Happy International Women’s Day!

AJOL celebrates women shaping African scholarship. We are proud to support Open Diamond Access — equitable, community-led, and free for readers and authors — helping amplify African women’s knowledge.

#InternationalWomensDay #DiamondOpenAccess #AJOL

ALMASI Organisation guide for Diamond OA advocacy events The guidelines and lessons learned in this resource represent the first building blocks for a guide to organising advocacy events and engaging and consulting with key communities. We hope this resourc...

🧰 ALMASI organisation guide for Diamond OA advocacy events
🔗 zenodo.org/records/1794...

#AJOL #DiamondOA #OpenAccess #ScholarlyPublishing #KnowledgeEquity #OpenScience

🤎 As the year winds down, we’re celebrating the people and progress that keep African research visible, trusted & widely used.

📬 Our year-end newsletter shares key milestones, wins, and what’s next for AJOL in 2026.

📌 Scan the QR on the card or read here: bit.ly/4ajR2IN

#AJOL #AfricanResearch #OA

🎉 Big news for #OpenAccess in Africa! @eifl.bsky.social , AJOL & @wacren.bsky.social have awarded 16 new grants to strengthen the quality and sustainability of no-fee #OA journals and platforms across the continent.

📚🌍: www.eifl.net/news/16-more...

#DiamondOA #NoFeeOA #ScholarlyPublishing #AJOL

We've awarded grants to 16 projects in 9 countries to strengthen the quality & sustainability of no-fee (Diamond) #OpenAccess journals & journal hosting platforms in #Africa. Meet the grantees - zurl.co/ros6h @EIFL #AJOL #WACREN @Wellcome Trust.

🧭 Reminder: AJOL Webinar - Predatory Journals: Spot Red Flags, Take Action
📅 4 Dec 2025 | 🕒 15:00 SAST
👤 Andy Nobes (INASP)
✅ Register: bit.ly/4p4ldIw

📩 Meet link emailed tomorrow morning to registrants.

#ScholarlyPublishing #ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience #AcademicPublishing #AJOL

By hosting African-published journals in one place, AJOL helps universities amplify their research, support early-career scholars, and make African knowledge accessible to communities, policymakers, and fellow researchers worldwide.

www.ajol.info

#AfricaUniversityDay #AJOL #OpenScience #AAU

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Diamond Open Access Policy Forum: Launch event . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. The unique new Diamond OA Policy Forum brings together international, national, and local policymakers and funders in three regions: Africa, Europe and Latin America. Participants will discuss nonprof...

🕒 29 Oct | 15:00–16:30 UTC (17:00–18:30 SAST)
👉🏾 Register now: bit.ly/ALMASIForum

#Ajol #diamond OA #openaccess #GlobalSouth

📢 AJOL update: Our Ops Director, Ivy Mutambanengwe, will represent AJOL at the 4th UN Open Science & Open Scholarship Conference in Tokyo (16–18 Oct 2025) at United Nations University. Let’s connect and amplify Africa’s voice in #OpenScience 🤝🏾

🌐 www.un.org/en/library/O...

#AJOL #OpenScholarship

💎 The Diamond OA Policy Forum kicks off 29 Oct, 15:00–16:30 UTC. Regional snapshot, policy/funding wins, and priorities discussion.

👉🏾 Zoom reg.: bit.ly/ALMASIForum

#DiamondOA #OpenAccess #AJOL

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@oaspa.bsky.social
@almasiproject.bsky.social

I am delighted to inform you that the Journal of academic Finance #JoAF , Diamond Open Access (www.scientific-society.com/journal/inde...) just win the Grant call "Strengthening no-fee open access publishing in Africa" launched by #EIFL, #AJOL and #WACREN.