Feature Episode: Regional Open Science Dialogue in Southern Africa Day 1 Part 1

Mazungumzo - African Scholarly Conversations

This episode features highlights from the two-day Southern Africa Regional Open Science Dialogue held at the University of Pretoria in April 2023.

This engagement brought together higher education stakeholders from Southern Africa who explored key themes over the two days, such as rethinking research assessment and incentivization in academia with the aim to foster the adoption of Open Science and Open Access principles within the region.

The workshop is part of an ongoing series of high-level Open Science dialogue workshops targeting institutional leadership in AAU member regions and universities with the objective of raising knowledge and awareness on the importance and best practice of Open Science and Open Access, and increase the number of Open Science mandates within higher education institutions.

The Southern Africa Regional Open Science Dialogue was a collaborative effort by TCC Africa, Public Library of Science (PLOS), Association of African Universities (AAU), Africa Open Science Platform (AOSP), University of Pretoria, and University of Cape Town.

Episode Highlights:

(00:02:12) Introduction to the Southern Africa Open Science Policy Dialogue and its stakeholders by Joy Owango of TCC Africa

(00:09:50) In his inauguration speech Prof. Tawana Kupe from the University of Pretoria introduces the objectives of the dialogue noting the universities shared commitment towards advancing Open Access and Open Science

(00:15:51) Nodumo Dhlamini, the Director ICT Services & Knowledge Management for Association of African Universities (AAU)⁠ shares lessons learned from previous regional dialogues. She also highlights the key areas of focus and initiatives that AAU will concentrate on to ensure that Open Science (OS) yields advantages for higher education institutions across Africa.

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Owango, J., Kupe, T., Mchunu, N., Wanyenze, R., Veldsman, S., Shahungu, M., … Nxomani, C. (2023). Regional Open Science Dialogue in Southern Africa. TCC Africa. Retrieved from https://tccafrica.pubpub.org/pub/hqzpi08k