Apr 16, 2011

African Knowledge Portal

In January 2011, The Africa Portal is an online knowledge resource for policy-related issues on Africa was launched. It is an undertaking by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), Makerere University (MAK), and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA), the Africa Portal offers open access to a suite of features including an online library collection; a resource for opinion and analysis; an experts directory; an international events calendar; and a mobile technology component—all aimed to equip users with research and information on Africa’s current policy issues.



A key feature to the Africa Portal is the online library collection holding over 3,000 books, journals, and digital documents related to African policy issues. The entire online repository is open access and available for free full-text download. A portion of the digital documents housed in the library have been digitized for the first time as an undertaking of the Africa Portal project. Facilitating new digitization projects is a core feature of the Africa Portal, which aims to improve access and visibility for African research. 
The Africa Portal is part of the Africa Initiative project.

1 comment:

jivin said...

this will help the students who will be searching for ebooks, online journals and articles related to their dissertations as well as further research in their respective courses :)

There might be more articles related to agriculture in the future..