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Call for Papers: IFLA AFRICA Section: LIBRARIES AS CHANGE AGENTS (Deadline Proposals by 8 February 2019)
17/01/2019
African Libraries play a central role as in today’s information led economic, social and cultural development. Different types of libraries serve as “motors” that drive the creation; access and usage of information and knowledge needed for this societal transformation. The IFLA AFRICA SECTION invites Librarians, Information Scientists and other ...
Interested in obtaining Creative Commons Certificate 2019? SCHOLARSHIP offerings will be officially announced when they are available!
15/01/2019
The Creative Commons (CC) Certificate is an in-depth course about CC licenses, open practices and the ethos of the Commons. CC plans on adding new fields of practice, launching a certificate instructor training program, and funding a CC Certificate scholarship program. The CC Certificate powers you with knowledge to better ...
Discover DATA by TOPICS through The AFRICA INFORMATION HIGHWAY (AIH)
14/01/2019
The Africa Information Highway (AIH) - launched by the Statistics Department of African Development Bank Group (AfDB) in 2012, as part of the Bank’s statistical capacity building program (SCB) in Africa - represents a mega network of live open data platforms (ODPs) electronically linking all African countries and 16 regional organizations. ...
The Science, Technology & Innovation Strategy for Africa 2024 (STISA-2024). AOSP & AGORA efforts in support of its implementation through facilitation of relevant data access
10/01/2019
To effectively and efficiently contribute to the implementation of the African Union (AU) Agenda 2063, the AU Assembly adopted three distinct strategies for advancing education and science, technology and innovation: (1) Continental Strategy for Education (CESA-16-25); (2) Continental Strategy for Technical and Vocational Education and Training; and (3) Science, Technology and Innovation Strategy ...