I am His masterpiece, a work of art divine, Created to fulfill His purpose, His design. But what’s that purpose, what am I to be? What would I love to do on this earth, you see? His most outstanding piece of work, His very best, After creating Man, He saw it…

Words flow when we don’t need, struggle when we do. They drag, slow, but always there, waiting for us to choose. Two-edged, they cut and heal, speak our story, reveal. We may hide behind illusions, but true words reveal our true selves. Let them speak, but choose wisely, as they are a reflection of our hearts. Words are powerful, and a part of who we are. Let them speak and reveal who we truly are.

We’ve told you of the journey up to the funding, which was the beginning of the story. Having obtained the funds, we began the work. How do you best empower and impart Bioinformatics and Open science skills in researchers? We already had a road map, sensitize — train — hack…

Experience from the eLife Sprint A platform that can help students and early-career researchers identify journals that can offer waivers or subsidies and how to access them. We seek a platform that will reduce the APC cost barrier for students from resource-poor settings. Adam is an MSc student at a…

Openness has contributed to tremendous progress in society, especially the internet and the world wide web, but the internet openness is under threat. Collaborative and responsible research, where data and code are shared openly for reuse and reproducibility is transparent. …

a pathway to research data sharing Data sharing in Africa face stiffer challenges because of a lack of resources and capacity to derive the most value from the data before sharing. The better sharing platform for them, and to achieve equity in research, could be to push for collaborations as opposed to immediate open access data…

A focus on African Research and Academic Institutions — It takes a plan. A plan depends on what you believe, what you should do, what your job description says, your value system, what interests you, etc. So before you sleep, you come up with a plan on what you will do, how you will do it, and the tools…

Personal Data Protection Act regulates research data containing personal data. As the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, and researchers race against time to find a cure, research and research data have been a critical component of the solutions. We have seen an increase in data sharing, with researchers making use of…

A focus on research data management Open Science has gained popularity among researchers in many regions of the world, but scepticism abounds among African researchers, and research remains generally closed in Africa. Why is this? As with any new technology or process, there is resistance — especially when it seems imposed and foreign, and with no…