Rising Africa
Post-Covid-19 Challenges: Lessons Learned and Opportunities

Committee Chair

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Committee Co-Chairs 

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Other Committee Members

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Committee Chair

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Committee Co-Chairs 

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Other Committee Members

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Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society (ABERS)

American University of Paris, France

Institut panafricain de la gouvernance économique et financière (IPAGEF)

CEDIMES Institute USA

Centre d’études diplomatiques et stratégiques (CEDS) de Dakar, Senegal

École nationale supérieure de statistique et d’économie appliquée (ENSEA), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

École panafricaine d’intelligence économique et de stratégie (EPIES) de Dakar, Senegal

Faculty of Business Administration, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Institut national polytechnique Houphouët-Boigny, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire

Kedge Business School, Bordeaux, France

State University of New York–Plattsburgh, Plattsburg, United States

Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco

University of Stellenbosch Business School, Cape Town, South Africa

Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States

Université Paris Dauphine, Paris, France

Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, United States

Transnational Corporations Council of Studies, Canada

Online Submission System

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Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts covering topics related to business, entrepreneurship and governance in Africa. Submitted papers may cover a single country, comparisons between various countries, as well as transborder business or entrepreneurship. Case studies are also welcome. Papers drafted in English or French will be considered for presentation.

All abstracts and papers will be reviewed by at least one referee before being accepted for the Conference. By submitting an abstract or a paper, you agree that you, or one of your co-authors, will present your paper at the Conference.

Authors must submit their abstracts or papers no later than February 28, 2022.

Authors will be notified of the Organizing Committee’s decision by mid-March 2022.

To be included in the Conference program, your full paper must be submitted no later than April 15, 2022.

The best papers will receive an excellence award and selected papers will be published in Transnational Corporations Review (TNCR).

Students are also encouraged to submit papers to the conference. Four students will each be awarded a prize of US$250 for their papers, based on their scholarly/practical contributions to the ABERS’ knowledge base. These prizes are sponsored by Virginia Commonwealth University’s Center for International Business Advancement. Students submitting papers should indicate the institution (university/college) in which they are currently enrolled.

How to update your paper

You can log in to your conference account and upload a new version of your paper. Here are the steps to follow once you are logged in:

1. Click on your paper title. It will open a page named “Submission parameters”
2. Scroll down until you see “Title page” and “Submission (blind version)”
3. Click on “X Delete” to delete your old PDF.
4. Click on “Select a PDF file” and upload a new version of your paper
5. Save your modifications

Registration and information desk

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Conference registration opens at 12:00 on Wednesday May 18th and at 7:00 on Thursday May 19th, 2022. The conference registration desk will be located at Université Laval, in the atrium of the Faculty of Business Administration (FSA ULaval) in the Pavillon Palasis-Prince. The information/registration desk will be staffed throughout the conference for queries and late registrations.

Conference hotline

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For any questions or problems, please call our conference hotline at 1-418-656-2131 ext. 406655 or dial 406655 from any phone in the building.

Internet access

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A free WI-FI network is available on the campus. Log on to UL_Visiteur_Guest. No password required.

Certificates of attendance

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Please go to the registration desk if you require a certificate of attendance.

Breakfasts, coffee breaks and lunches

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Breakfast will be served on the conference site every morning from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. Breakfasts, coffee breaks and lunches will be held in the Atrium of the Pavillon Palasis-Prince.

For paper presenters

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• Ensure that your paper is available for upload on the conference website
• Arrive at least 15 minutes before the session start, and signal yourself to the session moderator
• Allow a maximum of 15 minutes for your presentation. Please ensure that you respect this allocated time to allow other presenters to have enough time to present their works as well.

For session moderators

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• Arrive at least 15 minutes before the session start
• Ensure that the paper presenters listed on the conference program on the website are all present (Note: Only papers available on the online program should be considered for presentation)
• Allow a maximum of 15 minutes for each presentation
• Allow 3 minutes for questions and answers on each paper