The next meeting of the Community of Practice (CoP) for no-fee OA publishing in Africa, that now includes 359 members, will take place on 16 July 2025 at 10:00 UTC. 

The meeting will be moderated by Femi Arogundade, of WACREN (West and Central African Research and Education Network), and Iryna Kuchma and Milica Ševkušić, of the EIFL Open Access Programme. Topics to be discussed include journal indexing, licensing and copyright issues, ownership and best practices on ISSN records and news and updates from the CoP members. 

The CoP was formed as part of the Collaboration for Sustainable OA Publishing in Africa project supported by Wellcome. More about the COP and how to join.