The fifth AfricaLics PhD Academy was held at the conference hall of National Centre for Technology Management, Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife. The Academy was held over a two-week period in June 2017 at National Centre for Technology Management in Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The programme of activities included sessions focused on innovation and development […]
The 3rd AfricaLics Research Conference was hosted by University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed, Algeria, from 27 – 29 November 2017. It brought together over 120 leading scholars from 28 countries working on innovation and development in Africa with the foremost scholars from outside Africa. The overall theme of the conference was Emerging innovation […]
The 6th AfricaLics Ph.D. Academy is jointly organized by the Université Cadi Ayyad Marrakech with support from the AfricaLics Secretariat hosted at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya. The event was supported financially by the Universite Cadi Ayyad, the AfricaLics network and Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) through Sida Research. The local […]
The fourth AfricaLics Conference was held in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania from the 22nd – 24th October 2019. The overall theme of the conference was “Innovation and transformative capacities for growth and sustainable development in Africa”. The Conference was a three-day event hosted by STIPRO in collaboration with UDSM and COSTECH as co-hosts. Download Call […]
NB: this event is targeted at Ethiopian students. A further event will be held before the end of 2020 for students outside of Ethiopia. This event is limited to 100 people. We therefore request that people register for this event. To register, please email: secretariat@africalics.org. Access details for the MS Teams meeting will be sent […]
The Academy will be held online and hosted by the University of Gondar, Ethiopia and the AfricaLics Secretariat. Two weeks of online sessions: Week 1: 26th – 30th July 2021 Week 2: 20th – 24th September 2021 Call for application AfricaLics is part of the worldwide research network, The Global Network for the Economics of […]
The Academy will be held online and hosted by the Jaramogi Odinga Oginga University of Science and Technology (JOOUST) and the AfricaLics Secretariat. The AfricaLics network is an academic research and capacity building network that focuses on how innovation (the process through which new or improved products, processes, organisational forms, ways of working and acting […]
The aim of the Globelics Academy PhD School is to support the training of PhD students from all over the world writing theses on issues related to innovation systems and development. The Academy brings together frontier researchers in innovation with PhD students from the South and the North in order to inspire and qualify their […]
Hosted by University of Yaoundé II and Pan-African University, Institute for Governance, Humanities and Social Sciences (PAUGHSS) Theme: National Innovation System for Resilience and Sustainable Development in Africa The 5th AfricaLics International Conference is being held at the opportune time as the African economies recover from post COVID-19 impact while still struggling to attain sustainable […]
The AfricaLics network, hosted by the African Centre for Technology Studies, is an academic research and capacity building network that focuses on how innovation (the process through which new or improved products, processes, organizational forms, ways of working and acting are introduced into new environments) occurs and the relationship this has with economic and social […]
How to register If you are interested in attending the webinar, please register via this link or get in touch with Yvonne Gitu at Y.Gitu@acts-net.org for more details. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email from AfricaLics Zoom account containing information about joining the webinar. Please ensure you add the invitation to your calendar.
Abstract Increasingly, African states recognise the use of science, technology and innovation (STI) measurement for assessing progress towards the SDGs and STI Strategy for Africa (STISA) targets, as well as monitoring STI policy achievements at a national level. A concern is that STI measurement is heavily reliant on concepts and theories transposed from the literature […]
