Afrique

« Le GRIP a le plaisir d’organiser un séminaire international entre le 27 et le 28 mars 2024. Ce séminaire a pour but de discuter des résultats du projet « A…

« EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network), with support from Wellcome, are launching a three-year project that will strengthen the quality…

« There are many claims to the benefits of open access publishing in general and for Africa in particular. This study aimed to describe the characteristics of scholarly journals expected to…

« This article documents a series of meetings designed to identify the needs of African Open Access publishing communities and stakeholders. (…) »

« The advancement of scientific research and raising the next-generation scientists in Africa depend largely on science access. The COVID-19 pandemic has caused discussions around open science (OS) to reemerge globally,…

« As the world is still grappling with the pandemic and its devastating effects, the need for rapid and affordable means of communicating and accessing scientific knowledge is strikingly apparent. Earlier…

« Un projet vise à traduire des articles scientifiques en six langues africaines parlées par 100 millions de personnes mais rarement employées dans la production académique. Avec des bénéfices pour les…

« Today, LA Referencia, RedCLARA and the three African regional research and education networks – ASREN, WACREN and UbuntuNet Alliance – signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to formalize their relationship…

« Updates on UNESCO’s Global Open Science Partnership with international examples of national frameworks and lightning talks from African countries implementing pilots to transition to Open Science. (…) »

« Open, collaborative, and reproducible research – Open Science – has great potential for advancing science. However, the training in our local universities does not equip students with the tools to…