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.
This article was originally published at ela-newsportal.com “Academic Research and knowledge from and about Africa should be freely available to all who wish to access, use or reuse it while at the same time being Read more…
The following interview was originally published at zbw-mediatalk.eu and licensed under Creative Commons BY 4.0. Enjoy the read! Fostering transparency, open access and global dialogue in research are crucial to deal with local as well Read more…
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…
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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 Founding Director at the Training Centre in Communication, TCC-Africa – the first African-based training centre to teach effective communication skills to scientists. TCC is a Trust, established as a non-profit entity in 2006 and is registered in Kenya.
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 working at the Technical University of Kenya School of Computing & Information Technology.
Ahmed is a medical doctor in Lagos, Nigeria and a health policy scholar at Washington University in St Louis, USA. He is the founder of Open Access Nigeria, an advocacy organization working to promote online access to research, data and educational resources. He was named a Mandela Washington Fellow in 2016 and a Plan S ambassador in 2019.