African Minds has been commissioned by Carnegie Corporation to conduct a baseline study into the digitization of African University Presses. This study aims to produce new knowledge on the landscape of academic publishing in Africa in the light of current technological advances and market opportunities.
The project's goals include enhancing access to basic knowledge and increasing awareness and use of high-quality African academic publishing, as well as increasing awareness and promoting open access publishing and other viable models among African University Presses. The project is led by Francois van Schalkwyk and Thierry Luescher. As part of this project, we have mapped all university presses in Africa in an interactive map that is continuously being updated. Users can either view the map by applying any of a number of filters, or download the full dataset.
Corrections and feedback can be submitted by following the link under the information box on the map.
