Below is a list of OER initiatives to which Africa contributes, including institution-specific initiatives. They focus on various areas, including OER adaptation, OER reuse, OER repositories or portals, continuous professional development, and research.
Thutong Education Portal
10 April 2018
The Thutong Portal is the online point of entry to a comprehensive array of free educational resources, policy information, and interactive services concerning all aspects of the South African Schooling Sector. It will provide relevant information and services about the South African school curriculum, teacher development, school administration, and management. Thutong aims to facilitate ease of use, enabling users to find and make use of its resources and services in the most intuitive ways possible.
OpenMed - Opening up Education in South-Mediterranean countries (OpenMed)
10 April 2018
The overarching goal of OpenMed is to raise Awareness and facilitate the adoption of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Open Educational Practices (OEP) in the Arab Mediterranean countries, with a particular focus on higher education in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Palestine.