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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Dear Colleagues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">It is my pleasure to share with you a note that I received from Pricilla Mensah about AfricArXiv after the Unisa Open Access 2020 Webinar on the 21<sup>st</sup> October 2020 where the Unisa Research Data Repository
was also launced.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“<span style="color:black">I will like to introduce to you AfricArXiv – a</span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> pan-African Open Access
platform:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://info.africarxiv.org/"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://info.africarxiv.org/</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">which<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">is
a community-led digital archive for African research, working towards building an African-owned open scholarly repository; a<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_commons"><span style="color:#1155CC">knowledge
commons</span></a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>of African scholarly works. We partner with established scholarly repository services to provide a platform for African scientists of any discipline to present their research findings and connect
with other researchers on the African continent and globally<b>. </b></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We recently shared our overview document and roadmap, which you can view and download at<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://africarxiv.pubpub.org/pub/mwi703cz/">https://africarxiv.pubpub.org/pub/mwi703cz/</a></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">It was shared as preprint in a citable format: </span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ahinon, J. S., Arafat, H., Ahmad, U., Achampong, J., Aldirdiri, O., Ayodele, O. T., … Havemann, J. (2020, September 25). AfricArXiv – the pan-African Open Scholarly Repository.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://doi.org/10.31730/osf.io/56p3e"><i><span style="color:#1155CC">https://doi.org/10.31730/osf.io/56p3e</span></i></a></span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Thank you so much for the incredible work you do and congratulations on your repository and partnership with Figshare.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Would</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> you be interested in having a call with us to discuss both our work and<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>possibilities
to collaborate</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> strategically for?<span class="apple-converted-space"> Kindly
let us know when we can schedule a call with you. </span> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Looking forward to hearing from you</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">With regards,</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Priscilla</span><span style="font-family:-webkit-standard;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">AfricArXiv - the African preprint repository platform</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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