Open Access Initiatives from around the World

Scientific knowledge from Africa, on Africa, to Africa and the World. The Access to Scientific and Socio-economic Information in Africa (ASKIA) Initiative is under the Public Information & Knowledge Managment Division of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. It defines a framework for bringing together scientific and socio-economic information for the African community, including scientists, researchers, academics, students, economists, and, policy-makers, over an interactive online portal acting as a one-stop shop to such knowledge and associated information.

The AERD is a curated collection of research undertaken in the past decade by scholars based in sub-Saharan Africa. You can filter your search in the database to find OA content. The database includes social science research with implications for educational policy and practice. The AERD includes peer-reviewed articles, chapters, PhD theses, and working papers.

The African Journal Archive is a retrospective open access journal service that preserves and makes available African journal literature dating as far back as 1906, originating from a wide base of publishers and societies on the African continent. The Carnegie Corporation of New York initiated and sponsored the Sabinet Gateway project. Sabinet is pleased to make it available as a collection via the Sabinet African Journals' platform.

Arabic Collections Online (ACO) is a publicly available digital library of public domain Arabic language content. Important Arabic language content is not widely available on the web, and ACO aims to ensure global access to a rich Arabic library collection. Many older Arabic books are out-of-print, in fragile condition, and are otherwise rare materials that are in danger of being lost. ACO will ensure that this content will be saved digitally for future generations.