Aphrike Research and AfricArXiv are thrilled to invite you to our first joint webinar on Building Community to Leverage African Scholarship and Increase the Visibility of African Research Expertise, following our partnership announcement. The 90 minutes seminar will allow attendees to engage in in-depth discussions regarding raising the visibility of African research expertise to a wider global community. The event will be of relevance to academics, research managers, research students, and policymakers. The keynote lecture will be followed by a moderated discussion on the theme of developing a community to harness African scholarship and raise awareness of African research expertise.
Date: Thursday 12 May 2022
Time: 11:00 GMT / 13:00 SAST / 14:00 EAT
Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Keynote Speaker
Prof. Mammo Muchie founded the African Journal on Science, Technology, Innovation and Development (AJSTID) in 2008 and serves as its editor-in-chief. He has been given a number of awards: long dedicated and valued service awards, best institutional senior researcher of the year merit, academic excellence award, outstanding contribution to Science, Engineering, Technology(SET) and innovation by NTSF in South Africa. More
About Aphrike Research
The AphrikeResearch is a database and networking portal that provides a centralised platform for information that profiles and records African scientists, students, and research managers in order to promote intra-Africa collaboration and interventions for SDG realisation, makes easy identification of collaborators, mentors, and funding opportunities, and profile funders (specific fields/priorities/countries). The portal also mobilizes interaction between research managers, policymakers, researchers, and research students, and provides a resource for STI and R&D strategy planning – who is involved in whichever research.
Email: support@aphrikeresearch.com
Website: aphrikeresearch.com
About AfricArXiv
AfricArXiv is a community-led digital archive for African research, working towards building an African-owned open scholarly repository; a knowledge commons of African scholarly works to catalyze the African Renaissance. We partner with established scholarly repository services to provide a platform for African scientists of any discipline to present their research findings and connect with other researchers on the African continent and globally.
Email: info@africarxiv.org
Website: info.africarxiv.org
About Training Centre in Communication
The Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) is the first African-based training center to teach effective communication skills to scientists. TCC Africa is an award-winning Trust, established as a non-profit entity in 2006 and is registered in Kenya. TCC Africa provides capacity support in improving researchers’ output and visibility through training in scholarly and science communication.
Email: info@tcc-africa.org
Website: tcc-africa.org
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