How DIY Biology can Improve Access to Digital Agricultural Technologies
By Vipal Jain
Digital agricultural research is transforming the way crops are developed. New tools can speed up the ability to produce crops with higher...
Waiting for An Inclusive Pathogen Access And Benefit Sharing Policy
By Anthony Oguguo, QEScholar and PhD Student, Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa, Canada
The inadequacies of the global health law framework during the pandemic...
The Many Faces of Scholarly Communications
By Nagham El Houssamy
The FORCE11 Scholarly Communications Institute was held at the University of California San Diego from 31 July until 4 August 2017....
Contributions des markers d’ici et d’ailleurs à la lutte contre la...
Par Ahou Rachel Koumi et Thomas Hervé Mboa Nkoudou
Ceci constitue la deuxième partie d’une série de trois. Pour la première partie, cliquez ici. La...
Workshop on Integrating Gender Perspectives into Research Projects: Focusing on Social...
By Desmond Oriakhogba
Recently, Open AIR participated in a workshop which focused on the integration of gender perspectives into research projects aimed at promoting social...
Collaboration Nord-Sud et présentation du processus de l’innovation au système de...
par Ahou Rachel KOUMI
Ce blogpost est la première partie d’une série de deux blogs sur les Journées de l’Innovation en Contexte Académique réalisées du 19...
Reconciling Copyright with Creativity: New Insights from 2018 Conferences (Part II)
By Helen Chuma-Okoro and Nicole Tumaine
This is part two of Helen Chuma-Okoro and Nicole Tumaine’s blog post on the insights retained from 2018 conferences,...
Women Bridging the Gap of Change and Innovation in Africa
By Mnena Abuku
Women
in Africa have faced a diversity of struggles in their efforts toward
sustainable development. This is largely because globalisation has brought more
burdens upon...
Recognizing Informal Sector Innovation: Implications for Traditional Knowledge Development in Africa
In 2012, a civil society group called the Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), raised concerns about a draft Africa Regional Intellectual Property Organization (ARIPO) plant variety protection protocol. AFSA was concerned,
Community Biology Lab’s Response to COVID-19 in Africa: The Case of...
In order to successfully combat the Covid-19 pandemic, research must be accelerated in a collaborative and coordinated manner, by sharing knowledge and data in resource-constrained areas.












