The secretariat have prepared for the webinars series in 2025 and a number of potential speakers have been identified.
The webinars in the series are as follows:
Webinar Series 01
Leveraging Innovation and Global Value Chains Participation for Industrialisation: An Agenda for Research in Africa
Prof. Oluseye Jegede
6th March, 2025
Webinar Series 02
Unlocking the Potential of Green Charcoal Innovations to Mitigate Climate Change in Northern Uganda
Organised by the UPCHAIN Team
10th April, 2025
Webinar Series 03
STI Indicators for Measuring Digital Transformation: Gaps and Challenges. Organised by AfricaLics thematic chair (CeSTII & NACETEM) on STI indicators.
8th May, 2025
Webinar Series 04
Innovation policy with Prof. Karl Mathias Weber, Center for Innovation Systems and Policy, Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)
5th June, 2025
Webinar Series 05
Innovation, technologies, industrial development, labor markets and firm behaviour with focus on developing countries
Prof. Elvis Avenyo
3rd July, 2025
Webinar Series 06
Climate change and sustainable agriculture
Prof. George Essegbey
Ghana
7th August, 2025
Webinar Series 07
Innovation and inequality
Prof.Sussan Cozzens
Georgia Tech
4th September, 2025
Webinar Series 08
Science, Technology and Innovation Policy for SDGs.
with Michiko Iizuka, Professor at the National Graduate Research Institute on Policy Studies (GRIPS)
2nd October, 2025
Webinar Series 09
Digital financing innovations
Dr. Faith Ahabyoona.
6th November, 2025