Research Conferences

The African network of researchers in learning, innovation and competence building systems (AfricaLics) aims to hold a research conference every two years at a minimum and has aimed to do so since the launch of the network in 2012. The first AfricaLics conference took place in Maputo (Mozambique) in 2013, while subsequent conferences took place in Kigali (Rwanda) in 2015, in Oran (Algeria) in 2017 and in Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania) in 2019. The overall purpose of the conferences is to present and discuss current state of the art research on Innovation and Development issues in Africa. Conferences target specifically the academic community, but also bring in policy makers, the business community and civil society. They aim to bring together leading scholars (between 150 – 200) working on innovation and development in Africa with the foremost scholars from outside Africa as well as policy makers, business community and civil society actors interested in the field.