Persistent identifiers (PIDs) are necessary to facilitate discoverability, citation, and re-use of research outputs today and in the future. A Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is one such a PID and helps research institutions and researchers to increase the visibility and impact of their publications. This webinar, organized by AfLIA and DataCite, gives an introduction to DataCite DOIs, addresses the relevance of DOI metadata, and shows step-by-step how to get a DataCite DOI. Speakers include: 0:00 DataCite, PIDs and the importance of metadata completeness – Paul Vierkant (DataCite), 16:10 Relevance of metadata in FAIR – Bosun Obileye (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, IITA), 29:57 Registering a DataCite DOI on SORER - step-by-step guide – Mohamed Ali Ahmed (SomaliREN), 40:45 Increase your impact through better metadata – Yared Abera Ergu (NADRE)