Incentivising Open Science Engagement – Tokens of Appreciation

This presentation was delivered by the CEO of SomaliREN at ASREN's Open Science – The Way Forward Conference held in Tunis, Tunisia on 19 July, 2022

State of Research in the Somali Higher Education Institutions 2022

Eng. Abdullahi Bihi Hussein, CEO of SomaliREN, delivered this presentation at the second Anual University Leaders Retreat held in Kigali, Rwanda on 25 July 2022

Leveraging the Power of Community for Open Science

Abstract The collaborative networks that make open science possible are made of the people and organizations who actually produce and also consume open science. This is basically the essence of community and it has a far more significant potential than it seems to capitalize on. The continuity of the efforts to boost open science rests on strengthening the sense of community among the scientists and within the institutions. Three perspectives on the issue are presented in this discussion. The community as the foundation or platform for driving open science adoption perspective calls for the strategic structuring of communities in a hierarchically-organized manner but with less red-tape to not discourage innovation agility; the community as a producer-consumer perspective focuses on putting into effect rules and protocols for exchanging open science artifacts within the community modeling open source licenses; and the community as the incubation grounds for young scientists perspective calls for implementing support group strategies that encourage more young people to engage in science and contribute to the open science efforts. Exploiting the power of community effectively has the potential of keeping more senior and young scientists engaged in the open science efforts. The research and education networks need to look beyond connectivity and nurture communities from their end-user communities to empower them to create open science and knowledge

Public Private Partnerships for Digital Infrastructure Development

Eng. Abdullahi Bihi Hussein, the CEO of Somali Research and Education Network (SomaliREN) delivered this presentation as a keynote speech at the 5th Annual event of the Somali Network Operators' Group (SomNOG)