Securing the future of African Innovation, Indigenous Knowledge and Cultural Heritage.
In this session, we welcomed Joy Owango, Project Lead at Africa PID Alliance, who gave her presentation on the role […]
Open Science Webinar Series
Open Science Webinar Series
Advancing Open Science: A Mid-Year Review and Exciting Second Half of the Open Science Webinar Series.
Originally published at https://ubuntunet.net/stories/advancing-open-science-a-mid-year-review-and-exciting-second-half-of-the-open-science-webinar-series/ In collaboration with Access to Perspectives, UbuntuNet Alliance has been hosting an enlightening Open Science Webinar
Networking & Community, Open Science Webinar Series
Connecting African scholarly stakeholders across the continent.
We were joined in this session by Mofahloshi Chuene of Aphrike Research, who shared a thoughtful presentation on the importance
Investing in African Open Infrastructure
Jerry Sellanga, the Engagement Coordinator at Invest in Open Infrastructure, joined us as a guest in this webinar session, and
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
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.