Dr. Pascal Hoba is Head of the Communication and Services Department at the Association of African Universities [AAU], Accra, Ghana and Coordinator of the Database of African Theses and Dissertations [DATAD] programme. He has initiated the Open Access process with the DATAD programme as a regional repository centre and has set up the African Higher Education Resource Centre at the AAU. Dr Hoba is also a member of the executive board of the Pan African E-Network at the African Union Commission in Addis Ababa. He has authored several scientific papers on strategic information.

Handbook articles by Pascal Hoba:

• Why Should We Worry About Brain Drain from Africa? (A 4.1-3)