Shearer, Kathleen2025-02-012025-02-012025-01-30https://africarxiv.ubuntunet.net/handle/1/1817https://doi.org/10.60763/africarxiv/1698This webinar session featured Kathleen Shearer, the Executive Director of the Confederation of Open Access Repositories (COAR), as our guest speaker. She spoke on the topic: The Role of COAR in Advancing Open Access in Africa In this webinar, attendees discovered: - How COAR supports open access to research in Africa. - Ways African researchers and institutions can make their work more visible worldwide. - Why collaboration and global standards are important for African repositories. - Exciting programs and opportunities COAR offers to support African research. This webinar series is co-organized by: UbuntuNet Alliance: https://ubuntunet.net/ and Access 2 Perspectives: https://access2perspectives.org/ and supported by the African Open Science Platform (AOSP) https://aosp.org.za/The Role of COAR in Advancing Open Access in Africa - AfricArXiv Open Science Webinar Series 2025enOpen ScienceOpen AccessResearch in AfricaScience CommunicationScholarly CommunicationAfricArXivWebinarCOARPresentation