The study is based on survey responses from 199 journals, 21 institutional, national and continental platforms that host Diamond OA journals, and 25 country reports with information about current funding and financial sustainability approaches and challenges, institutional in-kind support, incentives, and collaborations among Diamond OA journals, needs and strategies to advance Diamond OA in Africa.
This landscape study was conducted as a part of the three-year ‘Collaboration for sustainable open access publishing in Africa’ project (November 2023- October 2026), implemented by EIFL, AJOL (African Journals Online) and WACREN (the West and Central African Research and Education Network) with support from Wellcome.
See the online version of the report. Online version with major highlights: https://www.eifl.net/programme/oa-publishing-africa/landscape-no-fee-open-access-publishing-africa, on Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12792474 and a news article announcing it: https://www.eifl.net/news/landscape-study-no-fee-open-access-publishing-africa.