Research in Africa

Bridging knowledge exchange between Africa and Europe

 

We strengthen academic institutions and research on the African continent.

 

 

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AfricArxiv

AfricArxiv is the preprint repository for African scientists.

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African Journals Online

African Journals OnLine (AJOL) is the world’s largest online library of peer-reviewed, African-published scholarly journals.

> browse peer-reviewed journals from Africa,

> download full text articles from journal homepages,

> search for an article by title, author/s or keywords,

> find more resources for researchers and journals.

 

Science Communication Trainings

TCC Africa offers trainings in Science Communication across the African continent, course topics ranging from proposal writing to resource mobilisation, data analysis and communicating to non-scientists.

 

Surplus laboratory equipment

Seeding Labs enables scientists with limited resources to conduct high quality research through their flagship program Instrumental Access.

Together with Merck as a sponsors, Seeding Labs is curating the video platform TeleScience.

Contact us or the Seeding Labs team if you have state of the art science equipment from surplus, overstock, or traded-in items that you would like to donate to research institutions and universities in the global south.

>> Equipment wish list

 

Build your BioHacker Space

AfricaOSH is a gathering for everyone interested in Open Science Hardware as a means to achieve locally adapted, culturally relevant, technologically and economically feasible production in Africa.

 

SynTechBio – Biohacker Spaces Network – supports Biohacking and DIY-Bio initiatives in the global south, enhancing the communication and action of the worldwide community as a group. The first African member is KumasiHive from Ghana.
SynTechBio provides information about how to build a complete Biohacking/DIY-Bio Space. Download the manual in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French.

 

 

African Research consortia and networks

NASAC (Network of African Science Academies) is a consortium of merit-based science academies in Africa and aspires to make the “voice of science” heard by policy and decision makers within Africa and worldwide. NASAC is dedicated to enhancing the capacity of existing national science academies and champions in the cause for creation of new academies where none exist.

 

African Open Science Platform

The African Open Science Platform initiative (AOSP), funded by the South African Department of Science and Technology (DST) through the National Research Foundation (NRF), and implemented and managed by the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), is a pan-African project for Africa by Africa. Direction is provided by CODATA (ISC).

 

 

 

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References

Fonn S (2018), Research-intensive universities in Africa? A model of how to build them. theconversation.com

Participants of African Open Science Platform Strategy Workshop, March 2018 et al (2018), The African Open Science Platform: The Future of Science and the Science of the Future. zenodo.org, 

Glausiusz J (2018), How to deliver sound science in resource-poor regions, nature.com Career Feature

Joubert, M. and Costas, R., 2019. Getting to Know Science Tweeters: A Pilot Analysis of South African Twitter Users Tweeting about Research Articles. Journal of Altmetrics, 2(1), p.2. DOI: doi.org/10.29024/joa.8

Fourie W (2017), Six barriers that make it difficult for African states to use research for policy. theconversation.com

Eisenstein M (2017), Partnering to promote research where it matters. PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(4): e0005530. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005530

de Vries J et al. (2017), Regulation of genomic and biobanking research in Africa: a content analysis of ethics guidelines, policies and procedures from 22 African countries. BMC Medical Ethics 18:8 doi.org/10.1186/s12910-016-0165-6

Chinsembu KCet al. (2011), Indigenous knowledge of HIV/AIDS among High School students in Namibia. Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine 7:17 doi.org/10.1186/1746-4269-7-17

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