The Open Access global community received a major boost in May 2016 when delegates to the fourth Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA) Conference on Electronic Publishing adopted the ‘Dakar Declaration on Open Access Publishing in Africa and the Global South’. The Dakar Declaration calls on scholars/researchers and students, policy …
36 of the 54 countries on the African continent do not have operational National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) representing 66 percent of countries lacking operational NRENs on the continent. This has been revealed in a recent report released by the World Bank titled the “Role and Status of National Research and Education Networks (NRENs) …
66 percent of African countries have no operational NRENs- World Bank Read More »
Better late than never! This seems to be a fitting phrase for the Malawi Research and Education Network (MAREN) after the network successfully tested its eduroam service in June 2016 to become the fifth NREN within the UbuntuNet Alliance membership region to launch the service after KENET, TENET, ZAMREN and RENU. eduroam is a service …
It is a known fact that universities and research institutions the world over are launching and being involved in inspiring and cutting-edge research and collaboration projects by each passing day. However, sharing the progress and impact of these projects with the rest of the global community seems not to be a top priority for concerned …
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