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Project to study digital practices at universities in three countries

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Project to study digital practices at universities in three countriesIllustrative image · Jep Gambardella · Pexels · Licence Pexels

The Digit OACS research project will study how academic staff and administrative personnel use digital tools in universities in Burkina Faso, Kenya and Nigeria. Led by the Africa Multiple centre at Joseph Ki-Zerbo University, it is to last four years and identify the uses adopted or not by those involved, according to its director, Natéwindé Sawadogo.

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