The Africa Open Science Platform (AOSP) was established in 2017 with an aim to position African scientists at the cutting edge of data intensive science by stimulating interactivity and creating opportunity through the development of efficiencies of scale, building critical mass through shared capacities, and amplifying impact through a commonality of purpose and voice.
The AOSP strategy is set out in:
The AOSP makes the case for bold action to mobilise the scientific community in Africa in responding to the imperatives of open science and the opportunities the digital revolution. Its building blocks are:
- A federated hardware, communications and software infrastructure, including policies and enabling practices to support open science in the digital era;
- A federated hardware, communications and software infrastructure, including policies and enabling practices to support open science in the digital era;
Our Vision
African scientists are at the cutting edge of contemporary, data-intensive science as a fundamental resource for a modern society. They are innovative global exponents and advocates of Open Science, and leaders in addressing African and Global Challenges.
Our Mission
The African Open Science Platform will convene and coordinate the interests, ideas, people, institutions and resources needed to advocate and to advance open science in and for Africa. The Platform is:
- A federated system that provides scientists and other societal actors with the means to find, deposit, manage, share and reuse data, software and metadata in pursuing their interests;
- A network providing connective tissue between dispersed actors in pursuit of shared and overlapping open science goals by: supporting scientists in pursuit of the highest levels of excellence, in both curiosity-driven and application-driven research;
- Enabling consortia that wish to utilise powerful digital tools and cutting-edge data science to address important scientific problems;
- Developing open science capacities in individuals and institutions at all levels of public and private domains;
- Creating and supporting networks of engagement between scientists and other societal actors in open innovation and in addressing local, national and international issues of major public concern.