<div dir="ltr">Africa is viewed as a consumer of the world’s knowledge production. A significant factor influencing<br> this status is the low research output, with the main contributor to this status being minimum access<br>
to scholarly content to support research. Stellenbosch University, a leading research institution on the<br> African continent, is committed to contributing to changing this status quo through the distribution of its<br>
own research output utilizing open sources. Given the challenges that have plagued Africa in developing<br> processes for the distribution of their research, Stellenbosch University has developed the African Open<br> Access Repository Initiative (AOARI) which uses open source software for two platforms that support the<br>
‘green’ and ‘gold’ route to sharing scholarly literature: Ubuntu is used as the operating system, DSpace<br> is used for its repository and Open Journal Systems for its publication platform. It is anticipated that<br> AOARI will be the bridge that facilitates the sharing of research output and nurtures a culture of research<br>
production in Africa.<br><a href="https://ar1.sun.ac.za/handle/11105/164">https://ar1.sun.ac.za/handle/11105/164</a></div>