ScienceOpen and the University of South Africa Press launch the preprint server UnisaRxiv
Our partner repository ScienceOpen has cooperated with the University of South Africa (UNISA) Press to create the preprint server UnisaRxiv. […]
Perspectives (blog)
Interview with Rania Mohamed of University of Khartoum, Sudan
Dr. Rania Baleela, from University of Khartoum, Sudan, is a pathogen molecular biologist working towards developing infectious diseases control strategies. This interview explores Dr. Baleela’s research work, experience and her efforts in educating her community in dealing with poisonous and venomous organisms.
AfricArXiv receives JROST Rapid Response Award
Following our participation in the JROST conference 2020, we are honored to share that we were awarded $5,000 for our dedication in advancing openness in research and scholarship across Africa. AfricArXiv is among the eight awardees of the response fund; along with La Referencia – Openscapes – PREreview – sktime – 2i2c – Humanities Commons – Knowledge Equity Lab.
Survey: Certification for open source hardware designs under peer-review
Journals that publish Open Source Hardware designs have different requirements for the documentation that goes together with the paper being published.
Open Education Mirrors the Open Science Reform Movement
Open Educational Resources (OERs) are a game-changer for education, for a plethora of reasons spanning aspects such as accessibility and dissemination. Here, I want to focus on the promise of OERs to facilitate updating educational materials.
TCC Africa & AfricArXiv win at ASAPbio sprint
Under the title Encouraging Preprint Curation and Review, ASAPbio has held a design sprint to increase exposure for new and
TCC Africa & AfricArXiv win at ASAPbio sprint
Under the title Encouraging Preprint Curation and Review, ASAPbio has held a design sprint to increase exposure for new and
AfricArXiv supports COAR on their Input to “Data Repository Selection: Criteria that Matter”
On the 24th of November, 2020 the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) published a response to the Data repository Selection
AfricArXiv supports the virtual Chatbot Africa & Conversational AI Summit 2021
The summit will cover applications of Conversational AI, Chatbots, Voice, Virtual Assistants, and Conversation Design in a variety of sectors. The focus is on how companies are using chatbots and conversational AI to decrease costs and increase revenues and explore latest trends, use cases, and get a behind the scene look at what is working best.
COAR, TCC Africa and AfricArXiv sign partnership agreement
We are pleased to announce that the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR) and TCC Africa in collaboration with AfricArXiv have signed a partnership agreement focused on strengthening capacity and infrastructure for Open Science in Africa.