About ren.ng

Community-governed open infrastructure for learning and research.

The ren.ng portal is Nigeria's gateway to collaborative digital infrastructure for education and research. It integrates NgREN connectivity, identity management, Open Access publishing, research data services, and community-driven Citizen Science initiatives to power Open Science and digital transformation across the education spectrum.

Guided by community governance and shared ownership, ren.ng aims to ensure that Nigeria's education system — from universities to basic schools — benefits from open, secure, and sustainable digital infrastructure. The portal demonstrates how national goals can be realised through collective action, open standards, inclusive participation, and societal engagement.

  • Integrates NgREN connectivity, identity management, Open Access publishing, and research data services into one collaborative gateway.
  • Centers community governance so institutions co-own the roadmap and benefit from shared stewardship.
  • Extends infrastructure benefits across Nigeria's entire learning landscape, from universities to basic schools.
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Community-owned pillars

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Community Governance

Stakeholders from libraries, ICT units, research centres, and community organisations co-design ren.ng through open working groups. Annual summits and policy clinics keep decisions transparent and responsive to Nigeria's education continuum, aligning national priorities with practical, community-owned delivery.

  • Working groups steward identity, repositories, publishing, connectivity, and citizen science portfolios.
  • Alignment with NgREN, WACREN, LIBSENSE, and ministries to sustain infrastructure and policy fit.
  • Community charters and shared ownership models ensure accountability and onboarding.

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Citizen Science & Societal Engagement

Citizen Science is recognised within the UNESCO Open Science framework as a key avenue for societal participation in research and innovation. ren.ng promotes this engagement by empowering communities, students, and educators to contribute to data collection, monitoring, and local innovation efforts.

  • Collaborations under LIBSENSE and WACREN connect open infrastructure with impact in climate, water quality, agriculture, and environmental observation using IoT and LoRaWAN.
  • IoT-based environmental monitoring at the Okpa River in Ile-Ife shows students and communities co-collecting and analysing pollution data.
  • Citizen storytellers, educators, and researchers publish open datasets and narratives that inform policy and local action.

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Responsible Research Assessment

ren.ng champions Responsible Research Assessment (RRA) so institutions recognise data, software, teaching, and community engagement alongside traditional citations. We align with DORA and CoARA while tailoring practices to the Nigerian context.

  • RRA dashboards surface open outputs, community impact, and qualitative narratives.
  • Training programmes embed RRA in institutional workflows, librarian services, and ECR mentorship.
  • Policy roadmap targets a national RRA framework by 2027 with ministry partners.

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Across the Education Continuum

ren.ng serves everyone in the learning ecosystem - from early-career researchers and lecturers to secondary school educators and community innovators. Services adapt to bandwidth realities, language diversity, and evolving curriculum needs.

  • Digital Learning Federation offers multi-tenant Moodle and offline kits for remote communities.
  • eduID.ng extends secure access to colleges of education and partner organisations.
  • Repositories and publishing platforms make local knowledge globally discoverable.