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

About the
Event

POSTPONED EVENT

The Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society (ABERS), the Institut panafricain de la gouvernance économique et financière (IPAGEF) and the CEDIMES Institute USA, in collaboration with Université Laval’s Faculty of Business Administration and other partner institutions, are organizing the 10th edition of the Africa Business Conference to be held from May 19 to 22, 2021 at Université Laval, in Québec City, Canada.

PARTNER INSTITUTIONS

• Africa Business and Entrepreneurship Research Society (ABERS)
• Institut panafricain de la gouvernance économique et financière (IPAGEF)
• CEDIMES Institute USA
• Delaware State University, Dover, United States
• École nationale supérieure de statistique et d’économie appliquée (ENSEA), Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
• Faculty of Business Administration, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
• Institut national polytechnique Houphouët-Boigny, Yamoussoukro, Côte d’Ivoire
• Makerere University Business School, Kampala, Uganda
• State University of New York–Plattsburgh, Plattsburg, United States
• State University of New York–Oswego, Oswego, United States
• Université Cadi Ayyad, Marrakech, Morocco
• Université Paris Dauphine, Paris, France
• University of Edinburgh Business School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
• University of Stellenbosch Business School, Cape Town, South Africa
• Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States
• Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, Syracuse, United States
• Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Canada
• Wits Business School, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Online Submission System

Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts covering topics related to business, entrepreneurship and governance in Africa.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 January, 31 2021.

Authors will be notified of the Organizing Committee’s decision by mid-February 2021.

To be included in the Conference program, your full paper must be submitted no later than April 5, 2021.

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