Posted 16 July 2026
Call for papers - Annual AREF Conference 2026
CALL FOR PAPERS
Annual AREF Conference 2026
Owning the Ground Beneath Our Feet: Resource Sovereignty, Monetary Independence, and the Architecture of African Wealth.
CENTRAL THEMES
- Value Addition and Industrial Transformation
- Indigenous Intelligence and Knowledge Systems
- Gender and Development
- Financial Innovation and the Digital Revolution
- Agriculture and Rural Transformation
- Energy, Finance and the Just Transition
- Philanthropy, Social Investment and the African Development Contract
- Productive Entrepreneurship and New Venture Creation
- Innovation, Digital, Agile Enterprises and FastGrowing Ventures
Authors are invited to locate their submissions within one of these themes, or at the intersections between them.
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For enquiries contact
Ismail Fasanya: Ismail.fasanya@wits.ac.za | Sylvester Senyo Horvey: sylvester.horvey@wits.ac.za Jones Odei-Mensah: Jones.odeimensah@wits.ac.za | Godfred Amewu: gamewu@ug.edu.gh Nana Yaa Rebecca Afiyah: rnyayifah@ug.edu.gh
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