Hits: 123November 09, 2021: “Your profile reached 1000 citations” and 10 balloons In my academic career to date, I have had my fair share of highs and lows, hits and misses, and ‘accepted’ and ‘rejected’. These all come with the terrain. Today, I choose to celebrate a milestone – 1000 citations on Google Scholar. I
Read MoreHits: 136FRESH FROM THE PRESS: In this latest paper published in Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, with co-authors Dr Seun Kolade, Dr Victor Y. Atiase, Dr William Murithi PhD. FHEA. CMBE.and Dr Natasha Katuta Mwila (PhD, FHEA, CMBE), we draw from two case studies of tech hubs in Nigeria and Kenya to investigate the importance of innovative
Read MoreHits: 144 FRESH FROM THE PRESS: Our very own Dr Suen Kolade and colleagues from Indonesia (Etikah Karyani, and Setio Anggoro Dewo) have published another great manuscript on ‘Risk governance, market competition and operational risk disclosure quality: a study of the ASEAN-5 banking sector’ in the Journal of Operational Risk. The Highlights from the research
Read MoreHits: 216In Press: watch your space for this exciting monograph by Dr James Yeku @17855511929. “How does social media activism in Nigeria intersect with online popular forms—from GIFs to memes to videos—and become shaped by the repressive postcolonial state that propels resistance to dominant articulations of power? James Yékú proposes the concept of “cultural netizenship”—internet
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Hits: 1030 On 27th May 2021, ASF kicked off its first webinar for the year titled ‘Tackling Youth Unemployment in Africa through Innovative Entrepreneurship’. Joined by Mr Shola Aje who gave us a wonderful talk on his innovative invention of a multi-business cart and its potential in empowering youth to becoming entrepreneurs and our very
Read MoreHits: 119Dr Adegbile, Dr Sarpong and Dr Kolade have published an article in the Technological Forecasting and Social Change, that investigates the micro-level dimensions that influence environments for Joint University-Industry Laboratories (JUIL). Although there are considerable scholarly interests on the environmental conditions necessary to support JUIL-the paper focus on the micro-level conditions that facilitate JUIL.
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Hits: 203In this 2018 MA dissertation, award-winning journalist and African Scholars Forum member Taiwo Adebayo uses a political ecology framework to explore the perennial, and seemingly intractable, problem of the farmers-herdsmen crisis in Nigeria. Abstract In Nigeria, the pastoralist-farmer conflict has spiralled over the past decades and now ranks as the country’s top national security
Read More A large-scale impact evaluation study shows that a compulsory entrepreneurship course in Nigeria had significant impact on the interests and choices of undergraduates. This post highlights the results and draws some policy implications.
Read MoreHits: 417Dr Demola Obembe, Dr Jarrah Al Mansour and Dr Oluwaseun Kolade have published a new article ‘Strategy communication and transition dynamics amongst managers: a public sector organization perspective’ in the Management Decision. The purpose of this paper is to build on the research-supported view that interactions between the top and middle management enhance the effective
Read MoreHits: 255A few weeks ago, I attended the African Scholars Forum webinar, where we explored the career opportunities for PhD’s outside the academia. While I had read so much about this topic in the past, the workshop gave me fresh insights on how PhD holders can blend their academic experiences and skills with industry standards
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