Interview with Nicholas Outa of Maseno University, Kenya
Nicholas Outa, from Maseno University, Kenya, is an aquatic researcher working towards filling research gaps in Freshwater Aquatic Systems, Fish Ecology and Aquaculture.
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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.
Interview with Dr. Eduardo Oliveira of University of Louvain, Belgium
How can governance of land systems and sustainability in land use frontiers be improved? What are the synergies and trade-offs between local-based land use challenges, and global interests for land? Have a look at the informative interview with Dr. Oliveira to learn about his research in addressing these questions.
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.
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.
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.
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
Multilingual chatbot for African citizens, researchers and policy-makers to provide quick answers around COVID-19
The German startup DialogShift and the pan-African cross-disciplinary preprint repository AfricArXiv develop a multilingual chatbot for African citizens, researchers and
Knowledge Futures Group and AfricArXiv launch Audio/Visual Preprint Repository on PubPub
PubPub, the open-source collaboration platform built by the Knowledge Futures Group, has partnered with AfricArXiv, the African preprint repository, to host audio/visual preprints. This partnership will enable multimedia submissions around research outputs, including community participation and feedback for and from researchers.
Join us: COVID-19 Africa Response
Team members from AfricArXiv have partnered up and are closely collaborating with other organizations like Code for Africa, Vilsquare, African