Open Access

"We may be addressing African local issues, but we still have to be seen to be competing internationally."

Ruth Oniang'o describes why she started the Nairobi-based journal AJFAND and the funding challenge which the journal continues to face even after nearly 20 years of being operational.

How is the research and/or publishing environment characterized?

Angela Okune, S. Adebowale, E. Gray, A. Mumo, and R. Oniang'o. "Discussion on Open Access (in Africa)," [Transcript], 2020, Research Data Share.

Database as Book Question Set Querying "Open Access" (in/from Africa)

Angela Okune, "2019 CODESRIA/ASAA pre-conference publishing workshop" [Fieldnotes], 2020, Research Data Share.

2019 CODESRIA/ASAA pre-conference publishing workshop fieldnote excerpts

Plan S based on author-pay article processing charge (APC) model

Kate Meagher: An important clarifying point to raise about the current Plan S is that while it pushes for making journals open access, it is based on an author-pay article processing charge (APC)...Read more

How is the research and/or publishing environment characterized?

Angela Okune, S. Adebowale, E. Gray, A. Mumo, and R. Oniang'o. "Discussion on Open Access (in Africa)," [Transcript], 2020, Research Data Share.

Database as Book Question Set Querying "Open Access" (in/from Africa)

Angela Okune, S. Adebowale, E. Gray, A. Mumo, and R. Oniang'o. "Discussion on Open Access (in Africa)," [Transcript], 2020, Research Data Share.

Discussion on Open Access in Africa

March 31, 2020

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Nairobi

Participants (listed alphabetically):

Sulaiman Adebowale
Eve Gray

Okune, Angela, Sulaiman Adebowale, Eve Gray, Angela Mumo, and Ruth Oniang’o. 2020. “Conceptualizing, Financing and Infrastructuring: Perspectives on Open Access in and from Africa.” Preprint version December 2020. Research Data Share.

This is the editor reviewed version of the article which has been published in final form at Development and Change Journal (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/dech.12632).

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