New framework offers support for online journals in the Global South

By Sharon Dell – Africa Editor. As part of our African Scholarly Publishing series, Susan Murray and Sioux Cumming write about a new assessment framework which will reassure researchers and support journals in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
   In Africa Features, Stephen Coan unpacks the implications of the recent cuts by the National Research Foundation in South Africa to its funding for rated scientists, while Sam Otieno outlines some of the potential uses of social media platforms in the higher education context.
   In News from around the continent, Christabel Ligami reports on moves by the Kenyan authorities to tighten up, in the wake of terror and criminal activities, on regulations governing the access of foreign students to Kenyan universities, and Munyaradzi Makoni reports on reaction to the axing of South African Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande.
   In Africa Analysis, Damtew Teferra outlines how the African Higher Education Summit and subsequent national summits are helping to sustain momentum and progress in the sector. More...