Description
Intra-African Trade and Development in a Changing World: Sustainability, Skills, Governance, and InnovationIntroduction
This special issue aims to explore how intra-African trade ecosystems can advance sustainable prosperity, innovation, and economic development across Africa. It seeks to connect scholarship on trade, logistics and global value chains, governance, education, sustainability, digital transformation, entrepreneurship, and social inclusion in order to generate interdisciplinary and policy-relevant insight into Africa’s development pathways. The aims will be met by curating a coherent collection of conceptual, empirical, comparative, and policy-focused papers that examine the enabling conditions, barriers, and outcomes associated with intra-African trade and broader development transformation. The issue will prioritise submissions that are methodologically rigorous, contextually grounded, and clearly relevant to scholars, practitioners, and policymakers working within African and international development contexts.
List of Topic Areas
Global Sustainable Development, including Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability
Contemporary issues in Sustainable development in Africa
Innovation in Africa and Societal Implication of Technology-enabled entrepreneurship
Commodities and Trade, Public/Private Procurement, Global Value Chains & International Exporting and Logistics
International Migration and its impacts on African youths and development
Further and Higher education and its contribution to economies of African countries
Benefits of Transnational Education (TNE) and skills development to Africa
Digital Transformation Technology (use of mobile devices and wireless technologies) and its Influence on Health Care, FinTech, Agriculture, Education and Training in Africa
Public Private Partnerships and its significance to social economic development in Africa
Gender and Youth Entrepreneurship in Africa.
Women Entrepreneurship
Corporate Governance and Social Responsibility (Including eGovernment & Smart Cities)
Issues in Small Business Development in Africa
Project Management and Stakeholder engagement standards in Social and Physical Infrastructure Development projects across Africa
Influence of Media and Culture on Africa’s Economic Development
Skills recruitment and Talent Management in the contemporary work environment
Public Health: Policy, Wellbeing and Economic Development in Africa
Emotional Intelligence, diversity and social inclusivity.
| Period | 13 Jul 2026 |
|---|---|
| Type of journal | Journal |
| Degree of Recognition | International |