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Institutional and subject repositories are an increasingly significant component in the provision of academic
publication and information resources. They are being developed throughout the world as a consequence of the
availability of scholarly resources in digital formats, and in response to Open Access policies and
mandates. For further background and a view on the development and outlook for repositories with reference
to Africa/African studies, see additional article.
The following list of known repositories within the African continent has been compiled by the International
African Institute as a service to African studies research and scholarship in line with our remit to promote
the dissemination of knowledge from and on Africa. It is unlikely to be comprehensive and will be regularly
reviewed and updated.
Known repositories are listed by country, ordered alphabetically. The list, based on our own research, has
drawn on information
made available by the African Studies Centre, Leiden, including its ‘Connecting Africa’
project, a gateway to African research information and materials produced worldwide (and particularly useful
for consulting material in European university repositories). We have also drawn quite extensively on data
from OpenDOAR and roar.eprints.org,
authoritative directories of Open Access repositories.
This list is being published as a preliminary resource consolidating existing, known repositories in Africa.
It is not yet possible to search across the entire list of repositories from this site. Therefore for the
moment, interested researchers will need to consult individual university repositories by following the
available links.
We envisage that this may form part of a larger future project to enable and support more sophisticated
search of existing repositories, as well as the further digitisation and online publication of doctoral and
Masters’ level theses from the African continent, commonly identified as representing a crucial
resource for research and knowledge exchange.
We would be glad for feedback, and to hear about or from any institutional repositories that have been
inadvertently omitted, or about new or developing resources, or with proposals for further collaborations in
this endeavour. Email, Stephanie Kitchen, Managing Editor, International African Institute, sk111(at)soas.ac.uk
Entrepôts de recherche numériques africains
Les entrepôts institutionnels et spécialisés jouent un rôle croissant dans la fourniture de ressources de
publication et de documentation spécialisées. Il s’en crée partout dans le monde en conséquence de la
disponibilité des ressources savantes en formats numériques, et en réponse aux politiques et mandats du
libre accès. Pour plus d’informations générales et pour en savoir plus sur les perspectives des entrepôts
concernant l’Afrique et les études africaines, nous vous invitons à lire un
article supplémentaire.
L’Institut africain international (IAI) a compilé ci-dessous une liste des entrepôts connus sur le continent
africain afin de servir la recherche en études africaines, conformément à sa mission de promouvoir la
dissémination de la connaissance émanant d’Afrique et sur l’Afrique. Cette liste ne saurait prétendre être
exhaustive et nous nous attacherons à la mettre à jour régulièrement.
Les entrepôts connus sont répertoriés par pays en ordre alphabétique. Issue de notre propre recherche, cette
liste s’appuie sur des informations mises à disposition par le Centre d’études africaines
de Leiden, y compris son projet « Connecting Africa », une passerelle de
données et de documents de recherche africaine produits à travers le monde (et notamment utile pour
consulter le contenu des entrepôts de données des universités européennes). Nous nous sommes également
fortement appuyés sur les données de l’OpenDOAR et de
l’http://roar.eprints.org/, les répertoires
d’archives ouvertes réputés.
La liste que nous publions ici est une ressource préliminaire qui a vocation de consolider les entrepôts
connus présents en Afrique. Ce site ne permet pas de faire des recherches sur tous les entrepôts. Pour
l’heure, les chercheurs intéressés devront donc consulter les différents entrepôts universitaires en suivant
les liens disponibles.
Nous envisageons d’inscrire ce service dans un projet futur plus large devant permettre une consultation
plus sophistiquée des entrepôts existants, ainsi que la numérisation et la publication en ligne des thèses
de doctorat et de master du continent africain, largement reconnus pour représenter une ressource
essentielle pour la recherche et l’échange de savoirs.
N’hésitez pas à nous faire part de vos remarques et à nous faire savoir si nous avons omis des entrepôts
institutionnels par inadvertance, mais également à porter à notre connaissance l’existence de ressources
nouvelles ou en cours d’élaboration ou à nous soumettre des propositions de collaboration dans ce domaine.
Contactez-nous par e-mail en adressant un message à Stephanie Kitchen, Directrice de la rédaction, Institut
Africain International, sk111(at)soas.ac.uk
General
AfricaArXiv Preprints
Algeria
Bouira University Digital Space
Centre de Développement des Energies Renouvelables
Bibliothèque virtuelle des Energies
Renouvelables
Centre de Recherche Scientifique et Technique en Soudage et Contrôle
CSC Digital Library
CERIST
Cerist Digital Library
CRTI Digital Library Centre de Recherche en Technologies Industrielles (CRTI)
Dspace University Hassiba Benbouali of Chlef - Algeria
Université Abou Bekr Belkaid Tlemcen
Depot institutionnel de l'Universite Abou Bekr Belkaid
Tlemcen UABT
Université El-Hadj Lakhdar Batna
Bibliothèque Centrale
Université d'Algers
Bibliothèque universitaire
Université Mhamed Bougara Boumerdes (UMBB)
Archives ouvertes de l'Université
M'hamed Bougara Boumerdes,
http://dlibrary.univ-boumerdes.dz:8080/jspui/
University of Algiers
Bibliothèque Virtuelle de l'université d'Alger
University of Biskra, Algeria
University of Biskra Theses Repository
University Ferhat Abbas Sétif 1 Repository
Mohamed-Cherif Messaadia University - Souk Ahras
Center of Academic Publications
Botswana
University of Botswana
University of Botswana Research, Innovation and Scholarship
Archive (UBRISA)
Botho University
Institutional Repository
Burkina Faso
Bibliothèque numérique du CAMES
Thèses de l'Université
de Ouagadougou 1
Université Polytechnique de Bobo-Dioulasso
Cameroon
CamPuce (association for the promotion of science and humanities in African countries)
http://eprints.campuce.org/
Cape Verde
Ministerio do Ensino Superior Ciencia e Inovacao
Portal do Conhecimento
Universidade Jean Piaget de Cabo Verde
Biblioteca Digital da Universidade Jean
Piaget de Cabo Verde
Egypt
Agricultural Research Centre
American University in Cairo (الجامعة الاميركية في القاهرة)
AUC Digital Archive and Research Repository
Rare Books and Special Collections Digital
Library
Bibliotheca Alexandrina (مكتبة الإسكندري)
Digital Assets Repository (DAR)
Future University FUE Digital Repository
Menoufia University
Scholarly Publication Repository
Portal
MUST Digital Archive and Research Repository / Misr University for Science and Technology, Giza (MUST)
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa University
AAU-ETD (Addis Ababa University Libraries Electronic Thesis and
Dissertations Database)
Economic Commission for Africa
ECA repository
African Union
Common Repository
National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia (NADRE)
https://nadreweb.ethernet.edu.et
https://nadre.ethernet.edu.et
Ghana
Association of African Universities
Database of
African Theses and Dissertations
University of Ghana Digital Collections
DATAD
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Repository,http://dspace.knust.edu.gh/
University for Development Studies
UDS Institutional Repository
Kenya
The Catholic University of Eastern Africa Digital Repository
Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa Africa Thesis Bank
Dedan Kimathi University of Technology
Dedan Kimathi University of
Technology Digital Repository
Egerton University Institutional Repository
Embu University C. Repository
International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)
Mahider repository
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
JKUAT Digital Repository
JOOUST Repository
KarUSpace Karatina University
KARI e-repository
KCA Academic Commons
KeMU Institutional Repository Kaya Methodist University
Kenyatta University
Kenyatta University Institutional Repository
KIM Repository
Maasai Mara University Institutional Repository
Machakos University Digital Repository
Moi University
Moi University Institutional Repository
Mount Kenya University Institutional Repository
Murang'a University of Technology
Institutional Repository
MUT INSTITUTIONAL REPOSITORY Murang’a University
Pwani University Institutional Repository
Rift Valley Institute
Sudan Open Archive (SOA)
Rongo University Repository
South Eastern Kenya University
South Eastern Kenya University Digital Repository
Strathmore University (SU)
SU Digital Repository
St. Paul's University Institutional Repository
Technical University of Kenya
Tukenya Institutional Repository
Technical University of Mombasa Institutional Repository
Management Univesity of Africa
Management University of Africa Repository
United States International University - Africa
USIU - Africa Digital Repository
University of Nairobi
University of Nairobi Digital Repository
Lesotho
National University of Lesotho Institutional
Repository (NULIR)
AgriSearch Repository
Libya
Libyan International Medical University
University of Tripoli Digital Repository
Madagascar
Archives Africa (National Archives of
Madagascar)
Morocco
Université Mohammed V - Rabat
Dépôt Institutionnel - SIJIL
Mozambique
Eduardo Mondlane University, Biblioteca Digital
Repositório Científico de Moçambique (SABER)
Namibia
Polytechnic of Namibia
Ounongo Repository
University of Namibia
UNAM Scholary Repository
Nigeria
Afe Babalola University Repository
Ahmadu Bello University
ABU Zaria Research Publications
Ahmadu Bello University Institutional Digital
Repository
American University of Nigeria (AUN) Digital Repository
University of Benin
Covenant University
Covenant
University Electronic Theses and Dissertation Repository
Covenant University Repository
Theses & Dissertations
Elizade University EUSpace
Federal University Oye-Ekiti Institutional
Repository
University of Port
Harcourt repository
Landmark University
Landmark University Repository
Repository of the Central Bank of Nigeria
University of Ibadan
University of Ibadan Institutional
Repository
University of Jos
University of Jos Institutional Repository
University of Lagos
University of Lagos Institutional
Repository
University of Nigeria Nsukka
Open Resources
Rwanda
University of Rwanda Digital Repository
Senegal
African Institute for Economic Development and Planning
IDEP Document Server
CODESRIA
Theses and Dissertations
Catalogue
La recherche à l’UCAD
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar
Bibliothèque Numérique Université Cheikh Anta DIOP
Mémoires de l'Ecole polytechnique de
Thiès
Mémoires de fin
d'études de l’ I.N.S.E.P.S (Institut National Supérieur de l’Education Populaire et du Sport) du
Sénégal
Thèses et mémoires de
l'Ecole Inter-Etats des Sciences et Médécine Vétérinaires
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC) resource unit
SLURC publications
South Africa
Africa Portal (collaborative project between
the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the South African Institute of International
Affairs (SAIIA))
ASSAf (Academy of Science of South Africa)
Scientific Electronic Library Online - South Africa (SciELO -
South Africa)
Cape Peninsula University of Technology
Digital Knowledge at Cape Peninsula
University of Technology
Central University of Technology
CUT Institutional Repository
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)
CSIR Research Space
Durban University of Technology (DUT)
DUT Institutional Repository
National ETD Portal
South African Theses and Dissertations
National Research Foundation
South Africa Data Archive
North-West University
North-West University Institutional Repository (Boloka)
Rhodes University
Rhodes eResearch Repository (ReRR)
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU)
OpenSALDRU
Stellenbosch University
Stellenbosch University SUNScholar Repository
SUNeTD (Electronic Theses and Dissertations)
Tshwane University of Technology
TUT Digital Open Repository
University of Cape Town
OpenUCT
UCT Computer Science Research Document Archive (UCT CS
Archive)
UCT Law Space
University of Fort Hare
University of Fort Hare Institutional Repository
University of Johannesburg (UJ)
UJDigispace
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN)
Digital Innovation South Africa (DISA)
University of KwaZulu-Natal repository
ResearchSpace@UKZN
University of Limpopo
University of Limpopo repository
University of Pretoria (UP)
University of Pretoria Electronic Theses and
Dissertations (UPeTD)
UPSpace (UPSpace at the University of Pretoria)
University of South Africa (Unisa)
UnisaIR (Unisa Institutional Repository)
See also: unisair.wordpress.com
University of the Free State
KovsieScholar, https://scholar.ufs.ac.za/
University of the Free State ETD
University of the Western Cape
AHERO (African Higher Education Research Online)
University of the Western Cape Research Repository
(UWC Research Repository)
UWC Theses and Dissertations
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
WIReDSpace (Wits Institutional Repository on DSPACE)
Add See also: libguides.wits.ac.za/WIREDSPACE
University of Zululand
UZSpace (University of Zululand Repository)
Vaal University of Technology
VUT DigiResearch
ZivaHub (Digital Library Services at the University of Cape Town)
zivahub.uct.ac.za/
www.re3data.org/repository/r3d100012633
Sudan
AlMughtaribeen University Repository
Al Neelain University
Repository
Digital Repository of Red Sea University
Nile College Repository
Open University of Sudan Repository
Shendi University Repository
Sudan University of Science and Technology
Dspace at SUST University
University of Khartoum
University of Khartoum Digital Repository
(KhartoumSpace)
Nile Valley University Digital Repository
West Kordufan University Repository
Tanzania
East African Community Repository
Ifakara Health Institute
Digital Library of the Tanzania Health Community
(e-Health)
Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Health Sciences (MUHAS)
MUHAS Institutional Repository
Nelson Mandela-African Insitution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST)
NM-AIST Repository
Open University of Tanzania
Digital Library of Open University of Tanzania
Sokoine University of Agriculture
Sokoine University of Agriculture Institutional
Repository
SUZA REPOSITORY
Tazania Climate Change Information Repository (TaCCIR)
Tanzania Climate Change Information
Repository
Tanzania Commission for Aids (TACAIDS)
TACAIDS Digital Repository
University of Dar es Salaam
University of Dar es Salaam repository
University of Dodoma Institutional Repository
Tunisia
Université Virtuelle de Tunis (UVT)
UVT e-doc
Archive Ouverte Universitaire Tunisien
Uganda
Busitema University
Open Access Digital Repository
Kampala International University Institutional Repository (KIUIR)
Muni University Institutional Repository (Muni-IR)
Makerere University
Makerere University Institutional Repository (Mak IR)
Regional Universities Forum for Capacity Building in Agriculture
RUFORUM Institutional Repository
Uganda Christian University Digital Institutional Repository
Uganda Martyrs University Repository
Zambia
University of Zambia
University of Zambia Repository
Zimbabwe
African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
Virtual Library on Capacity Development
Bindura University of Science Education
Institutional Repository
Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUTIR)
Chinhoyi University of Technology Institutional
Repository (CUTIR)
Midlands State University
Midlands State University Repository
National University of Science and Technology (NUST)
NuSpace Institutional Repository
NuStone Digital Library
(including theses and disserations)
University of Zimbabwe
University of Zimbabwe Institutional Repository
Virtual Library on Capacity Development - African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF)
Zimbabwe Open University
ZOU SPACE : Institutional Repository
No known repositories in the following African countries:
Angola
Benin
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo Brazzaville
Côte d’Ivoire
Democratic Republic of Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Gabon
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Liberia
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Niger
Seychelles
Somalia
South Sudan
Swaziland
Togo
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