AfricArxiv is a community-led digital archive for African research. We provide a platform to upload working papers, preprints, presentations, datasets, audio/visual files, and more via our affiliate partner platforms. We are enhancing the visibility of African research output for a globally balanced scholarly knowledge exchange.
Website: info.africarxiv.org
AfricArXiv Open Science Webinar Series: A Year in Review
AfricArXiv, a free digital archive for African research, has played a pivotal role in advancing open science on the continent. Established in 2018 and hosted by UbuntuNet Alliance since 2023, the platform is being tailored towards meeting the needs of African researchers, leveraging the Alliance’s extensive network.
Open Science workshop in Zambia
We were enormously honored to deliver a workshop on Open Science, Open Data and Open Repositories to librarians at the 2024 Zambia Research and Education Network (ZAMREN) Week & Annual General Meeting.
Open Science session in Kenya for SGCI-funded researchers
Last week, the National Research Fund Kenya hosted the ‘Science Granting Councils Initiative 2023 Annual Forum and Global Research Council […]
Open Science workshop for Librarians
UbuntuNet Alliance under the AfricaConnect3 project invited 20 librarians to participate in a one-day Open Science training session a day before the UbuntuNet Connect 2023 Conference.
AfricArXiv, Diamond Open Access, Sustainability & Funding
Presentation held at the II DIAMOND OPEN ACCESS CONFERENCE, October 25 - 26, 2023. Toluca, Mexico
SDG indicator codes as metadata in institutional repositories and scholarly indexing systems
To encourage scholarly publishing venues and research institutions to adopt the SDG indicator taxonomy for solution-oriented research output that allows for direct application to societal and environmental interventions to mitigate climate change, forced migration, war and conflict, and other existential crises of our times.
Sustainability, Research, and Innovation – the Open Science panel at the SRI Africa Satellite event
At the #SRI2023 Africa satellite event, Dr Jo Havemann contributed to the Open Science panel that was organised by the […]
Toward Global Research Equity from an African perspective – A conversation with Joy Owango
Joy Owango is the executive director of TCC Africa, the Training Center in Communication, based in Kenya and serving the […]
The Data Quality Imperative – A conversation at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2022
From manuscript preparation to business-related best practices, scholarly publishers increasingly integrate data capture and analysis into their systems. These efforts are considered essential to enable interoperability, ensure transparency, and build trust with authors, funders, and institutions.
VAD Conference 2022: AfricArXiv Providing Reciprocal Discoverability of African Research Content
AfricArXiv was represented at the VAD conference 2022 in Freiburg, Germany, organized by the Africa Centre for Transregional Research (ACT) conference focused on the theme of African Europe, reciprocal perspectives and it addressed processes of co-production of knowledge as well as the mutual questioning of different ways. of thinking.
Deafness and Academia – A conversation with Wangari Joyce Ngugi
Following up on our previous episode with Joyce Wangari Nugi, in which we talked about Holistic wellness and mental health in research careers, this episode is about Wangari's work for the deaf community and deafness in academia.
We are joined by N'kadziri Aminah Idd, who facilitates sign language interpretation throughout our conversation (see the video below).
Preprint servers gain prominence, a spotlight on AfricArXiv
Talking about preprints and AfricArXiv in particular, we are honored to be featured in University World News along with colleagues and institutional partners Joy Owango (TCC Africa-Training Centre in Communication), Stephanie Dawson (ScienceOpen), Mark Hahnel (Figshare), Catherine Ahearn (Knowledge Futur
Strengthening academic institutions and research on the African continent.
We work with
- African scientists and research institutions to enhance their positioning within the global research community
- Non-African scientists and institutions who wish to collaborate with African partners
Explore this map at kumu.io/a2p/african-digital-research-repositories
Our goal is to identify synergies between African and European research institutions for mutually beneficial collaboration projects.
Highlighting African scientists’ profiles and achievements
We encourage and advise African scientists to build an online presence for their academic achievements.
Supporting global scientific networking
We assist scientists in identifying collaboration partners in Africa.
Collaboration with like-minded organizations
We offer support and consultation on institutional optimization, career building, research equipment, and knowledge exchange on a global level.
Network Partners
