7th Biennial Conference of the Africa Academy of Management
Stellenbosch Business School, Cape Town, South Africa
🗓️ January 8–10, 2024
🗓️ January 8–10, 2024
Conference Theme
“Transforming Organizations in the Digital Era: Dignity, Justice, and Prosperity in Africa”
The theme of the conference provided a forum for a robust exchange of ideas and sharing of research findings to illuminate our understanding of how organizations in Africa are adapting to the preceding transformative forces of globalization and digitilization. The conference sought to understand how the nature and contexts of work can be redesigned to foster sustainable management of employees to promote workplace dignity, justice, and prosperity for employees and their communities. The conference was well attended, with participants representing diverse parts of the world, including Africa, North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. Various institutions were represented from different countries and institutions, companies and firms.
2024
Keynote Speaker:
Professor Edward Kieswetter
Commissioner, South African Reserve Bank
Commissioner, South African Reserve Bank
2024 Conference Proceedings
Conference Proceedings Editor:
Dorothy Mpabanga
University of Botswana, Botswana.
University of Botswana, Botswana.
2024 Conference Program
Conference Co-Chairs
Samuel Aryee
University of Surrey, UK
Sherwat Elwan Ibrahim
The American University in Cairo, Egypt
University of Surrey, UK
Sherwat Elwan Ibrahim
The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Host Institution
Stellenbosch Business School
Cape Town, South Africa
Established in 1964, Stellenbosch Business School was the first business school from an African university to receive the prestigious Triple Crown of international accreditations, an achievement reserved for the top 1% of business schools worldwide. The school focuses on postgraduate education, offering programmes that include PG-Dip, specialist master’s degrees, MBA, and PhD, alongside short courses delivered through its executive development arm. Many of these programmes integrate a responsible leadership dimension, reflecting the school’s commitment to developing responsible leaders for a better world—a key differentiator across its programmes, research, and social impact activities.
The school hosts six research centres with expertise in Development Finance, Governance, Women and Work, Futures & Foresight, Conflict & Collaboration, and Responsible Leadership. It also has a strong pedigree in entrepreneurship, serving as the host of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor for South Africa and running its own Small Business Academy that supports entrepreneurs in informal settlements across three provinces. Stellenbosch Business School is a member of PRME and participates in several global alliances of leading business schools, including the Council on Business & Society, the EMBA Consortium, and the Global Innovation Challenge.
The school hosts six research centres with expertise in Development Finance, Governance, Women and Work, Futures & Foresight, Conflict & Collaboration, and Responsible Leadership. It also has a strong pedigree in entrepreneurship, serving as the host of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor for South Africa and running its own Small Business Academy that supports entrepreneurs in informal settlements across three provinces. Stellenbosch Business School is a member of PRME and participates in several global alliances of leading business schools, including the Council on Business & Society, the EMBA Consortium, and the Global Innovation Challenge.
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