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Unlocking the Potential of Green Charcoal Innovations to Mitigate Climate Change in Northern Uganda.
2025-04-10 16:00 - 17:30 (Africa/Nairobi) | Online via Zoom, Kenya
Cooking energy needs of more than half of Africa’s population is currently met by wood fuel in form of firewood and charcoal. This poses health risks, particularly to women and children involved in collecting and using the energy, and the resultant deforestation leads to serious environmental impacts including climate change. Green charcoal briquettes made from agricultural residues is a promising alternative for fuelwood and wood-based charcoal, but its use remains low. The UPCHAIN Project takes up this challenge by focusing on specific aspects of the green charcoal value chain transition based on local production, marketing, unlocking cultural and technical barriers/drivers for the adoption of agricultural residue-based briquett
The guiding research question is: How to develop inclusive innovation models for the adoption of green charcoal that would lead to changes in social practices thereby supporting climate change mitigation and reduce deforestation related to fuel use for cooking in the sub-Saharan region? To fully understand the complexity of the transformation process as a change in practices, we are inspired by the concept of ‘expansive learning’ which emphasises change as a socio-cultural and socio-technical process, driven by the tensions and contradictions in the activity systems of green charcoal production and use. The project experimental sites are located in Gulu City, Pabbo Town Council, and in Refugees Settlements in Adjumani District. The sites were purposively selected to cater for diverse participants including urban, peri-urban and rural lifestyles. The uniqueness of this project is the establishment of the Pabbo Living LAB, under a tripartite collaboration based on the Triple Helix Model.
The keynote will address: i) An overview of the UPCHAIN research case, focusing on changing practices, expansive learning, and participatory approaches and inclusive innovation; ii) Household gender relations in cooking, considering the green charcoal innovation as an alternative to wood fuel in northern Uganda; iii) Green charcoal production from agricultural residues as a sustainable energy resources with inclusive technologies; iv) Comparing livelihood strategies grounded in different green charcoal production models in Uganda; iv) Innovating curriculum in schools as springboards for sustainable green charcoal adoption; and v) A draft inclusive innovation model for green charcoal adoption.
Keywords: Inclusive innovation; Green Charcoal; Living Lab; UPCHAIN

Speakers

Collins Okello

Geoffrey Olok Tabo

Project team members**[1]

Agatha Alidri
Elizabeth Auma Opiyo
Francis Atube
Charles Okumu
John Okumu Bismarck
Geoffrey Openy
Arne Remmen
Iben Jensen
Hanne O. Mogensen
Quentin Gausset
Kevin Aber
Fredrick Amanyire
Judith Awacorach
Christine Aoyo
Damasco Okettayot
Hildah Acan
Lone Dirckinck-Holmfeld

How to register

If you are interested in attending the webinar, please register via this link or get in touch with Ms. Yvonne Gitu at Y.Gitu@acts-net.org for more details.
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[1] *Gulu University, Uganda, **Aalborg University, Denmark, ***University of Copenhagen

The 11th AfricaLics Ph.D. Academy on Innovation and Competence Building Systems
2025-06-02 - 2025-06-06 | Online
Hosted by University of Johannesburg and EthiopiaLics
The AfricaLics network is an academic research and capacity building network that focuses on how innovation occurs, the process through which new or improved products, processes, organizational forms, ways of working and acting are introduced into new environments, and the relationship this has with economic and social development in African countries. As it sits at the intersection of innovation studies and development studies, such research is becoming known in the network as ‘innovation and development studies.’
The 11th AfricaLics PhD Academy offers a unique chance for PhD students (and a small number of master’s students) currently pursuing their studies at African universities and focusing on innovation and development studies. This opportunity allows them to enhance their understanding of this growing field, engage with prominent academics in the discipline, and obtain valuable feedback on their continuing research journey.
In collaboration with the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, and EthiopiaLics, the 11th AfricaLics PhD Academy is set to take place as a virtual event. Participants will have the opportunity to connect with experts and peers in the field of innovation and development studies, through an online format.
This is a Call for students enrolled in a PhD at an African university who work in the field of innovation and development studies to apply to participate in this one-week event. The Call is also relevant for master students and/or those who already hold a master’s degree and are considering enrolling as a PhD student in the field of innovation and development studies. Preference will be given to PhD students applicants.
Innovation and Development studies
The AfricaLics network was established in 2012 in response to a growing recognition of the need for more support for academic ’research on innovation’ that was relevant to African countries’ contextual environments. This expanding body of work by African scholars is critical to ensuring that ‘research in innovation’ (i.e., the research and development of specific inventions that can help solve practical problems), on which most innovation policy and funding attention is focused, can be effectively supported. The concept of ‘research on innovation’ focuses on innovation processes, what fosters innovation, and what may aid in the acceptance and adoption of new solutions. It is particularly interested in determining the impact of innovation on African countries’ social and economic development. It addresses these issues at the firm, network, and collaboration levels, as well as the national, continental, and global levels. As a result, the work of scholars in the AfricaLics network is multidisciplinary, straddling the established academic fields of innovation studies and development studies.
This multidisciplinary field includes researchers from various disciplines who frequently study innovation studies, the economics of innovation, innovation management, technology management, science and technology studies, and so on. However, members of the network come from a variety of disciplines, including economics, political science and engineering.
Who is eligible to apply?
This online academy is primarily aimed at PhD students, in their second and third years, working in innovation and development studies and who are principally interested in how innovation relates to economic and social development in Africa.
The Academy will host around 20-25 students from Africa and a handful of students from the rest of the world who study innovation and development issues facing the African countries.
PhD students
PhD students who wish to participate will need to fulfill the following requirements:

Must be a registered student in an African university and be at least in the beginning of his/her second year at the time of the academy
work explicitly on issues related to policy-oriented analysis of science, technology and innovation
be able to present an original paper reflecting his/her research and/or thesis work that fits within the thematic areas of the AfricaLics network. The thematic areas of AfricaLics are available here – https://africalics.org/thematic-areas/.

Master’s students
Master’s degree students who wish to participate will need to fulfil the following requirements:

be a registered student in an African university on a Master’s degree programme in the area of innovation and development studies, economics, business or management studies, sociology or development studies or similar
have a Masters project that focuses on an aspect of innovation studies (i.e. innovation management, innovation systems, science, technology and innovation policy).

Those with master’s degrees considering a PhD
For students with a Master’s degree in a relevant field and in the process of developing a PhD related to innovation and development studies, you will need:

A letter of support from the university you have been discussing with, on the possibility of a PhD related to innovation and development studies or a confirmed letter of acceptance or pre-registration on a relevant PhD programme
An outline of your PhD ideas

To improve diversity in the emerging academic community on innovation and development studies research in Africa, we encourage female scholars and those from low-income countries to apply.
If you are in doubt as to whether you can apply, please contact us through the email address at the bottom of the call.
Design of the Academy
The Academy will take place online using Zoom every day from Monday 2nd to Friday 6th June inclusive. The Academy format takes the form of three sessions split across each day with breaks in between. Participants are expected to be active throughout and to keep their cameras on if bandwidth allows.
During the Academy frontier researchers in the field of innovation and development from around the world provide lectures and mentor students. The Academy also provides opportunities for PhD students to share their work and learn new skills. As such, the Academy is made up of the following activities:

Lectures by senior researchers on areas ranging from research methodologies to the latest theories and empirical research in the fields of innovation, innovation management and science policy.
Presentations by doctoral students of their work with feedback from the senior scholars facilitating at the event and peer feedback from one participating PhD student.
Sessions focused on enabling interaction between students, practitioners and policy makers on innovation and development issues and consideration of how to make research more policy relevant.
Sessions that focus on key skills that students need to complete their PhD and become successful academic researchers such as publishing or project management skills.
A focus on research methods core to the field of innovation and development studies. For example, the last academy had a mini-workshop focused on systematic literature review while earlier academies focused on the latest data extraction and analysis techniques.

How to apply
Please send the following documents to the AfricaLics Secretariat (phd-academy@africalics.org) on or before 23:00 hours East Africa time on Thursday 8th May 2025. For those who are studying in French, the application documents can be submitted in French.

Registered PhD students
Registered Master’s students
Those with Master’s degrees considering a PhD

1. An extended abstract of their PhD thesis of not more than 5 pages
1. An extended abstract of their Masters project of not more than 2 pages
1. No more than 2-page description of your proposed PhD project

2. A recommendation letter from your PhD supervisor
2. A recommendation letter from your Master’s supervisor
2. A recommendation letter from the university you are currently discussing your PhD

3. A cover letter including motivation for inclusion in the Academy
4. A copy of the applicant’s CV

Format of abstracts and project descriptions
Abstracts and project descriptions should be typed double-spaced in French or in English with font size 12. The abstract must include the following sections:

Background and literature review
The research objectives or research questions
Methodology including data collection and analysis techniques to be used
Expected contribution to academia and policy discussions
References.

Please also make it clear in your application if you are preparing a thesis by publication or manuscript/ monograph thesis.
Please note that if you submit an abstract longer than the indicated page length, the reviewers are under no obligation to review more than the first 5 pages (of a PhD abstract) and 2 pages (of a Masters abstract).
Selection
All extended abstracts will be reviewed by at least two senior scholars from a review panel made up of members of the AfricaLics Scientific Board, AfricaLics Secretariat and University of Johannesburg. Selection will be made based on the academic quality of extended abstracts as well as on the basis of criteria aimed at promoting diversity (by location, gender etc).
Final paper upload and confirmation of attendance
All successful applicants will be expected to have confirmed their participation by 23:00 hours East Africa time (EAT) on Friday 23rd May 2025 or their place will be given to someone else. We recommend that all applicants pencil in the dates of the event in their diaries as soon as they apply as there is very little time between notification of acceptance and the first week of the event.
All selected participants who confirm attendance will also be expected to upload a final full paper (details of this will be given in your acceptance letter) by 23:00 hours East Africa time on Friday 30th May 2025. The full paper should be a full project proposal (for Masters students) or a chapter of your thesis that you would like to present and get feedback on during the Academy (for PhD students).
Organisation and support
The 11th AfricaLics Ph.D. Academy is jointly organized by the University of Johannesburg and Adama University of Science and Technology (ASTU, host of EthiopiaLics), with support from the AfricaLics Secretariat hosted at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya. The Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) is supporting the AfricaLics secretariat to manage the PhD Academy planning and execution process.
The PhD organising planning committee for the 2025 AfricaLics PhD Academy is led by Prof. Rebecca Hanlin, Professor of Innovation and Sustainable Development, University of Johannesburg. The organisation of the 2025 Academy at the AfricaLics Secretariat level is being managed by Dr. Margrethe Holm Andersen and Ms Mourine Chepkemoi.
More information
If you require more information or have questions, please email the AfricaLics Secretariat on phd-academy@africalics.org

Advancing a research agenda for STI measurement in Africa: emerging new research and insights
2025-06-26 16:00 - 17:30 UTC | Online via Zoom, Kenya
Increasingly, African states recognise the significance 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 experience of high-income countries, begging the question of relevance.
The emphasis in the field of innovation studies is shifting, from a conceptual focus on the contribution of innovation to economic growth, to interrogating how innovation drives inclusive and sustainable development (Allard and Williams, 2020; Park et al., 2017; Pansera and Owen, 2018; Rodriguez et al., 2020). Despite this shift, research on low-income countries in particular, is fragmented and remains marginal (Lema et al 2021).
This webinar attempts to encourage and prioritise attempts to fill the gap in the literature and hence, policy spaces. Building on a recent bibliometric research study on the current state of STI measurement in Africa, the webinar informs the conversation around future research on STI measurement in Africa, towards the goal of creating contextually-relevant STI indicators (Kruss et al 2023). The session contributors share the premise that we require a stronger empirical and conceptual research base to inform shifting policy and measurement objectives.
The session will start with the Chair providing an overview of the research agenda proposed in the AfricaLics Thematic Report (Kruss et al 2023; https://africalics.org/thematic-chair-report/). The panel will present recent research addressing four research agenda topics:

Measuring progress and the impact of digital technologies and the fourth industrial revolution
STI measurement towards advancing the SDGs and understanding impact
Empirically grounded research on innovation measurement in the informal sector
Creating quality data sets

Structure of the session
Session Chair: Glenda Kruss, Research Development, Science and Innovation (RDSI), HSRC, South Africa
AfricaLics thematic chair: Introduction to the working group on Africa-focused innovation measurement, Il-haam Petersen, CeSTII, HSRC, South Africa
Speakers and presentations:

STI indicators for measuring digital transformation: gaps and challenges, Maruf Sanni, NACETEM, Nigeria
Mobilising STI for gender equality and inclusivity in a digital world, Ann Kingiri, ACTS, Kenya
Innovation and Informality: assessing drivers of technological innovation in Africa, Oluseye Jegede, UK, Nazeem Mustapha, CeSTII, HSRC, South Africa
Creating quality data sets: a data governance maturity assessment tool, Darryn Whisgary, CeSTII, HSRC
Contextualising business innovation measurement frameworks and methodologies: innovation modes of South African businesses, Amy Kahn and Yasser Buchana, CeSTII, HSRC

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.

Bridging innovation, green transition, and digital transformation in Africa: Emerging issues for structural change
2025-07-18 16:00 - 17:30 (Africa/Nairobi) | Online via Zoom, Kenya
Innovation is recognised as key for driving new development pathways that address socio-economic challenges, including the intersection of today’s megatrends: the climate transition, digital revolution, and demographics shifts. In Africa, a key question remains: How can innovation become transformative in the face of these overlapping challenges and opportunities?
This seminar will discuss how African countries can leverage innovation not only as a technological change and upgrade, but as a vehicle for sustainable industrial development and structural change. Bridging insights from innovation studies and industrial development and policy, the seminar aims to offer new perspectives on how to harness Africa’s ‘innovation’ for sustained structural transformation and inclusive prosperity of the continent.
Keynote Speaker
Elvis Korku Avenyo is an Associate Professor at the DSI/NRF South African Research Chair in Industrial Development (SARChI Industrial Development) at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa and a Research Fellow at the United Nations University (UNU)-MERIT. Before joining SARChI Industrial Development, Elvis was a Senior Researcher at the Centre for Competition, Regulation and Economic Development (CCRED) at UJ and a Research Officer on the Inclusive Digital Model (IDMODEL) Project at the Technology and Management Centre for Development (TMCD), Oxford Department of International Development (ODID), University of Oxford. He was also a Global Excellence and Stature (GES) Fellow, and Open AIR’s Queen Elizabeth’s Scholar (QES) at the South African Research Chair in Industrial Development Unit, University of Johannesburg. He researches broadly on development economics with interests in industrial development, innovation, technical change, labour markets, firm behaviour, with a focus on developing countries. He has published in reputable academic journals such as World Development, Technovation, Applied Energy, Research Policy, European Journal of Development Research, Journal of Evolutionary Economics, and South African Journal of Economics. He has worked and co-authored background papers for several international organisations including the International Labour Organization (ILO-Geneva), African Centre for Economic Transformation (ACET), United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and United Nations Trade and Development (UNCTAD). Elvis obtained his Ph.D. in Economics of Innovation, Policy Studies of Technical Change and Governance from the UNU-MERIT/Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Link to website: https://sites.google.com/view/elvis-korku-avenyo/home

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.
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AfricaLics webinar & official launch of the innovating resilience: Advancing inclusive agricultural innovation for climate resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa’ Research Coordination Area (RCA)
2025-07-24 16:00 - 17:30 (Africa/Nairobi) | Online via Zoom, Kenya
Date: 24th July 2025 || Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm EAT
Innovative Approaches to Inclusive Agricultural Technologies for Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Abstract
This webinar will explore how inclusive agricultural innovation can enhance climate resilience, reduce rural poverty, and promote sustainable development in Sub-Saharan Africa. The speaker will draw on his extensive research and experience in agricultural economics to expound promising approaches such as digital tools, index insurance, and social protection linkages that support smallholder farmers and marginalized communities in Africa. The discussion will highlight actionable strategies for ensuring that technological advancements in agriculture are accessible, equitable, and scalable in the face of growing climate challenges.
The webinar will also serve as the official launch for the ‘Innovating Resilience: Advancing Inclusive Agricultural Innovation for Climate Resilience in Sub-Saharan Africa’ Research Coordination Area (RCA). This RCA seeks to advance conversations around inclusive agricultural innovations for climate resilience in sub-Sahara Africa with particular emphasis on gender, inequalities and promoting the production of underutilized and indigenous crops through agrobiodiversity, using agricultural innovation systems approach. This RCA aligns with the AfricaLics agenda, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the African Union Agenda 2063 by contributing to knowledge production and dissemination in the field of Innovation and Development (I&D), build (strengthen) research capacity and collaboration among scholars, and providing data and evidence to inform policy decisions on the continent.
Keynote Speaker

Prof. Michael R. Carter is a distinguished professor of agricultural and resource economics at the University of California, Davis and honorary professor of economics at the University of Cape Town. Carter is director of the RIF and former director of the MRR Innovation Lab. Author of numerous scientific publications, Carter’s current research projects examine poverty dynamics and productive social safety nets, evaluation of interventions to boost small farm uptake of improved technologies, and feature a suite of projects that design, pilot and evaluate index insurance contracts as mechanisms to alleviate chronic poverty and deepen agricultural and rural financial markets. Carter is an elected fellow of NBER (the National Bureau of Economic Research), BREAD (Bureau for Research and Economic Analysis of Development) and the American Agricultural Economics Association. He has conducted several projects across Africa.
Moderator (RCA Lead)

Dr. Mercy F Salami (Senior Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria). Her main area of research has been in Development Economics. Under this major research area, she focuses more on issues of gender, climate change, land economics and governance, poverty, food security, and nutrition and, impact assessment, with a special focus on Nigeria.

RCA team members

Other team members supporting the RCA include;

Prof. Opeyemi E. Ayinde (Professor of Agricultural Economics and Vice-president of the African Association of Agricultural Economists, Department of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin);

Dr. Caleb Adelowo (Deputy director of research at the Technology Innovation and Enterprise Studies Department of the National Centre for Technology Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria);

Rosalyne N. N. Baddoo (Project Manager for ECo-Inveg, a USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Horticulture Project, implemented by the Postharvest Innovation Hub, Department of Crop Science, University of Ghana)

Ann Numi (Research fellow at the African Centre for Technology Studies, ACTS, Science Technology, Innovation & Knowledge and Society (STIKS) Programme & Visiting Research Associate at the SARChI-Trilateral Research Chair in Transformative Innovation (TRCTI ), University of Johannesburg).

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.
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Africa’s LDCS: The STI imperatives for addressing development challenges and enhancing prospects for advancement
2025-08-07 16:00 - 17:30 (Africa/Nairobi) | Online via Zoom, Kenya
The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) are so classified on the basis of their scores determined by the criteria of socio-economic development. Africa has 32 of the world’s 44 LDCs. Graduation from that category of countries signifies the progress that the countries have achieved in their development efforts. This paper discusses the LDCs, the challenges facing their graduation from the LDC classification and the prospects for upliftment. The classification is based primarily on three core sets of criteria namely, GNI per capita, the human asset index (HAI) and the economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI). The paper argues that these indices present opportunities for Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) application to address challenges and enhance prospects for advancement. It highlights the challenges intrinsic to the LDCs’ contexts, and the challenges prevailing in the current global economy and political systems. The paper discusses options for navigating these challenges through STI. LDCs have low STI capacities with relatively lower-than-expected impacts of their STI systems on their economies and societies. The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) reflect global aspirations, which are relevant to the development contexts of the LDCs. The current political and economic policy shifts and uncertainties are posing new challenges for the LDCs and constraining their graduation from this category of developing countries. The frontier technologies and the increasing technological innovations are bringing to the fore the importance of prioritizing STI, which holds the key for addressing conventional and emerging challenges. This paper concludes that, there is need for strategic STI capacity development for LDCs, with emphasis on the areas of the socio-economic indicators for graduation from the LDC category.
Keynote Speaker

Prof. George Owusu Essegbey
He is the Chief Executive Officer CSIR-Technology and Transfer Centre, Accra, Ghana and former President of AfricaLics. He was the Director of the Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI) of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) of Ghana, in Accra. He held this position for more than ten years spearheading the institute’s development of research projects and partnerships. He served on a number of national and international Boards including Ghana’s National Development Planning Commission (NDPC). He has several years of experience in Science and Technology (S&T) policy research, innovation studies, climate change and sustainable agriculture. He holds a Ph.D. in Development Studies (University of Cape Coast) and M.A. in International Affairs (University of Ghana). He did Ph.D. internship at the United Nations University (Institute for New Technologies, now UNU-MERIT) in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Dr. Essegbey was a recipient of a Commonwealth Fellowship at the Policy Research in Engineering, Science and Technology (PREST) of the University of Manchester, UK. In the course of his research career, Dr. Essegbey served various national and international organisations with his expertise including FAO, UNESCO, UNCTAD, UNEP, WIPO and the World Bank. He was a member of the 10-Member Expert Group supporting the United Nations Technology Facilitation Mechanism with the UN Inter-agency Task Team on Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) for the SDGs.

How to register

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AfricaLics webinar & official launch of the Innovation and Sustainable Energy Transition in Africa (i-SET Africa) Research Coordination Area (RCA)
2025-08-14 16:00 - 17:30 (Africa/Nairobi) | Online via Zoom, Kenya
Webinar Topic: Energy Transition in Africa: Leveraging Critical Minerals for Local Value Addition
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Background and Rationale
Africa is home to significant reserves of critical minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, graphite, rare earth elements, and copper—minerals that are central to the global energy transition. As the world shifts toward cleaner energy technologies, demand for these resources is rising rapidly. However, the continent’s role in global energy value chains remains primarily extractive, with limited local beneficiation and value addition. This model risks perpetuating a cycle of external dependency, environmental degradation, and missed industrial development opportunities.
Amidst growing global interest in green technologies, Africa’s critical minerals present a strategic opportunity to catalyze inclusive, sustainable development and structural transformation. However, seizing this opportunity requires a fundamental rethinking of current policy frameworks, innovation ecosystems, investment strategies, and governance models to drive local value addition and foster homegrown technological capabilities.
This webinar marks the official launch of the Innovation and Sustainable Energy Transition in Africa (i-SET Africa) Research Coordination Area (RCA) under AfricaLics. As the inaugural event of the RCA, it will set the stage for collaborative research and dialogue on sustainable energy futures in Africa.
The session will explore how African countries can strategically harness their critical mineral resources to enable a just and inclusive energy transition, promote green industrialization, and strengthen their position within global clean technology value chains.
Webinar Objectives

To highlight the role of critical minerals in enabling Africa’s energy transition.
To examine the opportunities and challenges of local value addition and beneficiation in Africa’s critical minerals sector.
To identify policy, innovation, and investment pathways for strengthening Africa’s position in global clean energy value chains.
To promote dialogue among African researchers, policymakers, private sector actors, and development partners on strategies for a just and sustainable energy transition.

Key Discussion Themes

The geopolitical economy of critical minerals and Africa’s role in the global energy transition.
Barriers and enablers to local beneficiation and manufacturing of clean energy technologies in Africa.
Innovation and industrial policy strategies for building local capacities in the critical minerals value chain.
The role of regional cooperation and continental frameworks such as the AfCFTA, the African Green Minerals Strategy, and the African Union’s Agenda 2063.
Case studies on successful local value addition and lessons for scaling.

Target Participants

Policymakers and government agencies involved in mining, energy, and industrial development.
Researchers and innovation scholars.
Civil society organizations and advocacy groups.
Development finance institutions and donors.
Private sector stakeholders in mining and energy sectors.
Students and early-career professionals in relevant fields.

Organisers
This webinar is organised under the Research Coordinating Area of the AfricaLics network by the research team on Innovation and Sustainable Energy Transition in Africa (i-SET Africa). The team leads the thematic area on sustainable energy transitions in Africa, with a focus on fostering cross-country learning, research collaboration, and policy engagement to drive inclusive innovation and green industrial development.
Research Coordinating Team on i-SET Africa

Thematic Chair Lead Institution: National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM), Nigeria
Thematic Chair Lead Person: Dr. Maruf Sanni, Deputy Director, NACETEM
Thematic Chair Partner: World Resources Institute (WRI) – Mbeo Ogeya, Senior Research Associate – Energy Transition
Thematic Chair Partner: National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM), Nigeria – Babatunde Adetunji Aodu, Assistant Chief Research Officer, NACETEM

Expected Outcomes

Increased awareness of Africa’s critical role in the global energy transition.
Clear articulation of policy and innovation gaps to be addressed for local value addition.
Strengthened network of stakeholders committed to advancing Africa’s green industrial agenda.
Actionable recommendations for national and regional actors.

Format and Structure of the Webinar

Welcome Address & Opening Remarks
Presentation
Q&A Session
Wrap-Up & Next Steps

Follow-up Activities

Publication of a post-webinar policy brief and summary report.
Follow-up webinars and research dissemination activities within the AfricaLics network.

About the Speaker

Dr. Meron Tesfamichael is the Director of the WRI Africa Energy Program, leading the Institute’s efforts in two key areas: energy access and clean energy transition. The energy access pillar seeks to identify sustainable, affordable and reliable energy solutions to communities that lack access or are facing challenges with inadequate or unreliable power supply. Simultaneously, under the clean energy transition pillar, support countries in identifying contextually appropriate transition pathways that are in harmony with climate commitments and development needs.
Prior to joining WRI, Meron held the position of Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at University College London, where her work concentrated on the intersection of energy transition and sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa. Meron has extensive background in leading and managing projects across Africa on a range of issues, including energy access and efficiency, electrification of cooking, energy governance, just transition, and climate-compatible policies. Under flagship energy programs, Meron has regularly collaborated with researchers, public institutions, and development partners to inform the debate on energy access and transition in Africa.
Meron holds a Ph.D. in politics and a master’s in liberal studies from the New School for Social Research in the USA and has authored numerous reports and academic papers. Meron is also an advocate for integrated and transdisciplinary perspectives on Africa’s energy challenge as essential for developing equitable, inclusive, and sustainable solutions.
Moderator’s bio for the AfricaLics Webinar

Dr. Maruf Sanni is the Deputy Director of Research at the National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM), an agency under Nigeria’s Federal Ministry of Innovation, Science and Technology. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, with a specialization in environmental sustainability. His research focuses on the interface between technological change and sustainable development, particularly in areas such as low-carbon innovation pathways, climate-resilient development, and climate change policy.
Dr. Sanni has held research fellowships at leading international institutions, including the United Nations University Institute for Natural Resources in Africa (UNU-INRA) in Accra, Ghana, and the International Centre for Science and High Technology of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Trieste, Italy. He is also a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at the European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE), Milan, Italy, where his work examined eco-innovation and the role of external knowledge sourcing in developing countries.
In addition to his research roles, Dr. Sanni serves as Nigeria’s National Contact Point (NCP) for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) under the Horizon Europe Programme. He is currently the Head of Technology Management Education and Training department at NACETEM, where he leads capacity-building initiatives in science, technology, and innovation (STI) management.
Mbeo Ogeya

Mbeo Ogeya is a Senior Research Associate in the Energy Program at World Resources Institute (WRI). He is a seasoned energy systems modeller, has expertise in Africa’s energy transition, and systems of innovation. He uses both data analysis and research to help guide decision-making for partners and projects. Currently Mbeo is leading energy transition projects in Rwanda, DRC and Ethiopia. Before joining WRI, Mbeo worked with the Africa Energy Commission (AFREC) and the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI), where he supported energy projects across Africa. His work has covered topics like energy efficiency, bioenergy, mini-grid development, and renewable energy planning in several African countries. He has over 15 years of experience in energy and climate change research, project management, and capacity building. He is a final year PhD candidate in Innovation Systems and Sustainable Development. Mbeo also holds a Master’s in Energy Management and a bachelor’s in industrial chemistry.
Babatunde A. Aodu

Babatunde A. Aodu is a researcher at the National Centre for Technology Management (NACETEM). He recently concluded his PhD in Technology Management at the Obafemi Awolowo University (O. A. U.), Ile-Ife. His doctoral research focused on sustainable industrialisation in the SMEs sector through green innovation adoption. Babatunde has a M.Sc. (Technology Management) and B.Sc. (Chemistry) from O. A. U. and University of Ilorin, respectively. He has actively participated in national, bi-lateral and international research projects such as the IDRC, GDN, and NEPAD-ASTII projects, among others. He is actively contributing to research on STI policy, green innovation and green transition.

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Innovation Moving South: Globelics at Twenty
2025-09-04 16:00 - 17:30 (Africa/Nairobi) | Online via Zoom, Kenya
We wish to inform you that the webinar originally scheduled for Thursday 4th September 2025, has been postponed. The new date will be communicated to you in due course. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding.

Over the past 20 years, the Global Network on the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competency Building Systems (Globelics) has significantly enriched and reshaped the field of innovation studies. On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, this paper reviews the accomplishments of the Globelics network, points to limitations of past research, and speculates on future directions. The network has broadened the scope of the field of innovation studies to include the Global South and explored topics and concepts where the South provides a distinctive view. Globelics scholars have pursued both catch-up and build-up approaches to development; brought actors from the margins into the understanding of innovation; and woven the complexity of sustainability into thinking about the dynamics of innovation. The future research agenda includes analyzing the multiple pathways to development, developing concepts at the global level, moving beyond case studies and applying complex modelling to understanding system dynamics.
Speakers

Erika Kraemer-Mbula, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Susan Cozzens, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Michiko Iizuka, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo, Japan
Rasmus Lema, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Marina Szapira, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Andrew Cummings, Latin American Faculty in Social Sciences (FLASCO), El Salvador

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An Agenda for Research on Innovation and Development: A conversation with Susan Cozzens
2025-09-18 16:00 - 17:30 (Africa/Nairobi) | Online via Zoom, Kenya
Based on the workshops and summary paper prepared for the 20th anniversary of Globelics, Susan will lead a discussion of key research challenges for the field to address in the coming decades. She will present the main findings from a paper: “Innovation Moving South: Globelics at Twenty,” co-authored by Erika Kramer-Mbula, Susan Cozzens, Michiko Iizuka, Rasmus Lema, Marina Shapiro, and Andrew Cummings.
Keynote Speaker

Prof. Susan Cozzens
Susan E. Cozzens is Professor Emerita in the School of Public Policy. Prof. Cozzens’s research interest is innovation and inequality, with a focus on how science, technology, and innovation policies affect the intersections between them. Her current projects are on the potential for artificial intelligence to increase or decrease inequalities and on women in leadership in science-intensive U.S. federal agencies. Prof. Cozzens is on the Scientific Board of GLOBELICS, the global network on the economics of learning, innovation, and competence building systems, as well as its AfricaLics regional chapter, and Chair of the Advisory Committee of CESTII, the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Indicators of the Human Sciences Research Council in South Africa.

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Globelics International Conference 2025
2025-11-25 - 2025-11-28 | National Research Foundation, Pretoria, South Africa
About Globelics
The Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (Globelics) is the largest global academic community dedicated to innovation and development. Established in 2002, Globelics provides a platform for South-South knowledge exchange, and between mature economies and developing nations, focusing on the role of innovation in fostering social and economic development as well as effective policymaking. Through its annual conferences and regional and national chapters (AfricaLics, AsiaLics, LaLics, EuroLics, NACLICS, MEDAlics, CICALICS, IndiaLICS and NigeriaLICS), Globelics promotes academic collaboration, learning and the sharing of evidence-based experiences that can inform innovation policies globally.

The Globelics International Conference 2025
This year’s conference focuses on innovation for sustainable and inclusive development to build resilience in the context of growing inequality, climate change and geopolitical disruptions, particularly as they affect developing nations. Against the backdrop of South Africa’s G20 presidency, the Globelics conference serves as a crucial intellectual forum that aligns with and reinforces the G20 objectives. Both platforms emphasise the transformative power of innovation in addressing global challenges by promoting collaborative innovation policies that prioritise inclusivity and sustainability. The conference will draw from the G20 discussion and contribute insights and recommendations that can shape the leadership role of Africa and the Global South on the world stage, ensuring that the voices of developing nations are amplified in the G20’s decisions and outcomes.
This year’s conference is organised by a consortium of Globelics members in South Africa, co-hosted by South Africa’s National Research Foundation, and the DSI/NRF Trilateral Chair in Transformative Innovation, the 4IR and Sustainable Development (University of Johannesburg), with partners in Tshwane University of Technology, the University of Witwatersrand, and the Human Sciences Research Council.

Conference Themes
The conference welcomes papers that connect innovation efforts to sustainable and inclusive development objectives. Suggested themes and sub-themes include:
1) Innovation and Inequality Reduction

Innovation systems addressing socio-economic disparities
Innovation in, for and by marginalised communities
Indigenous knowledge, informal sector, innovation and development
Gender, innovation and development
Skilled migration, brain drain and innovation

2) Climate Crisis and Sustainable Innovation

Innovation as a tool for climate adaptation and mitigation
Policy strategies for fostering green innovation
Innovation, sustainable development and energy in the South

3) Geopolitical Disruptions and Resilient Innovation Systems

Innovation system responses to global instability
Regional collaboration to strengthen innovation and resilience
Institutional frameworks for multistakeholder engagement

4) Digital Transformation and Data Infrastructure

Digital innovation and marginalised communities
Case studies of digital transformation in developing regions
Digital technologies for the green transition in developing countries

5) Innovation Policy for Global Development Goals

Reflexive governance and policy experimentation for innovation
Public-private partnerships for innovation
Science, technology and innovation policy and politics

6) Multi-level innovation systems

Technological systems, learning and innovation
Sectoral innovation systems, industrial policy and development
Technological infrastructure and technological capabilities
National, regional and local innovation systems
University relationships with industry and society: the developmental university

7) Innovation and capabilities in firms and economies

Work organisation, education and economic development
Trade, FDI, value chains and global innovation networks
Innovation, growth and catching up
Organisational learning, firm capabilities
Innovation management and entrepreneurship

8) Theoretical and methodological advances in Innovation & Development Studies

Empirical methodologies, data requirements, indicators, different approaches and methodologies
New methods in Innovation & Development
Theoretical developments in innovation studies

Submission Guidelines

Submissions for oral presentations, special sessions, and poster presentations must align with conference themes. Papers should not exceed 8,000 words and must be in English.
For more information about submission guidelines please visit the page.

Conference Fees
Conference fees vary by country classification and participant type. Accepted paper presenters receive accommodation support. More information about conference fees and coverage.

Key Dates:

Submission deadline: 16th May 2025
Notification of acceptance: 20th June 2025
Confirmation of travel arrangements by the participants: 1st October 2025

Contact and more information
For more details contact Globelics2025@uj.ac.za

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From Discrimination to Commitment: diversity management in emerging economies
2026-02-26 16:00 - 17:30 (Europe/London) | Online via Zoom, Kenya
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Decades of HR diversity management research in the Global North has examined the impact of negative stereotypes on organisational outcomes. Yet, understanding is limited in the Global South, notably in post-colonial countries like Nigeria, where indigenous multi-ethnicity complicates perceptions of employee commitment and discrimination against specific social identities. This study investigates the relationship between age discrimination and employee commitment, moderated by diversity management, within the Nigerian banking industry. Utilising a quantitative explanatory approach and drawing on social exchange theory, data were collected from 656 employees in the Nigerian banking sector through survey questionnaires. Structural Equation Modelling (SEM), confirmatory factor analysis, and Cronbach alpha techniques were employed for hypothesis testing and reliability assessment. The findings reveal a negative association between perceived age discrimination and employee commitment within the Nigerian banking sector. The findings suggest a need for integrating diversity management policies with HR practice fairness (policy-practice exchange), tailored to the contextual nuances of employee inequality experiences (context-experience exchange). The study contributes to HRM theory and practice. Drawing on social exchange theory, we show that diversity management in Global South organisations necessitates prioritising the integration (or exchange) of HRM practice with practice fairness. This approach is crucial for fostering employee commitment and addressing discrimination based on specific identities like age.
Keywords: Age Discrimination, Employee Commitment, Diversity Management, Age, Nigerian Banking Sector

Speaker
Oluwatomi Adedeji is a Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour in the Department of Leadership, Management and Human Resources. Dr. Oluwatomi has 11 years of experience in teaching and research. She is an Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), UK. Oluwatomi hold an M.A. in Human resouces management from Coventry University, UK and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Business and Management from the University of Huddersfield.
Oluwatomi’s research interest cuts across the fields of Human Resource Management; particular interests are Organisational Behaviour, Employee Commitment, Diversity and Conflict Management, Age discrimination among others. In her doctorial research, Oluwatomi researched on how age inclusive HR practices are related to perceptions of age discrimination and in turn how perceived age discrimination is associated with employee commitment and turnover intention as well as how diversity management interacts with this association. Oluwatomi is actively engaged in research projects and activities both nationally and internationally.

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Call for Applications - 12th AfricaLics PhD Academy
2026-11-02 - 2026-11-12
The 12th AfricaLics Ph.D. Academy on Innovation and Competence Building Systems will be held in Johannesburg, hosted by the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the AfricaLics Research Capacity Strengthening Project.
02 November – 12 November 2026

Call for applications
The AfricaLics network is an academic research and capacity-strengthening network that focuses on how innovation (the process through which new or improved products, processes, organisational forms, ways of working, and acting are introduced into new environments) occurs and the relationship this has with economic and social development in African countries. Such research is becoming known in the network as ‘innovation and development studies’ because it is at the intersection of innovation studies and development studies.
The 12th AfricaLics PhD Academy offers PhD students enrolled at African universities who work in the field of innovation and development studies the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of this burgeoning field, meet leading academics in the field, and receive feedback on their PhD studies.
The 12th AfricaLics PhD Academy will be held as an in-person event at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) campus in Johannesburg, South Africa. It will be held alongside the 7th AfricaLics Research Conference (https://africalicssouthafrica.witsevents.co.za/) scheduled for 10 – 12 November 2026.
This is a call for students enrolled in a PhD at an African university who work in the field of innovation and development studies to apply to participate in this residential PhD Academy event.
Innovation and development studies
The AfricaLics network was founded in 2012 due to a growing recognition of the need for more support for academic ‘research on innovation’ that had relevance to the contextual environments of African countries. This burgeoning body of work by African scholars is essential to ensure ‘research in innovation’ (i.e., research and development of specific inventions that can help solve practical problems), where most innovation policy and funding attention is focused, can be effectively supported. The concept of ‘research on innovation’ focuses on innovation processes, what fosters innovation and on what may help new solutions get accepted and adopted. It is particularly interested in understanding the impact of innovation on the social and economic development of African countries. It considers these issues at the level of firms, networks, and collaborations as well as at the national, continental, and global levels. As such the work of scholars in the AfricaLics network is multidisciplinary being at the intersection of the established academic fields of innovation studies and development studies.
This multidisciplinary field includes researchers from a range of disciplines often studying innovation studies, the economics of innovation, innovation management, technology management, science and technology studies. However, the network also includes those from other more disciplinary fields such as engineering, economics and political science.
Who is eligible to apply?
PhD students working in innovation and development studies and who are principally interested in how innovation relates to economic and social development in Africa are the main target group for the PhD Academy.
The Academy will host approximately 20-25 students from Africa and a handful of students from other parts of the world.
Specifically, PhD students who wish to participate will need to fulfil the following requirements:

work explicitly on issues related to policy-oriented analysis of science, technology and innovation
be able to present an original paper reflecting his/her research and/or thesis work that fits within the thematic areas of the AfricaLics network
preferably be at least at the beginning of his/her second year at the time of the academy (a small number of first-year PhD students may be accepted)

If you are in doubt as to whether you can apply, please contact us using the email address at the bottom of the call.
We will have a limited number of places available to master’s students studying in South Africa. These selected students will be granted observer status i.e. can attend but will not present their work.
Master degree students who wish to participate will need to fulfil the following requirements:

be a registered Masters student in a South African university on a degree programme in the area of economics, business or management studies, sociology or development studies or similar
have a Masters project that will focus on an aspect of innovation studies (i.e. innovation management or innovation systems)

To improve diversity in the emerging academic community on innovation and development studies research in Africa, we encourage female scholars and those from low-income countries to apply.
Design of the Academy
The Academy will invite frontier researchers in innovation and development from around the world to deliver lectures and mentor students. The Academy also provides opportunities for PhD students to share their work and learn new skills. As such, the Academy is made up of the following activities:

Lectures by senior researchers on areas ranging from research methodologies to the latest theories and empirical research in the fields of innovation, innovation management and science policy.
Presentations by doctoral students of their work with feedback from the senior scholars facilitating at the event.
Sessions focused on enabling interaction between students, practitioners and policy makers on innovation and development issues
Study visits to innovation hubs, innovative businesses and/or similar organisations
Sessions that focus on key skills that students need to complete their PhD and become successful academic researchers such as publishing or project management skills
A practical project that helps students think through how to ensure their PhD project is addressing developmental issues and how to ensure results will be articulated to relevant policy and practitioner stakeholders.
A two-day supervision workshop focusing on topics such as what good supervision looks like, the student-supervisor relationship and key tools for the PhD journey (planning, good work habits and how to deal with feedback).

The Academy’s language of instruction will be English. We will not be able to provide translation services. A good level of spoken and written English will be required by students accepted into this Academy.
An overview of the likely programme for the Academy is provided in Appendix 1.
How to apply
PhD students who apply must submit an extended abstract of their PhD thesis, not exceeding five (5) pages.
Master’s students who apply must submit an extended abstract of their Master’s project, not exceeding two (2) pages.
The abstract must be submitted together with a covering letter, the applicant’s CV, and a recommendation letter from the applicant’s principal PhD/ Master’s supervisor or a senior scholar who is familiar with the applicant’s work.
These documents should be sent to the AfricaLics Secretariat (phd-academy@africalics.org) on or before 23:00 hours East Africa time on Monday, 30th March 2026.
Format of abstracts
Abstracts should be typed double-spaced in English with font size 12. The abstract must include the following sections:

Background and literature review
The research objectives or research questions
Methodology including the data collection and analysis techniques to be used,
Expected contribution to academia and policy discussions.
References

Please also make it clear in your application if you are preparing a thesis by publication or manuscript/ monograph thesis.
Selection
All extended abstracts will be reviewed by at least two senior scholars from a review panel comprising members of the AfricaLics Scientific Board, the AfricaLics Secretariat, the AfricaLics RCS team, and the host University.
Selection will be made based on the academic quality of extended abstracts as well as on the basis of criteria aimed at promoting diversity (by location, gender, etc.). Selection criteria for AfricaLics events are published on the AfricaLics website: http://www.africalics.org/selection-criteria/
Successful applicants will be notified by 15th May 2026 of their acceptance to the Academy.
Sponsorship and travel support
Successfully selected participants will be expected to arrive on Sunday 01 November 2026 and leave on the night of Thursday 12 November 2026. The airport to arrive and depart from is OR Tambo International Airport. Airport shuttle arrangements will be made by the organisers.
The AfricaLics Research Capacity Strengthening (RCS) project will cover the cost of 11 nights of accommodation, on a dinner, bed and breakfast basis, during the Academy for accepted PhD students. No daily subsistence allowance or stipend is provided but lunch and 2 refreshment breaks will be provided during the academy. Students should be expected to bring sufficient funds with them to cover the cost of any sightseeing and lunch on Sunday, 08 November.
The AfricaLics RCS project also has funding to cover the costs of economy-class return airfares for those attending who are registered at an African university based in a country classified by the OECD as ‘least developed’, ‘low income’ or ‘low middle income’, and who will be attending from outside South Africa.
If you are interested in applying for this travel support, please indicate as such in your cover letter and ensure that your cover letter and the support letter from your supervisor indicate how you have tried to find alternative sources of funding for your trip In addition, such applicants must indicate that they have (a) tried to source funding from elsewhere and (b) have been unable to source alternative funding. Only those from African countries classified by OECD as least developed, low or low-middle-income can apply for this travel support. These applicants will be asked to complete a travel support request form. Details of this process will be made available once an applicant has received confirmation of their acceptance at the academy. Acceptance at the academy does not automatically guarantee financial support to cover the cost of your air ticket. If financial support is given to cover the cost of an air ticket, the amount of support awarded may not cover the whole cost of the air ticket. No support is provided for ancillary costs associated with your travel e.g. visa costs, other transport costs.
All accepted applicants will be responsible for their own visa and travel insurance arrangements, including the cost of these.
Confirmation of attendance and final paper upload
All successful applicants are expected to confirm their participation by 23:00 hours East African Time on Tuesday, 1st September 2026; otherwise, their place will be offered to another applicant.
All selected participants who confirm attendance will also be expected to upload a final FULL paper (details of this will be given in your acceptance letter) by 23:00 hours East African time on Monday, 5th October 2026. The full paper should be a full project proposal (for Master’s students) or a chapter of, or paper from, your thesis that you would like to present and get feedback on during the Academy (for PhD students).
Organisation and support
The 12th AfricaLics Ph.D. Academy is organised by Wits University in Johannesburg, South Africa with support from the AfricaLics RCS project hosted at the African Centre for Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya. The event is financially supported by Wits University, the AfricaLics network, and Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency).
The local organising committee at Wits University is led by: Prof. Geci Karuri-Sabina. Day-to-day organisation of the Academy at Wits University is the responsibility of Dr Amy Matua. Organisation of the Academy at the AfricaLics RCS project is being managed by Prof. Rebecca Hanlin.

Contacts
For any queries or questions about the academy contact: rebeccah@uj.ac.za
For general queries about Wits University: amy.mutua@wits.ac.za
For general queries about the AfricaLics RCS project: RCS@africalics.org
For general queries about AfricaLics: secretariat@africalics.org

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