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A Big Win for East Africa with the Inclusion of Open Science in the East African Community EAC Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STI)

A Big Win for East Africa with the Inclusion of Open Science in the East African Community EAC Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy (STI)

Our presence in Singapore is another visible way we are moving our mission forward

Increasing the representation and inclusion of the local research needs and practices

PLOS, the African Association of Universities (AAU), and the Training Centre in Communication (TCC Africa) publicly launched their collaboration with a webinar for Presidents, Vice Chancellors, Rectors, Deputy Vice Chancellors, Directors of Research, and Directors of Libraries of African Universities.

Heavily investing in an Open future

Our work with AAU and TCC Africa will not just benefit African researchers and institutions, but will also help inform activities on a global scale

May 13, 2021 The Open Access publisher PLOS, and the Training Center in Communication, based at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, (known as TCC Africa) today announced a partnership to ensure that the interests and values of African research communities are represented in PLOS publications, policies, and services. The two organizations will work together to study and co-create pathways to Open Research that work for African researchers and stakeholders within the scholarly community ecosystem, ...

Partnering with TCC Africa Roheena Anand, Director, Global Publishing Development, PLOS Two weeks ago we announced five new journals and their role in our plans to spread our roots deeper and absorb researchers and local practices more fully into our business. However, this is only one part of our work in this area. In the transition to an Open future we need to keep asking ourselves “Open for Whom?” Openness in itself, while valuable, does not tackle inequality in the scholarly communicati...

 E-Mail San Francisco, USA and Nairobi Kenya, May 12, 2021 - The Open Access publisher PLOS, and the Training Center in Communication, based at the University of Nairobi, Kenya, (known as TCC Africa) today announced a partnership to ensure that the interests and values of African research communities are represented in PLOS publications, policies, and services. The two organizations will work together to study and co-create pathways to Open Research that work for African researchers and stakeh...