The Crastina Column: Put back the “I’ in science – a poetical plea

Pearl Osirike, University of Ghana: “It is my strong belief that scientific output should not be published only in scientific journals for the learned few but should be available to all.” This Crastina Column initiates the theme ”SciComm in Africa”.

The server that enables African research to be shared worldwide

In the summer of 2018, scientists launched the preprint repository AfricArxiv, for African science to be shared, completely free. Crastina interviewed Justin Ahinon, a web developer and one of the founders of the preprint server. This…