hold the #OpenScience Symposium – The Gambia 🇬🇲 as part of the pre-events of #WACREN2026 in Banjul.

The symposium will convene university leaders, graduate deans, librarians, early career researchers, IT directors, policymakers, climate agencies, and national archives.

It forms part of LIBSENSE National Open Science Roadmaps activities aimed at strengthening national open science policies across Africa.

#digitalsovereignty #WACRENinBanjul

📣 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/

At the #WACREN2026 Conference in #Banjul 🇬🇲 Session 1 - 'AI Infrastructure for Advancing Digital Education' will discuss embedding #AI in Africa’s #research and #education platforms.

Watch out for the WACREN #EduAI initiative.

=> https://wacren2026.wacren.net/general-schedule#thursday-session1

#WACREN2026 #EduAI #DigitalSovereignty #WACRENinBanjul