[IRTalk] African Journals on the Directory of Open Access Journals

[Girma Aweke]

Dear Ina
Thanks for the information.
Here in ethiopia,we have one.
I.e. http://ejol.aau.edu.et
Regards

On Fri, 25 May 2018 7:22 am Ina Smith, <Ina at assaf.org.za> wrote:

> Dear Colleagues
>
>
>
> In an effort to make *African scholarly research output more visible*, we
> would like to better understand which journals are currently published in
> each country in Africa, and also which journals are available as Open
> Access. Many academic libraries have started offering scholarly journal
> hosting services using OJS (Open Journal Systems) software, in addition to
> hosting institutional repositories using open source software such as
> DSpace.
>
>
>
> Through the Directory of Open Access Journal initiative (DOAJ)
> <https://doaj.org/>, we would like to encourage all African librarians to
> assist African journals to make the transition to online and open access.
> If the journal is already online and open access, please apply for the
> journal to be included in DOAJ by completing the online form
> <https://doaj.org/application/new>.
>
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>
> The *African DOAJ Ambassadors* would be more than prepared working with
> you in making your journal becoming DOAJ compliant. The DOAJ Ambassadors
> for the African continent include:
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>
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> Kamel Belhamel (North Africa) kamel at doaj.org
>
> Pascal Soubeiga (West Africa) pascal at doaj.org
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> Solomon Mekonnen (East Africa) solomon at doaj.org
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> Ina Smith (Southern Africa) ina at doaj.org
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>
>
> The number of scholarly journals per country in *Southern Africa included
> in DOAJ *(please visit DOAJ for other African countries):
>
>
>
>  Angola: 0
>
> * Botswana: 0*
>
>  Democratic Republic of the Congo: 1
>
>  Lesotho: 0
>
>  *Madagascar: 0*
>
>  Malawi: 0
>
>  Mauritius: 2
>
>  *Mozambique: 0*
>
>  *Namibia: 0*
>
>  Seychelles: 0
>
>  *South Africa: 89*
>
>  Eswatini (Swaziland): 0
>
> * Tanzania: 0*
>
> * Zambia: 0*
>
> * Zimbabwe: 0*
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>
> Thank you so much for assisting with this!
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> Kind regards
>
> Ina
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>
>
> *Ina Smith*
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