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Call for Student Volunteers for the 2014 LSE Africa Summit
In April, global leaders, students, investors and policy-makers will converge on the London School of Economics and Political Science to share insight on the pertinent theme of African...
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2014 LSE Africa Summit: Key trends influencing African Entrepreneurship today
LSE’s Sakina Badamasuiy discusses how the 2014 LSE Africa Summit will play a key role in maximising awareness of key trends in African entrepreneurship. It is the new buzzword. The media is grappling...
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2014 LSE Africa Summit : African entrepreneurs and the struggle to gain...
LSE’s Mairi Tejani discusses ways in which Africa’s credit financing gap can be filled. African entrepreneurs are running on empty. The International Finance Corporation estimates that up to 84% of...
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2014 LSE Africa Summit: Africa tech hubs – A tale of hope or hype?
LSE alumnus Rauf Aregbesola looks at whether Africa’s technology revolution is all that it is hyped up to be. “A hopeful continent”, “The next frontier for investors”, “A dark horse in the digital...
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Ghana President comes to LSE
The President of Ghana John D Mahama will deliver a lecture at the London School of Economics and Political Science on Saturday 5 April 2014. Mr Mahama will deliver the keynote address at the LSE...
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LSE Africa Summit: Entrepreneurship as Africa’s Tool to Reclaim Power
LSE’s Abdul Abdulrahim lauds the role of entrepreneurship in giving rise to the new caring and sharing innovative elite. I want to hear every African say Africapitalism. I want to see it written in...
View ArticleThe LSE Africa Summit team is recruiting again!
After a successful 2014 LSE Africa Summit which included a keynote address by President John Mahama of Ghana, applications are being invited from LSE undergraduate and postgraduate students for the...
View ArticleCall for Papers: Research Conference, LSE Africa Summit
LSE Africa Summit Innovative Governance in Africa Date: Friday, 17th April 2015 Venue: London School of Economics and Political Science This one-day intensive Research Conference will explore...
View ArticlePhotography Competition: ‘Innovative Governance in Africa’
The Public Sphere journal is looking for a photo to be on the cover of our next publication, a special issue to go with the LSE Africa Summit on 17th-18th April 2015. The theme of this year’s...
View ArticleInnovative Governance and What it Means #LSEAfrica Summit
After attending the opening session of the LSE Africa Summit, LSE’s Frances Brill recounts some of the ideas exchanged by academics. Governance has a contested meaning and the breadth of topics covered...
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Photos from the 2015 #LSEAfrica Summit
The second annual LSE Africa Summit took place on 17 and 18 April 2015. The theme of Innovative Governance was explored during both the Research and Business Conferences which took place on Friday and...
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Rwanda’s Performance Contracts Could Serve as a Model for Other African...
In the first of a series of articles ahead of the 2016 LSE Africa Summit which will explore the themes of Challenging Conventions and Thinking Beyond Investment, Samuel Baker argues that African...
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Mobilising through Social Media: The Case of South Africa
In the second of a series of articles ahead of the 2016 LSE Africa Summit, Corey Holmes explores the power of social media to mobilise against disenfranchisement. South Africa has always been a...
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Technology could prove to be a gamechanger for Africa
In the fourth of a series of articles ahead of the 2016 LSE Africa Summit which will explore the themes of Challenging Conventions and Thinking Beyond Investment, Samuel Baker examines the potential...
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Government Spending: More Harm Than Good?
Africa’s large infrastructure gap and heavy political economy element promotes significant government intervention in erstwhile free markets. It has become increasingly important to assess the efficacy...
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More funding for education alone will not solve unemployment #AfricaAtWork
Maudo Jallow calls for an overhaul in education, creating instead a new model that is socially inclusive and more likely to improve the life of the masses. There is a renewed focus on the importance of...
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‘Smart’ connected Africa leverages technology to promote growth but will ICT...
Okechukwu Okorie explores the potential impact ICT could have on development in African countries. Conversations in the past two decades within academia, the media and policymakers have mostly centred...
View ArticleCall for Papers: Research Conference, LSE Africa Summit
LSE Africa Summit Innovative Governance in Africa Date: Friday, 17th April 2015 Venue: London School of Economics and Political Science This one-day intensive Research Conference will explore...
View ArticlePhotography Competition: ‘Innovative Governance in Africa’
The Public Sphere journal is looking for a photo to be on the cover of our next publication, a special issue to go with the LSE Africa Summit on 17th-18th April 2015. The theme of this year’s...
View ArticleInnovative Governance and What it Means #LSEAfrica Summit
After attending the opening session of the LSE Africa Summit, LSE’s Frances Brill recounts some of the ideas exchanged by academics. Governance has a contested meaning and the breadth of topics covered...
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