Open AIR Research
Open AIR is a unique collaborative network of researchers spread across 22 African countries, Canada, and elsewhere in the world, answering two overarching questions:
COVID-19: In the Shadow of Ebola, the Patent War to Come and a Forgotten Africa
By Chidi Oguamanam and Nailah Ramsoomair
Note: A previous, shorter version of this article was published in Punch Newspapers here.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world continues to overlook the epidemic raging on...
Life under COVID-19 for micro and small enterprises in Africa: a race for survival
By Bertha Vallejo and Erika Kraemer-Mbula
Dr. Bertha Vallejo is an OpenAIR QES fellow with the University of Johannesburg. She analyzes the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies and its effects on local multinational’s counterparts....
COVID-19: My Experience, My Reflections
By Esther Adekunbi
My expectations and
enthusiasm to explore this beautiful land called Canada, to interact with its
friendly people, to network and collaborate, was rudely halted by COVID-19. At
first, when the news of it...
Africa and COVID-19
By Chidi Oguamanam
As an African and a Canadian, I
inhabit an observatory. I am a resident in two worlds of blunt contrasts. On a good
note, daily at every turn, those contrasts offer privileged lessons on the richness
and complexity of...
My First Week of COVID-19 in Town: a Week with More Transformations than I could Realize
By Bertha Vallejo
I am an Open AIR QES Fellow with the University of Johannesburg, currently in The Netherlands, due to COVID-19/coronavirus. I have expertise in science, technology, and innovation policy analysis, particularly regarding technological and social change. I...
