Applications to attend #OpenCon on November 2-4 in Toronto are now open—including the opportunity for travel scholarships! bit.ly/opencon18appso…

Google unveils search engine for open data nature.com/articles/d4158… African Open Science Platform #openscience CODATA Research Data Alliance-US SPARC DOAJ

This document presents a draft strategy and makes the scientific case for the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) aims.fao.org/zh-hans/activi…

FREE e-book "Open Science, Open Data, Open Source" by Rutger Vos and pfern A simple entry level resource for newcomers to open scientific research. osodos.org #openscience #opendata #opensource #openaccess

#WACREN2018 preparations: Minister of Higher Ed. and Research of Togo promises memorable event. Not to be missed! #NREN @AfricaConnect2 UbuntuNet Alliance ASREN TogoRER

DEADLINE EXTENDED - Session Proposals for SciDataCon 2018 now DUE 19 FEBRUARY scidatacon.org/conference/IDW… #IDW2018 #SciDataCon2018 #CODATA #DataScience @ICSU_WDS ResearchDataAlliance #DataManagement #RDM

8 ways AI can help save the planet weforum.org/agenda/2018/01… via World Economic Forum

It's about more than complying with policies, says Kerstin Helbig, on the #opensciencebook

"Better data, better lives, better decisions" x.com/geekulcha/stat…

WhatsApp calls without internet made possible by Rwandan student - Face2Face Africa face2faceafrica.com/article/whatsa…

#WACREN2018 LOC meeting held in Lomé with the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Higher Ed. and Research. The President of 🇹🇬 now confirmed to Chair the Opening Ceremony and launch the brand new WACREN network @AfricaConnect2 UbuntuNet Alliance ASREN #Togo TogoRER

RIP John Sulston, open science hero and father of the Human Genome Project boingboing.net/2018/03/09/uni…

African Open Science African Open Science Platform attending WACREN in Togo. Welcome by Pascal Hoba. AcademyofScienceSA

#RDAPlenary 12 is part of #InternationalDataWeek #IDW2018 #Gaborone #Botswana #openscience #africa Research Data Alliance (RDA) CODATA @ICSU_WDS International Council for Science (ICSU) AcademyofScienceSA African Open Science Platform UbuntuNet Alliance WACREN SARAO - South African Radio Astronomy Observatory H3ABioNet

Currently happening: African Open Science Platform high level meeting on the way forward. Great to have SA Dept of Science & Technology represented African Open Science African Open Science Platform

Talking #openscience African Open Science African Open Science Platform and DOAJ and AcademyofScienceSA at BioVision2018 at Library of Alexandria, Egypt.

With Ismail Serageldin Joseph Wafula and others at BioVision 2018, advancing #openscience #opendata as part of CODATA African Open Science African Open Science Platform AcademyofScienceSA @dstgovza

Open Access Week 2018 theme announced below! x.com/sparc_na/statu…