Africa PID Alliance

Africa PID Alliance A community of PID enthusiasts in and from Africa aiming to realize a FAIR sharing of access to data

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐š ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐ข๐ƒโ„ข ๐”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญManaging your personal research output, data sets, and community colle...
09/06/2026

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐š ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐ข๐ƒโ„ข ๐”๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐€๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ญ
Managing your personal research output, data sets, and community collections shouldn't mean losing track of your valuable insights. Our new step-by-step tutorial video walks you through the end-to-end process of assigning a DOCiDโ„ข using an individual account. The video demonstrates the entire workflow from account creation to submission!

Watch the Individual Account Tutorial: https://youtu.be/NP4pLFFCrw8?si=lFNvcUE1Ei1KrLZ_

Test it yourself on the Platform: https://docid.africapidalliance.org/

02/06/2026

DOCiDโ„ข

Across Africa, children are taught to read in languages that feel foreign on the page. In 1983, Professor Afแปlรกbรญ แปŒlรกbรญmtรกn was already writing about why that matters.

"Use of Colloquial and Functional Yoruba in Children's Books," presented at the University of Ibadan, offers a critical framework for thinking about the relationship between spoken language, written form, and literacy engagement in Yorรนbรก primary education. Now accessible on DOCiDโ„ข and the UNILAG repository.

Read it on DOCiDโ„ข:

02/06/2026

The Department of Science, Technology and Innovation is broadcastin...

How is DOCiDโ„ข different from a DOI?A DOI identifies a single digital object. DOCiDโ„ข functions as a federated container...
29/05/2026

How is DOCiDโ„ข different from a DOI?

A DOI identifies a single digital object. DOCiDโ„ข functions as a federated container that can integrate multiple identifiers and metadata layers together. DOCiDโ„ข can connect:
DOI
ORCID
ROR
Ringgold
RRID
RAiD
Handles
ARKs
CSTR
RRIDs
Institutional identifiers
National identifiers
Local identifiers
โ€ฆinto one machine-actionable research object https://docid.africapidalliance.org/faq.

Video.Every day, Africa generates incredible knowledge. But without permanent digital tracking, our breakthroughs face a...
28/05/2026

Video.
Every day, Africa generates incredible knowledge. But without permanent digital tracking, our breakthroughs face a silent crisis: data leakage and uncredited research.

The Africa PID Alliance is changing the rules. Through DOCiDโ„ข, we provide a secure, African-owned digital infrastructure that bundles raw data, code, and publications into one permanent container. We guarantee provenance and secure absolute sovereignty at the source.

Watch our overview video to see how we are protecting African innovation, and submit your first container today https://youtu.be/i818ALznMdI?si=fue7GGSA_HkTLxfD

Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about DOCiDโ„ข and the Africa PID Alliance - https://docid.africapidalliance.org/faq

On this Africa Day, we celebrate the researchers, institutions, innovators, and knowledge communities shaping Africaโ€™s f...
25/05/2026

On this Africa Day, we celebrate the researchers, institutions, innovators, and knowledge communities shaping Africaโ€™s future.
The Africa PID Alliance remains committed to strengthening trusted research infrastructure across the continent through persistent identifiers, interoperability, and open scholarly systems that amplify African scholarship globally.
Because Africaโ€™s research ecosystem deserves sustainable, globally connected infrastructure.

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‘พ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’๐’–๐’๐’„๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’๐’๐Ÿ“š Libraries, archives, and research institutions are central to preserving and...
15/05/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐‘พ๐’†๐’ƒ๐’Š๐’๐’‚๐’“ ๐‘จ๐’๐’๐’๐’–๐’๐’„๐’†๐’Ž๐’†๐’๐’• ๐’‚๐’๐’… ๐‘ช๐’๐’Ž๐’Ž๐’–๐’๐’Š๐’•๐’š ๐‘ช๐’‚๐’๐’

๐Ÿ“š Libraries, archives, and research institutions are central to preserving and advancing knowledge but discoverability, interoperability, and persistent identification remain critical challenges.

Join the upcoming webinar on:

Empowering Libraries, Archives, and Research Institutions through DOCiD and Open PID Infrastructure

This session will explore how DOCiD and open Persistent Identifier (PID) infrastructure can support better research management, digital preservation, metadata interoperability, and global visibility for scholarly and institutional resources.

๐Ÿ—“๏ธ 11 June 2026

โฐ 10:00 AM โ€“ 12:00 PM EAT

๐Ÿ“Œ Register now via the link below or the QR code on the poster.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/uFbxCe0cSie6IAJsvxmm7Q #/registration

Kenya Libraries and Information Services Consortium - KLISC

๐Ÿ“ข We have officially released the Africa PID Alliance Q1 2026 Progress Report!!. Last quarter marked our shift from conc...
11/05/2026

๐Ÿ“ข We have officially released the Africa PID Alliance Q1 2026 Progress Report!!. Last quarter marked our shift from conceptual advocacy to active technical deployment across the continent. From live integrations with Stellenbosch University and University of Lagos to new strategic partnerships with African Library & Information Associations and Institutions - AfLIA and UbuntuNet Alliance, we are building a sovereign future for African research.
Read the full report here: https://africapidalliance.org/download/africa-pid-alliance-q12026-report/

๐Ÿ“ข ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐ข๐ƒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž https://docid.africapidalliance.org/list-docids !๐Ÿ˜ ๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐ข๐ƒ๐ฌ๐Ÿ”ท ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐ข๐ƒWe are absolut...
05/05/2026

๐Ÿ“ข ๐ŸŽ‰ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐ข๐ƒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐‹๐ข๐ฏ๐ž https://docid.africapidalliance.org/list-docids !

๐Ÿ˜ ๐–๐ž ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐ข๐ƒ๐ฌ

๐Ÿ”ท ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ฐ๐œ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐ข๐ƒ

We are absolutely honoured to introduce you to ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐ข๐ƒ https://docid.africapidalliance.org/list-docids , created within the The Africa PID Alliance , project, an open infrastructure programme of the TCC Africa-Training Centre in Communication.

As we continue to refine it, we have created a version for individual and institutional users with the following successful PID integrations (Crossref, DataCite, RRIDs, ARK Keys, CSTR, Handles, RAiD, ORCID, ROR, Ringgold, ISNI, though not a PID , but Local Contexts.) As we go through Use Case integrations, we will be honored to continuously show you our collections.

โš™๏ธ ๐Ÿ”“ ๐’๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐Ž๐‚๐ข๐ƒ ๐๐จ?DOCiD is a federated, FAIR Digital Objectโ€“aligned PID container that integrates local identifiers into global PID frameworks, enabling the provenance, discoverability, and governance of grey literature and other research outputsโ€”including those produced by non-researchersโ€”across the full knowledge lifecycle.

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