📅 Save the date! The #DiamondOA returns with regional and cross-regional discussions on sustainable policy and funding for Diamond OA. 🌍 Africa: 17 Sept 🌎 Latin America: 25 Sept 🌍 Europe: 5 Oct 🌐 Cross-Regional: 5 Nov Registration and speaker details coming soon. #OpenAccess #OpenScience

📢 Join EIFL's webinar on boosting the visibility and impact of Diamond OA journals. Learn practical communication and marketing tips from the Clean Air Journal and the East African Journal of Neurological Sciences. 📅 23 July | 🕘 09:00 UTC 🔗 bit.ly/4vzJeto #DiamondOA #OpenAccess #AJOL #EIFL

Want your journal to reach a wider global audience? Learn how @doaj.bsky.social helps improve discoverability, credibility and visibility for scholarly journals. 🎥 Watch AJOL webinar featuring Ina Smith, DOAJ Ambassador for Southern Africa. ▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuG-... #DOAJ #OpenAccess

📰New on the AJOL Blog: The East African Journal of Neurological Sciences is creating space for African-led research on neurological conditions. 📖Read more: www.ajol.info/index.php/aj... #OpenAccess #AfricanResearch #Neuroscience

🎥 Missed the AJOL 2026 Webinar Series? Watch now ▶️ Predatory Publishing: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-mf... ▶️ Debunking the Impact Factor & University Rankings: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aWY... Credible African research deserves visibility and integrity. #AJOL #AfricanResearch #ResearchIntegrity

On #DayOfTheAfricanChild, we honour the courage of the 1976 Soweto students who stood against injustice. Their legacy reminds us that every African child deserves quality education, dignity, and equal opportunities to thrive. #DAC2026 #ChildRights

The good stuff has landed. AJOL’s latest newsletter is out, with fresh updates and stories from Africa’s research and knowledge community. Read it here: bit.ly/AJOLNews1 Want the next one in your inbox first? Sign up: bit.ly/AJOLNSignUp Happy reading!

How can DOAJ help your journal grow its visibility and impact? Join AJOL and DOAJ for an insightful webinar with Ina Smith. 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/AJOLDOAJWebi... #DOAJ #AJOL #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing @doaj.bsky.social

🌐 AJOL Webinar 2026 Webinar: DOAJ - what is it, how it works, and how it benefits journals. DOAJ Senior Ambassador for Southern Africa Ina Smith is presenting this webinar for @ajol.info 🗓️ 11 June 💻 3-4pm SAST (South Africa) 🔗 Registration bit.ly/DIFURWebinar

Happy Africa Day! Today, AJOL celebrates Africa’s voices, knowledge, and stories, shared by Africa, for the world. We honour the researchers, journals, editors, and knowledge communities strengthening African scholarship every day. #AfricaDay #AfricanScholarship #OpenAccess

Happening today! Our Executive Director Susan Murray will speak at Knowledge Equity Open Scholarship Week 2026 in Session 3: How can we create a more equitable publishing ecology? Wed, 20 May 2026 11:00-12:00 SAST / CEST Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi... #KnowledgeEquity #OpenAccess

Debunking the Impact Factor & University Rankings What do impact factors and university rankings really tell us about research quality, visibility, and academic value? Join us on 20 May 2026 at 3:00 PM SAST for this crucial discussion. Register: bit.ly/DIFURWebinar Speaker bio: bit.ly/ProfSMBio

African knowledge systems grow stronger through collaboration. At #SCECSAL2026, Dr Dudziro Nhengu joined a Day 2 panel on sustainable library and information services, highlighting our role in strengthening African journals, advancing open access & increasing visibility of African research.

Predatory publishing can damage trust in research and mislead authors. Join AJOL for a webinar on Predatory Publishing: How to Recognise, Avoid, and Respond to Unethical Publishing Practices with Andy Nobes. 📅 23 April 2026 🕒 3:00 PM SAST 🔗 bit.ly/PredPubWebinar #Webinar #PredatoryPublishing

AJOL contributed to #WACREN2026 Diamond Open Access Day in Banjul, presenting on our role in strengthening the quality, visibility & growth of African Diamond OA journals. A strong link to the wider conference focus on open collaboration, shared infrastructure & Africa’s digital sovereignty.

You are a funder or a policy maker? 👉Join us in building a sustainable future for nonprofit scholarly publishing in the 2nd Cross-Regional Diamond OA Policy Forum! 📅 30 March 2026, 16:00-17:30 CET ✅ Find out more and register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🌍 The 2nd Cross-Regional Diamond OA Policy Forum is here! Join policymakers, funders & OA experts to discuss equitable, community-led scholarly publishing. 📅 30 March 2026 | 16:00–17:30 CET 👉 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

💡 Three Australian universities have pledged to support open science infrastructure through SCOSS, backing @ajol.info , @episciences.bsky.social @makedatacount.bsky.social & @scipost.bsky.social. Big thanks to @caullibrarians.bsky.social for facilitating 🙏 scoss.org/australian-l...

Australian libraries commit to open infrastructure - SCOSS - The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services

At a time when funding for open science is under growing pressure worldwide, with cuts and political shifts threatening the stability of the tools researchers rely on, this pledge is a welcome show…

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🇫🇷 France backs open science! The Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space is funding four SCOSS-endorsed infrastructures: @ajol.info , @episciences.bsky.social @makedatacount.bsky.social & @scipost.bsky.social. Merci, France! 🙏🌍 ➡️ scoss.org/frances-mini...

France's Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space continues its commitment to open science infrastructure - SCOSS - The Global Sustainability Coalition for Open Science Services

France demonsrates its support for open science infrastructure. The French Ministry of Higher Education, Research and Space continues its support for open science infrastructure through its funding…

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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

❗It’s today ❗ Join us for the Diamond Open Access Policy Forum Africa french session to discover how to build up a strong Diamond OA policy in this region. 🗓️ Time: 13:30-15:00 GMT ✅Register: u2l.fr/wzxgu0

📢 Forum Accès Libre Diamond – Afrique (FR) 🗓️ 5 mars | ⏰ 13h30–15h00 (GMT) Édition scientifique communautaire, sans frais, plus équitable. 🔗 bit.ly/DOAFrSession #AfricaDOA #OpenAccess #DiamondOpenAccess

Don't MISS! DOA Policy Forum – Africa (EN) Speakers: Iryna Kuchma, Susan Murray, Lighton Phiri, Milica Ševkušić, Susan Veldsman. 3 Mar 2026 | 14:00–15:30 CAT bit.ly/DOAPolicyForumEN #AfricaDOA #OpenAccess #DiamondOpenAccess

📢Diamond Open Access Policy Forum - Africa (EN) 🗣️3 March | 14:00 - 15:30 CAT 💻Zoom: bit.ly/DOAPolicyForumEN (or scan QR) 📚Policy & evidence for stronger Diamond OA in Africa. #AfricanDOA #OpenAccess #DiamondOpenAccess

📢Diamond Open Access (OA) Policy Forums - Africa 🗣️Discuss new findings on non-profit publishing ecosystems, the Diamond OA landscape (Africa/Europe/LatAm). 🗓️ ENG 3 Mar (CAT) | FR 5 Mar (GMT) | PT 11 Mar (GMT) 🔗Register: bit.ly/DOAPolicyForums #AfricanDOA #OpenAccess #DiamondOpenAccess

❓You are: policymaker/funder involved in diamond OA publishing in Africa? ▶️Join 1 of the 3 Diamond Open Access Policy Forum Africa held in English, French and Portuguese to learn how to develop a policy promoting Diamond OA. 🔗Register: almasiproject.org/news-and-eve...

See @EIFL news - zurl.co/fhAmq - for a policy brief for supporting no-fee OA publishing in #Africa & some real-life examples of journal funding used by institutions, #OpenAccess journals @ OA journal platforms. 🙏 to all co-authors @ajol.info @wacren.bsky.social @wellcometrust@bsky.social

👏 Results of EIFL project to strengthen the Journal of Student Affairs in #Africa, a Diamond #OpenAccess journal & leading platform for student affairs in African higher #education. 🙏to JSAA for a really interesting report - zurl.co/6MvMW @wacren.bsky.social @ajol.info @wellcometrust.bsky.social

PKP supports @barcelonadori.bsky.social! @msphelps.bsky.social shares importance of integrated #OpenResearch info, including PKP software use (OJS, OPS) globally (eg @latindex.bsky.social , @scielo.org ) and Africa (eg @ajol.info ) + more at #DOASummit2026 2:10:09: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zjJ...

3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access - 2026, Day - 1

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📢 AJOL is in Bengaluru for the 3rd Global Summit on Diamond Open Access (2–5 Feb 2026). 👤 Kylie van Zyl is representing us on the ground. 🌍 Amplifying Africa’s voice in #OpenScience + equitable, community-led publishing. 🌐 www.diamondoasummit.org 🏷️ #DiamondOA #OpenAccess