diff --git a/explore/angular.json b/explore/angular.json
index 6dd753a5..52abc037 100644
--- a/explore/angular.json
+++ b/explore/angular.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
             "assets": [
               "src/assets",
               "src/robots.txt",
+              "src/manifest.json",
               "src/OpenSearchDescriptor.xml",
               {
                 "glob": "**/*",
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@
             "beta": {
               "assets": [
                 "src/assets",
+                "src/manifest.json",
                 {
                   "input": "src/beta/",
                   "output": "/",
@@ -159,6 +161,7 @@
             "production": {
               "assets": [
                 "src/assets",
+                "src/manifest.json",
                 {
                   "input": "src/prod/",
                   "output": "/",
diff --git a/explore/package.json b/explore/package.json
index e91ed3be..28a11b54 100644
--- a/explore/package.json
+++ b/explore/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
     "build:ssr-beta": "npm run build-beta && ng run explore:server:beta",
     "build:ssr-prod": "npm run build-prod && ng run explore:server:production",
     "prerender": "ng run explore:prerender",
-    "after-build-clean": "rm -rf dist/explore/browser/assets/common-assets/.svn/ src/app/openaireLibrary/.svn node_modules src/assets/common-assets/.svn/"
+    "after-build-clean": "rm -rf dist/explore/browser/assets/common-assets/.git/ src/app/openaireLibrary/.git node_modules src/assets/common-assets/.git/"
   },
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/explore/src/app/home/home.component.html b/explore/src/app/home/home.component.html
index 028929c3..3d401037 100644
--- a/explore/src/app/home/home.component.html
+++ b/explore/src/app/home/home.component.html
@@ -143,16 +143,16 @@
 
                     <div class="uk-hidden@s">
                       <a class="uk-position-center-left uk-position-small" href="#" uk-slidenav-previous
-                         uk-slider-item="previous"></a>
+                         uk-slider-item="previous"><span class="visually-hidden">prev</span></a>
                       <a class="uk-position-center-right uk-position-small" href="#" uk-slidenav-next
-                         uk-slider-item="next"></a>
+                         uk-slider-item="next"><span class="visually-hidden">next</span></a>
                     </div>
 
                     <div class="uk-visible@s">
                       <a class="uk-position-center-left-out uk-position-small" href="#" uk-slidenav-previous
-                         uk-slider-item="previous"></a>
+                         uk-slider-item="previous"><span class="visually-hidden">prev</span></a>
                       <a class="uk-position-center-right-out uk-position-small" href="#" uk-slidenav-next
-                         uk-slider-item="next"></a>
+                         uk-slider-item="next"><span class="visually-hidden">next</span></a>
                     </div>
                   </div>
                 </div>
diff --git a/explore/src/app/openaireLibrary b/explore/src/app/openaireLibrary
index aea45694..f51e47af 160000
--- a/explore/src/app/openaireLibrary
+++ b/explore/src/app/openaireLibrary
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit aea456942e79958cbc05fb94a869be04cd2449c9
+Subproject commit f51e47afa0f61112d9fc375f2af7da836cf077d1
diff --git a/explore/src/beta/index.html b/explore/src/beta/index.html
index 852af9a2..ffa50985 100644
--- a/explore/src/beta/index.html
+++ b/explore/src/beta/index.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="96x96" href="assets/common-assets/logo/favicon-96x96.png">
       <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="assets/common-assets/logo/favicon-16x16.png">
       <link href="assets/common-assets/logo/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" />
-      <link rel="manifest" href="assets/common-assets/logo/manifest.json">
+      <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json">
       <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ffffff">
       <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="/ms-icon-144x144.png">
       <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">
diff --git a/explore/src/index.html b/explore/src/index.html
index 1e7b3d01..8d5d0232 100644
--- a/explore/src/index.html
+++ b/explore/src/index.html
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="96x96" href="assets/common-assets/logo/favicon-96x96.png">
       <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="assets/common-assets/logo/favicon-16x16.png">
       <link href="assets/common-assets/logo/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" />
-      <link rel="manifest" href="assets/common-assets/logo/manifest.json">
+      <link rel="manifest" href="/manifest.json">
       <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ffffff">
       <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="/ms-icon-144x144.png">
       <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">
diff --git a/explore/src/manifest.json b/explore/src/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..43f2b763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/explore/src/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+{
+  "name": "OpenAIRE | Explore",
+  "short_name": "Explore",
+  "start_url": "https://explore.openaire.eu",
+  "background_color": "#FFFFFF",
+  "display": "standalone",
+  "scope": "/",
+  "theme_color": "#ffffff",
+  "description": "OpenAIRE Explore: Over 100M of research deduplicated, 170K research software, 11M research data. One of the largest open scholarly records collection worldwide.",
+
+  "icons": [
+    {
+      "src": "\/assets/common-assets/logo/android-icon-36x36.png",
+      "sizes": "36x36",
+      "type": "image\/png",
+      "density": "0.75"
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "\/assets/common-assets/logo/android-icon-48x48.png",
+      "sizes": "48x48",
+      "type": "image\/png",
+      "density": "1.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "\/assets/common-assets/logo/android-icon-72x72.png",
+      "sizes": "72x72",
+      "type": "image\/png",
+      "density": "1.5"
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "\/assets/common-assets/logo/android-icon-96x96.png",
+      "sizes": "96x96",
+      "type": "image\/png",
+      "density": "2.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "\/assets/common-assets/logo/android-icon-144x144.png",
+      "sizes": "144x144",
+      "type": "image\/png",
+      "density": "3.0"
+    },
+    {
+      "src": "\/assets/common-assets/logo/android-icon-192x192.png",
+      "sizes": "192x192",
+      "type": "image\/png",
+      "density": "4.0"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/explore/src/prod/index.html b/explore/src/prod/index.html
index c0fd1493..c13e0199 100644
--- a/explore/src/prod/index.html
+++ b/explore/src/prod/index.html
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
       <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="96x96" href="assets/common-assets/logo/favicon-96x96.png">
       <link rel="icon" type="image/png" sizes="16x16" href="assets/common-assets/logo/favicon-16x16.png">
       <link href="assets/common-assets/logo/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" type="image/vnd.microsoft.icon" />
-      <link rel="manifest" href="assets/common-assets/logo/manifest.json">
+      <link rel="manifest" href="manifest.json">
       <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#ffffff">
       <meta name="msapplication-TileImage" content="/ms-icon-144x144.png">
       <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">