AfricArXiv and COS partner to support pan-African research
Beyond open access publishing services for its community, AfricArXiv will facilitate more opportunities for rigorous and reproducible practices.
Perspectives (blog)
AfricArXiv in a nutshell – what we do, our achievements and our roadmap
More than two years into our work with AfricArXiv we are glad to present an overview of our work. You
Interview with Olabode Omotoso of the National Cancer Prevention Programme, Nigeria
What is behind the observed low COVID-19 fatality in Africa? What is the state of research communication in Africa? Read through Mr. Olabode’s engaging responses on the impact of life expectancy and SARS-Cov-2 genomic variation on COVID-19 transmission and fatality in Africa.
Call to action: COVID-19 Rapid Review
Originally published at: africarxiv.pubpub.org Cite as: AfricArXiv (2020). Call to action: COVID-19 Rapid Review. AfricArXiv. Retrieved from https://africarxiv.pubpub.org/pub/24sv5nej As a
Rapid and Open Peer Review
What are the new technologies for research quality assessment in academic publishing in the light of Open Science?
Interview with Ömer Özak of Southern Methodist University (SMU)
Do you know the role of diversity, cultural similarity and history in economic development and conflict in the context of Africa? In this interview Dr. Ömer explores this important subject and explains their work on the role of borders and conflict as one of the main problems in Africa.
Goal achieved: OSF preprint hosting & maintenance 2020
We would like to take a moment to express our gratitude to everyone who contributed in covering the 2020 fee for AfricArXiv’s preprint hosting & maintenance on the Open Science Infrastructure (OSF) provided by the Center for Open Science.
Low-cost Loop Mediated Isothermal Amplification (LAMP) kit to enhance COVID testing capacity in Sri Lanka
Aravinth Panch, A2P team member and co-founder of DreamSpace Academy in Batticaloa, helped Sri Lanka Institute of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC) Colombo to develop a rapid test kit for COVID-19 as reported in newspapers in Sri Lanka.
Interview with Oguta Job Francis from Busitema University, Uganda
How do we find a cheaper alternative to produce enough quality food to feed the world? Read through Job Oguta’s
Kamila Markram: Open Science can save the planet
Imagine: from your taxpayer’s money, you pay for the highways in your country. And then imagine a company would come along, put up a toll gate and charge you so much money that only the richest cars could afford to use this highway. We would never allow this to happen on our roads, would we? But then why are we allowing this to happen to our scientific knowledge?