Planning for Open Access Repositories and Challenges in African Universities

Abstract

There are rich and quality information of African content that are of world interest. University of Ibadan is endowed with a lot of information materials that are now difficult to manage manually. Digitization becomes the saving grace for excellent preservation and 
perfect dissemination locally and globally. There are sound framework in Africa especially in Nigeria and South Africa for digitization and open access to very rich data but due to some challenges like sociopolitical and economic problems including electric power generation that need to be solved the digitization in Africa can not sail through easily. The solid framework and structures including the rich endowment in Africa can be a platform for global partnering.