Accessibility, affordability, and discoverability for scholarly literature in Africa.
We were joined in this session by Kamran Kardan, Founder and CEO of Zendy. His presentation centered around the barriers […]
Open Science Webinar Series
Discoverability, Open Science Webinar Series, Scholarly Infrastructure
Building public digital infrastructure that enables [African] communities to publish documents and data more effectively.
Our guests Dawit Tegbaru and Emily Esten from Knowledge Futures Group, shared insights about fostering trust through interoperable preprint review
Data sharing best practices for researchers and institutions working with AfricArXiv
We were honored to have Maria Guerreiro and Sarah Lippincott of Dryad as our guest speakers in this session, and
The African Open Science Platform (AOSP) – Facilitating and coordinating the adoption and implementation of Open Science practices across Africa
We had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Nokuthula Mchunu from the African Open Science Platform (AOSP). She shared valuable insights
Figshare – Enabling global reach and discoverability of African research data
Mark Hahnel and Maria Cotera discussed how Figshare enables global reach and discoverability of African research data. They shared insights
The UNESCO Open Science Toolkit – A Focus on Africa
Dr. Ana Persic, is the Programme Specialist for Science, Technology and Innovation Policies and Open Science at the UNESCO Headquarters in Paris. In this session, she shared her experience in coordinating and developing the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science. She also gave insights about the UNESCO Open Science Toolkit and how it can benefit research in Africa.
The African Reproducibility Network (AREN) – Building gateways to open science in Africa
Emmanuel Boakye talked about the African Reproducibility Network (AREN) and their activities, which are directed towards bridging the gaps in
Research Organization Registry (ROR) – the identifier for research institutions and universities – a spotlight on Africa
During this session, we introduced ROR and explained its benefits. A summary of African organizations in ROR and a highlight
Scholarly and patent literature as a public good to inform problem-solving in Africa feat. The Lens
Mark Garlinghouse and Aaron Ballagh from The Lens joined us for a powerful conversation on how open access to scholarly
DataCite – Contributing to the PID infrastructure in Africa
We had the pleasure of hosting Bosun Obileye from DataCite and he shared valuable insights into how Persistent Identifiers (PIDs)