This document discusses how open access benefits scientists on the African continent. It notes that the open access movement in Africa is growing, with over 300 open access journals published in sub-Saharan Africa and over 40 open access repositories. However, open access also faces challenges in Africa, such as enabling mobile access and addressing the often high costs of open access publishing. The document advocates that open access can help researchers in Africa enhance their profiles and visibility globally.

1. Research
and
Science
in
Africa
Does
#OpenAccess
benefit
Scien7sts
on
the
African
con7nent
?
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2. When
hear
Research
in
Africa…
…
what
comes
to
your
mind?
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4. Berlin
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5. h/p://www.africa.com/top-­‐10-­‐universi=es-­‐in-­‐africa-­‐2015-­‐edi=on
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6. afriperspec7ves.com/higher-­‐educa7on
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7. Berlin
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8. akadanetwork.org
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9. Berlin
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10. Berlin
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11. Berlin
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12. OA
in
the
Global
South
2012
Conference
hUp://www.unesco.org/…/acces-­‐by-­‐region/africa
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13. OA
movement
in
Africa
is
growing.
• >300
OA
journals
published
in
SSA
• >40
OA
repositories,
>80
planned
• Univ.
f
Pretoria
was
the
first
in
Africa
to
adopt
an
OA
mandate.
hUp://www.unesco.org/…/acces-­‐by-­‐region/africa
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14. www.ajol.info
provides
access
to
African
published
research
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15. www.bioline.org.br
provides
OA
to
research
journals
published
in
developing
countries
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16. Many
also
publish
in:
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17. Challenges
&
Opportuni=es
w/
OA
in
Africa
• Enable
access
to
OA
through
mobile
devices
• Many
African
researchers
con7nue
to
rely
on
paper
format
• Cost
of
OA
is
o]en
too
high
and
thus
calls
for
alterna7ve
pricing
op7ons
• Enhance
the
profiles
of
researchers
and
their
outputs
(trainings
and
workshops
in
science
communica7on)
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18. “One
of
the
key
pillars
of
the
University
of
Botswana
new
strategic
plan
“Strategy
for
excellence”
is
“Research
Intensifica7on”.
OA
will
help
the
University
of
Botswana,
Government,
and
research
ins7tu7ons
to
achieve
this
pillar
by
ensuring
online
accessibility
to
public
funded
research
output
that
can
be
freely
shared
by
everyone,
enhance
research
quality,
and
improve
visibility
of
the
ins7tu7on
and
the
na7on
globally.”
Professor
Frank
Youngman
(2013)
Deputy
Vice
Chancellor,
University
of
Botswana
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19. Johanna
Havemann
|
PhD
access
2
perspec7ves
Trained
Biologist
Digital
Science
Communica7on
African
Affairs
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