2023 Cohort
The call for 2023 cohort went out in September 2022 and we received 72 applications. Sixteen applicants were shortlisted for interviews and six applicants, four female and two male we selected by a committee comprising members of the AfricaLics Scientific Board and the AfricaLics secretariat. Amongst the six students, one is from Ethiopia, one from Cameroon, two from Kenya and one from Ghana .

Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
PhD Research Title
Dynamics of Gender and Technology in the Cashew Nut Value; Chain in Southwestern Nigeria at Obafemi Awolowo University.

University of Gondar, Ethiopia
PhD Research Title
Business model innovation and firm performance: Moderating role of environmental dynamism at University of Gondar.

University of Yaounde, Cameroon
PhD Research Title
The macroeconomic effects of financial development on sources of innovation in Africa at University of Yaounde.

University of Ghana.
PhD Research Title
Commercializing agri-innovations in Ghanaian Universities for sustainable Agribusinesses at University of Ghana.

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya
PhD Research Title
An Agricultural Biotechnology Technological Innovation System (ABTIS): Build-up, Actors & Dynamics.

Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology, Kenya
PhD Research Title
Transformative Innovation: Investigating the coevolution of grid and off-grid electricity system.