https://rsse.africa/blog/Recent content in Posts on RSSE AfricaHugo -- gohugo.ioenteam@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)© 2026 RSSE Africa. Licensed under CC-BY-4.0Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://rsse.africa/blog/2025/03/open-science-3/Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2025/03/open-science-3/RSSE Africa partnered with the RSE Asia Association, Talarify, ReSA and AREN to host a 6-month virtual community conversation series focusing on Enabling Open Science through Research Code. Episode 3 focused on opening up research code and open-source practices. Read more in our blog post.https://rsse.africa/blog/2025/03/open-science-episode5/Mon, 03 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2025/03/open-science-episode5/RSSE Africa partnered with the RSE Asia Association, Talarify, ReSA and AREN to host a 6-month virtual community conversation series focusing on Enabling Open Science through Research Code. Episode 5 focused on testing code. Read more in our blog post.https://rsse.africa/blog/2025/02/spotlight-february/Fri, 21 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2025/02/spotlight-february/Welcome to our first community member spotlight for 2025! In this edition we’re introducing Pashlene Naidoo, MSc Candidate in Quantum Communication at Stellenbosch University.https://rsse.africa/blog/2025/open-science-episode4/Wed, 19 Feb 2025 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2025/open-science-episode4/RSSE Africa partnered with the RSE Asia Association, Talarify, ReSA and AREN to host a 6-month virtual community conversation series focusing on Enabling Open Science through Research Code. Episode 4 focused on code documentation. Read more in our blog post.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/12/spotlight-december/Thu, 12 Dec 2024 11:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/12/spotlight-december/Welcome 👋 to our December 2024 community member spotlight! In this edition we’re introducing Cael Marquard from South Africa.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/12/leveraging-hpc-rse-africa/Thu, 12 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/12/leveraging-hpc-rse-africa/In this post Mtheto Vuyo Sovara from the Centre for High Performance Computing in South Africa, shares his invited keynote at RSEHPC@ISC24 that took place on 16 May 2024, ISC, Hamburg: Enhancing the symbiosis between HPC and RSE communities.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/12/open-science-episode2/Mon, 02 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/12/open-science-episode2/RSSE Africa partnered with the RSE Asia Association, Talarify, ReSA and AREN to host a 6-month virtual community conversation series focusing on Enabling Open Science through Research Code. Episode 2 focused on reproducibility. Read more in our blog post.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/10/spotlight-october-2/Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/10/spotlight-october-2/Welcome 👋 to our second October 2024 community member spotlight! In this edition we’re introducing Chioma Onyido from Nigeria.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/10/spotlight-october-1/Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/10/spotlight-october-1/Welcome 👋 to our first October 2024 community member spotlight! In this month’s edition we’re introducing Herman Randriamanantena from Madagascar.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/10/open-science-episode1/Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/10/open-science-episode1/RSSE Africa partnered with the RSE Asia Association, Talarify, ReSA and AREN to host a 6-month virtual community conversation series focusing on Enabling Open Science through Research Code. Episode 1 took place on International RSE Day. Read more in our blog post.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/08/spotlight-august-french/Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/08/spotlight-august-french/Bienvenue 👋 sur notre coup de projecteur sur les membres de la communauté d’août 2024 ! Dans l’édition de ce mois-ci, nous vous présentons Jafsia Elisee du Cameroun.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/08/spotlight-august/Mon, 12 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/08/spotlight-august/Welcome 👋 to our August 2024 community member spotlight! In this month’s edition we’re introducing Jafsia Elisee from Cameroon.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/08/astronomyafrica/Wed, 07 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/08/astronomyafrica/This week the International Astronomical Union (IAU) General Assembly - the largest astronomical meetup in the world, will kick off in South Africa. It’s the first time the community will unite under the African skies since the IAU was founded in 1919 - more than 100 years ago!https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/06/afox-oxrse-workshop/Fri, 28 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/06/afox-oxrse-workshop/RSSE Africa recently had the fantastic opportunity to participate in the AfOx - OxRSE half-day workshop, where we shared insights about our community and its mission.🌍🎯https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/06/spotlight-june-french/Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/06/spotlight-june-french/Bienvenue 👋 sur notre coup de projecteur sur les membres de la communauté d’août 2024 ! Dans l’édition de ce mois-ci, nous vous présentons Mthetho Vuyo Sovara d’Afrique du Sud.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/06/spotlight-june/Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/06/spotlight-june/Welcome 👋 to our June 2024 community member spotlight! In this month’s edition we’re introducing Mthetho Vuyo Sovara from South Africa.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/04/spotlight-april/Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/04/spotlight-april/Welcome 👋 to our April 2024 community member spotlight! In this month’s edition we’re introducing Richard Dushime from The Democratic Republic of the Congo.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/04/spotlight-april-french/Sat, 27 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/04/spotlight-april-french/Bienvenue 👋 sur notre coup de projecteur sur les membres de la communauté d’avril 2024 ! Dans l’édition de ce mois-ci, nous vous présentons Richard Dushime de la République Démocratique du Congo.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/03/fair4rs/Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/03/fair4rs/The FAIR for Research Software (FAIR4RS) Principles, introduced in 2022 are guiding a global shift in managing research software.https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/02/spotlight-february/Tue, 27 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2024/02/spotlight-february/Welcome 👋 to our first community member spotlight for 2024! In this month’s edition we’re introducing Tadiwanashe Gutsa from Zimbabwe.https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/12/spotlight-december/Mon, 27 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/12/spotlight-december/Welcome 👋 to our seventh community member spotlight! In this month’s edition we’re introducing Karim Mané from Senegal.https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/11/spotlight-november/Sun, 26 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/11/spotlight-november/Welcome 👋 to our sixth community member spotlight! In this month’s edition we’re introducing Pauline Karega from Kenya.https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/11/newsletters/Thu, 09 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/11/newsletters/Discover newsletters and mailing lists from global and local spaces, gaining valuable insights into the vibrant landscape of RSE.https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/10/Wed, 11 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/10/Are you passionate about harnessing the power of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address critical challenges? Here are two exciting opportunities to make a significant impact.https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/09/spotlight-september/Thu, 28 Sep 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/09/spotlight-september/Welcome 👋 to our fifth community member spotlight! In this month’s edition we’re introducing Eugene de Beste from South Africa.https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/05/rsse-africa-june/Thu, 25 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/05/rsse-africa-june/This event is a collaboration between RSSE Africa and RSE Australia/New Zealand. It is an excellent opportunity to learn about LLMs in teaching and learning, and we will also meet colleagues from the other side of the world!https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/05/spotlight-april/Mon, 08 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/05/spotlight-april/Welcome 👋 to our fourth community member spotlight! In this month’s edition we’re introducing Kushatha Ntwaetsile from Botswana.https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/05/research-software-indaba/Sun, 07 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/05/research-software-indaba/The Research Software Indaba will be hosted in Cape Town, South Africa in May 2023.https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/04/spotlight-march/Fri, 14 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/04/spotlight-march/Welcome 👋 to our third community member spotlight! In this month’s edition we’re introducing Clinton Nkolokosa from Malawi.https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/04/hone-your-skills/Tue, 04 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/04/hone-your-skills/One of the most common questions we’ve heard in the RSSE Africa community meetups are about becoming a research software engineer. In this post we share some pointers for growing your skills and networks.https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/02/resa/Sat, 04 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/02/resa/The Research Software Alliance (ReSA) is a non-profit organisation on a mission to bring research software communities together to collaborate on advancing the research software ecosystem.https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/02/spotlight-february/Wed, 01 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/02/spotlight-february/Welcome 👋 to our second community member spotlight! In this month’s edition we’re introducing Mohammed Ali from Egypt.https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/01/spotlight-january/Sat, 28 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000team@rsse.africa (RSSE Africa)https://rsse.africa/blog/2023/01/spotlight-january/Welcome 👋 to our first community member spotlight! Our first spotlight falls on a Masters student at the South African National Bioinformatics Institute in South Africa.