OER Africa

Spec sheet

Purpose

OER Africa is an initiative of Saide established to collaborate with African higher education institutions on developing and using Open Educational Resources to enhance teaching and learning.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Audience

Its work supports academics, academic librarians, leaders, and other stakeholders in African higher education institutions.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Integrations

The maker pages reviewed describe hosting resources and downloadable Moodle backups; they do not state software integrations.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Security

The maker pages reviewed do not state product security certifications or compliance claims.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Support

The site invites visitors to contact OER Africa to discuss applying its experience and insights to their context, problems, or goals.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Headquarters

Johannesburg, South AfricaRead 28 Sep 2026 · oerafrica.org

Founded

2008Read 28 Sep 2026 · oerafrica.org

Collaboration

The initiative supports collaboration through face-to-face and online networks of African educators and learners.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Collection scope

OER Africa says its website aims to be a primary place to find African-produced OER but is not a comprehensive collection of all OER online.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Contact location

The contact page lists its address as 19 Ameshoff St, Braamfontein, Johannesburg, 2001.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Courseware

The site hosts African-produced courseware in areas including agriculture, foundation skills, health, teacher education, and professional development.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Courseware downloads

Some courseware pages provide downloadable Moodle backups, such as the listed Introduction to Cloud Computing module.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Integrations and partnerships

OER Africa partners with the PEBL project to host its course materials and make them available to other institutions through the website.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Licensing

The PEBL course materials hosted by OER Africa are shared under Creative Commons licenses for reuse with appropriate acknowledgement.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Not comprehensive

OER Africa says its website aims to be a primary place to find African-produced OER but is not a comprehensive collection of all online OER.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Open licensing

The PEBL East Africa course materials are shared as Open Educational Resources under Creative Commons licensing for reuse subject to appropriate acknowledgement.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Professional development

OER Africa develops and tests continuous professional development models to support OER practices in higher education.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Resource formats

Some courseware entries offer downloadable Moodle backup files.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Tutorial format

Tutorials are described as short, practical resources for self-study or group study, and the site says they are updated to reflect new trends and practices.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Tutorial topics

Tutorial topics include finding and adapting open content, open licensing, open access publishing, research communication, learning design, and online facilitation.Read 7 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Tutorials

Its open education tutorials cover finding and adapting open content, open licensing, open access publishing, research communication, learning design, AI, and online facilitation.Read 8 Oct 2026 · oerafrica.org

Where Specifiction places it

• Open Educational Resource Platforms#22 of 277.2