2. Access to Africa’s
knowledge
Scholarly Communication in
Africa
University of Mauritius
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3. What do we, in
African countries,
seek to gain from our
investment in
research?

4. The aim is surely
African knowledge,
for Africa, from Africa,
widely accessible...

5. Globally, scholarly
communications is at
a crossroads

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7. ...as the internet
offers greater
connectivity, lower
cost...

8. http://manypossibilities.net/african-undersea-cables/

9. We face two very
different poles of
opportunity...

10. Enhanced global
competitiveness and
prestige....

11. ...or ways of
addressing
development
challenges...

13. We constantly ask
questions about the
link between
research and
development...

14. ‘How could the application of knowledge end
poverty and hunger in Africa? How could higher
education empower women and promote gender
equity? How can knowledge be considered in the
African context to address child mortality and
improve maternal health?’
Nahas Angula, Namibian Prime Minister, UNESCO 29th Conference on
Higher Education, 2009
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15. Yet we are still
caught up with old
paradigms...

16. ...stuck in a free rider
mentality...

18. ...in which higher
education does not
see publication as its
responsibility...

19. ...measuring success
on the basis of
counts of journal
articles
in the ISI indexes.

20. ...a system run by a single
commercial company...
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21. The result is tunnel
vision...
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22. ...which ignores all
but a small segment
of the publishing
ecosystem..

23. ... marginalising African
research

24. .. ignoring other
communications
activity...

26. .. and offering little
support and recognition
to the communications
that emerge from
development-focused
research...

28. There is a penalty...

29. Science Research - 2001
http://www.worldmapper.org
2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan).

30. World poverty
http://www.worldmapper.org
2006 SASI Group (University of Sheffield) and Mark Newman (University of Michigan).

31. How can we address
this?

32. Leveraging
technology in a
networked world ....

34. ... aligning communications
policy with institutional and
national strategies...

36. ...revaluing ‘grey
publishing’...

38. ... leveraging open
access...

40. ...by publishing in
open access
journals...

42. ...using collaborative
publishing
platforms...

44. ...using open
repositories and
portals...

46. ...rethinking business
models...

48. ...gaining wider
impact and reach...

49. How can the
University of
Mauritius harness
this potential to
deliver its strategic
goals?

50. Eve Gray
Honorary Research Associate
Centre for Educational Technology
University of Cape Town
http://www.gray-area.co.za
http://www.http://www.sca2kafrica.org/
http://www.cet.uct.ac.za