The first research partnerships building workshop under the African Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (AfricaLics) was held at Hotel Cardoso, Maputo, Mozambique from 2-3 December 2013. The purpose of this workshop was to bring together researchers from the innovation and development community and provide a space for creative thinking […]
The Third AfricaLics PhD Academy was held over a two week period in March 2015 at Moi University’s Coast Campus in Mombasa, Kenya. The programme of activities included sessions focused on innovation and development theory, research methods, policy and impact as well as project element. Students were selected through an open call for applications and […]
The 2nd AfricaLics conference was the first conference to be held in Africa specifically focusing on the current state of research on African Innovation and Development. It took place in Rwanda from 17 – 19 November 2015 and was hosted by University of Rwanda, College of Business and Economics (CBE). It brought together 220 leading […]
The Fourth AfricaLics PhD Academy was held at Diar Lemdina, a resort hotel just outside Hammamet in Tunisia. The Academy was hosted by Ecole Superieure de Commerce de Tunis in collaboration with the University of Manouba, Tunisia. The Academy was held over a two week period in March 2016 at Diar Lemdina outside Hammamet, Tunisia. […]
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 […]
