Article by Wagdy Sawahel
Universities and higher education institutions in Africa are starting to join the open-science movement, but they still face challenges and need to learn from global open-science policies to develop Africa-oriented practices.
“As open science (OS) is being promoted as the best avenue to share and drive scientific discoveries at much lower costs and in transparent and credible ways, it is imperative that African governments and institutions take advantage of the momentum and build research infrastructures that are responsive to this movement,” stated a study, ‘Open Science in Africa: What policy-makers should consider’ published in Frontiers in Research Metrics and Analytics (FRMA) on 13 October.
The study was authored by Dr Elisha Chiware from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and Lara Skelly from Stellenbosch University in South Africa.