TCC Africa and Eider Africa Collaborate to Mentor Early Career Researchers from Sub Sahara Africa
If you are a researcher, you are probably familiar with the research lifecycle and all the challenges and opportunities that […]
AfricArXiv
Support needed after fire at UCT Libraries
After the devastating fire at the Library campus of the University of Cape Town (UCT) on April 18, 2021, in
In memoriam of Florence Piron
Florence Piron was an anthropologist and ethicist, working as a professor in the Department of Information and Communication at Laval
Exploring publishing practices in Africa
The University World News released a report titled Study highlights concern about publishing practices, expressing the challenges that are faced by Sub-Saharan African researchers that consequently lead to few peer-reviewed articles published in the online publishing industry from the African continent.
The Challenge of Discoverability
AfricArXiv is working in collaboration with Open Knowledge Maps to increase the visibility of African research. In the midst of
Decolonising Research Methodologies
AfricArXiv is contributing to decolonisation by promoting an understanding of decolonisation through preprints; accepting preprint submission in both lingua-franca and native languages, and enabling ownership of African research by Africans through establishing of a decentralized, Africa-owned digital repository for the African continent.
Call for African Marine Researchers
Ocean Acidification Africa (OA-Africa) is a pan-African network specifically convened to coordinate and promote ocean acidification (OA) awareness and research in Africa.
Successful campaign: OSF preprint hosting & maintenance
We are grateful to everyone who contributed to the AfricArXiv hosting and maintenance on the Open Science Framework (OSF).
AfricArXiv, Announcements, Open Access, Perspectives (blog)
Job opportunity: Frontend developer for a Funding Observatory
As a frontend developer or tech-savvy person with experience in the same, you are cordially invited to contribute to finalizing
A podcast: Making African Science Visible
The AfricArXiv team contributed to the third episode of Code for Thought, a podcast on ‘software, engineering, research and anything in between’ created by Peter Schmidt of the Society of Research Software Engineering.