The first inaugural Africalics academy was held in Kenya, from 19th November to 30th November 2012 at the Kenya School of Monetary Studies (KSMS). The Academy was jointly organized by the African Centre of Technology Studies (ACTS), Kenya and Moi University, Kenya with support from Globelics Secretariat, Aalborg University. The purpose of the Academy was […]
The second AfricaLics PhD academy was conducted from the 20th to the 31st October 2013. The purpose of the Academy was to support the training of African Ph.D. students engage in research on innovations and technology systems to develop and stimulate their policy awareness and management issues related to their fields of research. This second […]
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 first AfricaLics Write-shop and Grants Management Workshop took place on 24th – 28th August 2015 at the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI), Pretoria. The main aim of the workshop was to develop skills on how to write a paper for publication in a journal through a collaborative process. Six papers collaboratively written […]
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 […]
Background The Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (GLOBELICS) is an open and diverse community of scholars working on innovation and competence building in the context of economic development. The major purpose of the network is to contribute to building capacity and create a forum for exchange worldwide in […]
