Study highlights concern about publishing practices
Open-access academic publishing may have opened gateways for research from higher education scholars to be disseminated through the internet, but there are concerns that too few Sub-Saharan African researchers publish peer-reviewed articles in the online publishing industry, according to an ongoing joint study between the Research for Equitable Access and Learning (REAL) Centre at the University of Cambridge and Education Sub-Saharan Africa (ESSA).
Focusing on the bibliometrics of publications contained in the African Education Research Database, Dr Samuel Asare, the research manager at ESSA, and his associates Professor Pauline Rose, the director of the REAL Centre, and Dr Rafael Mitchell, a lecturer in comparative and international education at the University of Bristol in the UK, found that, of 1,858 articles in the database for the period 2010-18, only 25% were on open-access platforms.
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Cape Town African technology hubs are challenging the dominance of traditional universities as sources of knowledge production, and are becoming better suited to a fast-paced knowledge economy, a study says.
While traditional universities are struggling with limited resources, inadequate industry engagement and institutional disciplinary knowledge limitations, the tech hubs are effective in economic and social value creation by creating new jobs, stimulating the entrepreneurial ecosystem and improving life quality for the poor socioeconomic groups.
According to the study, the tech hubs should adopt a model of collaboration for innovation, bringing together universities, governments and industry to create jobs and improve livelihoods.