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: “At Open Knowledge Maps, our goal is that everyone can benefit from scientific knowledge, regardless 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, and quality of life for scientists, students and their families. IGDORE is committed to open Read more…
Originally published at crastina.se/science-communication-in-africa/. This Crastina Column by Pearl Ihuoma Osirike, Ph.D. Fellow at the University of Ghana, initiates the theme ”SciComm in Africa” at the crastina.org website. It is my strong belief that scientific output should not be published only in scientific journals for the learned few but should be Read more…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 Open Science (#oscibar) – where we hosted a session about the importance of language diversity 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, Khotso; Dakora, Felix; Veldsman, Susan; Wafula, Joseph doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.1407488 This document presents a draft strategy and Read more…