Community of PIDs enthusiasts in and from Africa aiming to lead and realize a FAIR sharing of access to data using Persistent Identifiers . A @TCCafrica project
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📣@africaPID in Scholarly Kitchen's article on PIDfest 2024! The article highlights our efforts in developing PIDs, crucial for uniquely identifying research related to indigenous knowledge, cultural heritage & patents. Check out the article to learn more:scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/…
CELEBRATING #OPENACCESSWEEK 🌍✨
Open Access needs open infrastructure to thrive. 🔗📊
Africa PID Alliance and DOCiD build digital highways for African scholarship:
🔹 Discoverable: Boost global visibility
🔹 Equitable: Ensure author credit
🔹 Interoperable: Link data, grants
& papers
🔹 FAIR: Sustain reusable research
🔗 africapidalliance.org/
#OAWeek #AfricaPIDAlliance #DOCiD #PIDs #OpenAccess
We are currently hosting a live DOCiD Integration Session with Acting Library Director Adele and the team from the University of St Joseph Ki-Zerbo (Burkina Faso)! Co-project lead Nabil Ksibi is leading the French-language demonstration, walking participants through:
🔹 Institutional account setup & collection mapping. 🔹 Real-time persistent identifier integration (ORCID, ROR, DOIs, APA Handles, CSTR). 🔹 Data preservation & registering indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage using Local Contexts / Biocultural labels.
Empowering African institutions with open persistent identifier infrastructure in real time! #Live #OpenScience #DOCiD #AfricanResearch #PersistentIdentifiers #TCCAfrica #HigherEducation
Access alone isn't enough—info must be authentic & persistent. This #IDUAI2026, we’re tackling information disorder by securing African research, patents & indigenous knowledge with DOCiD™ persistent identifiers🌍
🔗africapidalliance.org
#OpenScience #PIDs #FAIRData #DOCiD
🚀 Africa PID Alliance (APA) & DOCiD are heading to #UbuntuNetConnect2026 by @UbuntuNet!
Join us in Lilongwe, Malawi (Oct 29–30) under "Shaping Digital Horizons." Let’s discuss persistent identifiers, research visibility & open science infrastructure for Africa.
Come connect!🤝
📢 Webinar Recording Now Available – DOCiD™ and the Future of African Research Infrastructure - youtu.be/e5W5NnfIFO8
The recording of “DOCiD™ and the Future of African Research Infrastructure: Advancing Open Science, Knowledge Stewardship, and Persistent Digital Objects”
is now available.
The webinar brought together The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS), the African Library and Information Associations and Institutions (AfLIA), and the Africa PID Alliance to explore how DOCiD™ can advance Open Science, strengthen research integrity, support
knowledge preservation, and improve the visibility and interoperability of African research and knowledge.
▶️ Watch the webinar on YouTube: youtu.be/e5W5NnfIFO8
Access the webinar resources here:
tccafrica.pubpub.org/pub/3ut…
doi.org/10.21428/359fb1d2.14…
🔐 A persistent identifier tells you what a research object is. But how do you know the file is still the same?
DOCiD™ checksum verification helps compare a file against its original registered checksum, helping detect changes during migrations, updates and across research
infrastructures.
Persistent identifiers keep research connected. Checksum verification helps protect its integrity.
🔗 docid.africapidalliance.org/
#DOCiD #ResearchIntegrity #OpenScience #DigitalPreservation
Africa PID Alliance and Partner Universities Secure Funding for Comparative Study on Digital Transformation in African Higher Education
africapidalliance.org/africa…
SHOWCASING DOCiD™
🎬 Preserving Indigenous Knowledge & Screen Poetics in African Cinema docid.africapidalliance.org/…
What does the systematic archive of indigenous language filmmaking look like in contemporary Nollywood scholarship?
The Orange Economy & STEAM: A blueprint for leveraging indigenous visual media for language preservation, creative entrepreneurship, and youth empowerment within global cultural markets.
For scholars working on African cinema,media sociology, and cultural dynamics,this document
provides a critical record of an indigenous visual culture asserting its place on the global stage.
📖 Explore and cite the full publication on DOCiD™: docid.africapidalliance.org/…