The stage is set for the second UbuntuNet Alliance Women Hackathon, as the call for proposals officially closed on 13th September 2024. The hackathon, aims to foster innovation among young women across Eastern and Southern Africa, with a specific focus on research and education. This year’s call attracted an impressive number of proposals from talented …
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On Thursday, July 18th, 2024, the UbuntuNet Alliance and Access 2 Perspectives hosted an enlightening webinar session as part of the ORCID Global Participation Program. This session focused on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s updated Open Access Policy, which will take effect on January 1, 2025. Guest Speaker Ashley Farley provided valuable insights into …
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AfricArXiv is a community-led open-access digital library dedicated to creating an African-owned open scholarly repository. It enables African researchers across all disciplines to showcase their research findings, boost their discoverability, and connect with other researchers on the continent and globally. In late 2023, Access 2 Perspectives and UbuntuNet Alliance jointly began hosting AfricArXiv on UbuntuNet …
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In collaboration with Access to Perspectives, UbuntuNet Alliance has been hosting an enlightening Open Science Webinar Series since October 2023. This initiative, under a project funded by the ORCID Global Participation Fund, is dedicated to establishing ORCID-facilitated multi-stakeholder consortia aimed at enhancing scholarly knowledge sharing across Africa. By leveraging scholarly repository systems such as OSF, …
The premier research and education networking conference of Eastern and Southern Africa is coming up on 31st October and 1st November 2024 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Hosted by the Tanzania Research and Education Network (TERNET), UbuntuNet-Connect 2024 is set to bring together 150 to 200 participants under the theme: Maximizing Technological Advancements in Research …
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