EIFL’s report ‘Landscape of no-fee open access publishing in Africa’ will be discussed at the AfricArXiv Open Science webinar series organized by UbuntuNet Alliance and Access 2 Perspectives. The report provides an overview of open access (OA) journals in Africa that do not charge fees for either authors or readers (often referred to as Diamond OA journals). 

• Date and time: Thursday 15th August 2024, at 12 pm CAT
• Registration: You are invited to register here.

Iryna Kuchma, EIFL Open Access Programme Manager, and Milica Ševkušić, EIFL Open Access Programme Project Coordinator, will introduce highlights from the report. Blessing Chiparausha (University Librarian, Bindura University of Science Education, Zimbabwe), Richard Bruce Lamptey (Deputy /College Librarian, College of Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana), Anna Leonard (Senior Librarian: Research Support Services, ILRC, University of Namibia), Patrick Mapulanga (Librarian, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences, Malawi), Ina Smith (Planning Manager: Scholarly Publishing Unit, Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf), South Africa), Bessem Aamira (IT Manager, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Tunisia) and Basiru Adetomiwa (Faculty of Engineering Librarian (Scholarly Communication), Redeemers University Library, Ede Osun State, Nigeria) will present their country report highlights.