UniBen Set To Partner TheConversation Africa

In other to make UniBen research more visible in Africa and in the
world, the University Research & Publication Committee is partnering
with The Conversation Africa (TC-Africa) a not-for-profit organisation
based in South Africa ,that is serving universities and the research
sector in Africa. 


TC-Africa representative Pfungwa M.
Nyamukachi(Strategic Partnerships Manager)from South Africa formally
visited the university on the 5th November 2018 to introduce The
Conversation Africa and met with the University Management,Director
University Research and Publication Committee Prof .J .Okhouya and the
Committee members . She did a presentation on the aims and objectives of
The Conversation Africa and it’s benefit to academics and the
University of Benin in general.

TC Africa’s mission is to mainstream
science engagement and support science communication activities. They do
this by working with academics and scientists, who themselves write and
provide evidence/research-based analytical articles on various societal
issues AND articles about their research findings as well. Their
editors work with academics and researchers to publish these short and
punchy articles, +/- 800 words. Articles are only published upon author
sign-off.

The objective is to make the knowledge produced in the
academy accessible, easy to understand and freely available for the
public and policy makers. Articles are published daily on our
website-https://theconversation.com/africa . Publishing under a Creative
Commons Licence, all articles are open access.