It's Diamond #OpenAccess Day at @WACREN Conference 2026 💎

Mary Felix-Maina from OAPEN Foundation joins partners to share their expertise around the technical infrastructure that underpins open scholarly communication

Find out more about the programme 👉 https://buff.ly/y4PHiSM

Introducing Mary Felix-Maina 👉https://www.oapen.org/oapen/7664742-team

#WACREN2026

Photo: Daniele Levis, Unsplash

📣 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/

Our colleagues Johanssen Obanda and Thelma Laryea are presenting at WACREN Conference 2026 in Banjul, The Gambia on 24 March 2026.

Their session — The Role of Crossref in Enhancing the Quality and Discoverability of African Diamond OA Journals and Books — is part of the Identifiers & Indexing track and explores how open infrastructure can better connect African publishing to global scholarly systems.

👉 https://indico.wacren.net/event/264/
#DiamondOA #OpenAccess #ScholarlyComms #WACREN2026

📣 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/

📣 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/