This FAIRsharing record describes: Checklist for universities on implementing the UNESCO Recommendation on Open Science, developed by African Community members within the LIBSENSE (Library Support for Embedded NREN Services and E-infrastructure) project. It provides a series of general items that guide African universities and beyond in the implementation of this UNESCO recommendation. The source of this description is the metadata record on FAIRsharing.org, an educational and informative resource that describes and links databases, standards, and data policies. FAIRsharing also creates collections of these resources and recommendations of databases and standards based on 3rd party data policies.