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A Year of Meaningful Connections
The year 2019 was filled with many important milestones for Eider Africa. On top of this, we had numerous rewarding collaborations as indicated below: Applying Reflexive Research to Re-position Marginal Voices This year we participated in extremely motivating research...
Best Practices and Innovative Approaches to Peer Review
A Three-Part Collaborative Peer Review Workshop Hosted by AfricArXiv, Eider Africa, TCC Africa, and PREreview are joining forces to bring together scientists from across Africa and scientists engaged in African-related research for a series of 3 virtual discussions...
6 Mistakes I made whilst writing my Master`s Thesis
Writing my Master’s thesis was the most gruesome, adrenaline laden and disorienting months of my academic life. I lost weight, gained it back, acquired strange sleeping patterns, found warmth and true comfort in good old Stroopwafels (Dutch cookies). I would like to...
Developing research talent capacities in Africa. Why we must cherish research.
Research production and utilization in Africa is currently experiencing an upwardtrend following years of measured evolution. Production is calculated in terms of number of publication in peer previewed journals and utilization in terms of number of citations. Recent...
Research talent capacities in Africa: Why we must cherish research.
Research in Africa Research production and utilization in Africa is currently experiencing an upward trend following years of measured evolution. Production is calculated in terms of number of publication in peer previewed journals and utilization in terms of number...
Shifting from what is my child`s talent to what are my child’s interests?
We bet you this is the most common question parents or caregivers are constantly battling with. It is a valid question no doubt, however, we have come to the realization that this question leads to lot of anxiety among parents and a lot of pressure is placed on...
