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Solomon Mekonnen

Solomon Mekonnen is an Academic Staff with rank of Lecturer and Open Access Coordinator at the Addis Ababa University (AAU). Apart from his role at AAU, He is also a Co-Founder of Code4Ethiopia which advocates for open data in Ethiopia. In addition, Solomon coordinates nationally Open Access Programme of international network called Electronic Information for Libraries (EIFL) representing Consortium of Ethiopian Academic and Research Libraries. He is also a local organizer in Ethiopia for international network called Open Knowledge. As part of his role as local organizer, he coordinates the Open Knowledge community in Ethiopia focusing on open data and open science.

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October 9, 2019

Ethiopia adopts a national open access policy

In September, Ethiopia adopted a national open access policy for higher education institutions. In a guest blog on the EIFL website, Dr Solomon Mekonnen Tekle, librarian at Addis Ababa University…

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April 5, 2018

Open Data Day 2018 in Ethiopia and Nigeria

Authors: Bolutife Adisa (Open Switch Africa) and Solomon Mekonnen (Open Knowledge Ethiopia) This blog is part of the event report series on International Open Data Day 2018. On Saturday 3…