Welcome to the African Journals Initiative February Newsletter!
Pluto Journals
Independent and international journal publisher in the field of the social sciences.
Welcome the first newsletter of the African Journals Initiative (AJI).? We want take the opportunity to introduce the initiative and in the future to share the latest news including issues published and calls for papers. Please share this newsletter with any colleagues you think might find it useful, they can signup here.
AJI has been established by Pluto Journals and the African Books Collective working with a growing community of no-fee, diamond open access, social science and humanities journals based in African universities, supported by ScienceOpen and JSTOR.
It is a three-year pilot programme to:
The initiative will work with six established African social science and humanities journals annually.
In the first year, 2025, confirmed journals are:
An Advisory Board has been convened to support the initiative. We are looking forward to working with this esteemed group of African Academics with considerable experience of continent wide programmes.
Fred Armah is currently the Director of Research and Programmes at the Association of African Universities.
Akosua K. Darkwah teaches Sociology at the University of Ghana.
Beth Le Roux is a Professor in the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria.
Abebe Zegeye is Vice President of Wollo University; Director, Global Engagement & Institutional Transformation, Woldia University; and director of Higher Education, Ministry of Science and Higher Education.