The AfricArXiv Open Science Webinar series has reached a new milestone, with 118 researchers and librarians from across the African research and education community gathering to explore the future of Diamond Open Access (OA) publishing in Africa. This record-breaking attendance is a promising sign of the growing interest and engagement in the series, with much …
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, …
UbuntuNet Alliance invites university librarians in Eastern and Southern Africa to submit proposals to participate in a one-day training on Open Science (OS), collocated with the UbuntuNet-Connect 2024 Conference. The training is funded under the AfricaConnect3 project, co-funded by the European Union, and the Africa Open Science Platform (AOSP), co-funded by the National Research Fund, …
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In a significant move to empower African researchers and streamline the process of securing research funding, UbuntuNet Alliance proudly introduces the launch of Utafiti Africa on Twitter and LinkedIn. This development marks a pivotal step in creating a more accessible and connected research community across the continent. Utafiti Africa, a platform initiated by UbuntuNet Alliance …
In our endeavor to unlock the cast potential of education and research across Africa as is also reflected in the AfricaConnect 3 project, we aim to enhance access to digital infrastructure and technologies for African education and research institutions. As part of this, we are excited to extend an invitation to librarians across the UbuntuNet …
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UbuntuNet Alliance showcased its commitment to advancing open science at the Open Repositories 2023 conference held in Cape Town, South Africa from 12th to 15th June, 2023. Represented by their Business Development Officer, Harold Bowa, UbuntuNet Alliance actively participated in panel discussions and engaged with prominent practitioners in the field of open science. Harold Bowa …
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The National Research Foundation (NRF) in collaboration with UNESCO and the Department of Science and Innovation of South Africa, is set to provide funding for ten librarians from within the UbuntuNet Alliance region to attend an Open Science training taking place as a pre-conference event to UbuntuNet-Connect 2022 on 23rd November 2022. This is in …
The Research Reference Library at Utafiti Africa is now online and contains reference books targeting both researchers and research managers. All books are Open Access and are made available by some of the top global publishers. For researchers, the library has books on broadly applicable research methodologies, programming approaches, research ethics, and research statistical methods. …
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