Preprint manuscripts that were published on AfricArXiv via the Open Science Framework (OSF).
List of repositories within the African continent.
Online library of peer-reviewed, African-published scholarly journals.
A platform for rapid publication and open peer review for researchers.
Contextualised search results based on metadata and keywords and tagged with 'Africa'.
A voluminous search engine especially for academic web resources.
AfricArxiv is a free, open source and community-led digital archive for African research. We provide a non-profit platform for African scientists to upload their working papers, pre-prints, accepted manuscripts (post-prints), and published papers. We also provide options to link data and code, and for article versioning. AfricArxiv is dedicated to enhance and open up research and collaboration among African scientists – co-design the future of scholarly communication.
AfricArxiv is dedicated to enhance and open up research and collaboration among African scientists – co-design the future of scholarly communication.
Vienna, Austria & Cotonou, Benin Open Knowledge Maps and AfricArXiv are partnering to advance Open Science and Open Access for African researchers and across the African continent. Peter Kraker, founder of Open Knowledge Maps, says: Read more…
We proudly announce that AfricArXiv has entered a strategic partnership with the Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education (IGDORE) – the independent research institute dedicated to improve the quality of science, science education, Read more…
AfricArxiv was presented at the International Open Science Conference (#osc2019) in Berlin, Germany by Jo Havemann on the theme: “What role can Open Science play in enabling South-North dialogues?“ Preceding the conference was the Barcamp Read more…
Justin Ahinon and Jo Havemann (both founders of AfricArXiv) talk in this article about the development of Open Science Services in Africa, initiatives, the current situation and chances in the future. [Originally published at elephantinthelab.org] Read more…
Participants of AfricaParticipants of African Open Science Platform Strategy Workshop, March 2018; Advisory Council, African Open Science Platform Project; Technical Advisory Board, African Open Science Platform; Boulton, Geoffrey; Hodson, Simon; Serageldin, Ismail; Qhobela, Molapo; Mokhele, Read more…
The free, online outlet is one of a growing number where academics on the continent can share their work Smriti Mallapaty [Originally published in Nature Index] A group of open science advocates have launched the Read more…
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Justin is a WordPress developer with a background in applied statistics. He is strongly interested in open access issues in Africa as well as in the dissemination of knowledge and the means by which it is carried out on the continent. He is a fellow and recently a mentor of the Open Leaders program of the Mozilla Foundation.
Joy is the Director at the Training Centre in Communication, TCC-Africa. She also works with Clarivate Analytics as Account Manager in the East African Division.
With a background in Evolution and Developmental Biology, Jo is a trainer and consultant in Open Science Communication and Science Project Management. With a focus on digital tools for science and her label 'Access 2 Perspectives', she aims at strengthening Research on the African continent through Open Science.
Oba is a co-founder at Vilsquare.org. Experienced project manager, and researcher whose work has created new openings for novel business models in sectors such as health, education, construction, legal, vocational, manufacturing, and security & surveillance.
Luke is a software engineer and researcher in next generation technologies including mixed virtual and augmented reality, blockchain platforms and low power air quality sensors.currently he is based at the Technical University of Kenya School of Computing & Information Technology.