AfricaLics 2026 Conference - Full Paper Submission Now Open
We welcome the submission of original, unpublished full papers, and importantly, submission is not limited to those who previously submitted abstracts. Researchers, practitioners, and policymakers who have not participated in the abstract phase are strongly encouraged to contribute.
This is an opportunity to engage with the conference theme: “Critical, Retrospective and Creative Perspectives on Innovation and Society in Africa” and its diverse sub-themes, which explore the intersections of innovation, inequality, sustainability, digital transformation, and socio-economic development across the continent.
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.
7th Conference
Call for Papers Open
University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
6th Conference
University of Ilorin, Nigeria
5th Conference
University of Yaoundé II, Cameroon
4th Conference
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
3rd Conference
University of Oran II, Algeria
2nd Conference
University of Rwanda, Rwanda
Maputo Workshop
Maputo, Mozambique