The Theme and Objectives of the Forum
As Africa slowly recovers from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it faces the challenges posed by the fighting in Ukraine that threatens to drive energy and food prices beyond the reach of populations that were already energy and food insecure. These come at a time when Africa is grappling high debt burdens and climate change impacts that threaten to derail the attainment of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development.
This Forum on “Promoting Entrepreneurship through Education for a Stronger Recovery” will seek to contribute to addressing some of these challenges by mobilizing university intellectual assets and resources to address complex challenges. This will require a strategic rethink of how university research is planned, entrepreneurship is promoted and engagement with external partners organized and managed. As such, a subtheme of the Forum is entitled “The future of the entrepreneurial university” in Africa.
Objectives of the Forum
The overall objective of the Forum is to encourage universities to promote, nurture and drive entrepreneurship and business development in teaching, research and outreach.
Structure of the Forum
The Forum will include keynote addresses that bring African, regional and international perspectives on entrepreneurial universities and policy dialogues and discussions that will focus on specific subjects that are core to development of entrepreneurial universities. The discussions will also include the presentations of the research finding on entrepreneurial universities in Algeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Rwanda and South Africa.
The Forum will also provide space for exhibitions, demonstrations and showcasing of technologies, enterprises and unique business models developed by student, researchers and teams linked to universities. See the calls here
Format
The Forum will offer both physical and virtual participation (hybrid format).
Participants
The Forum is open to all individuals, entities, firms and member States of the United Nations. Click Here for More
Venue: United Nations Conference Centre, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Contacts:
- Asfaw Yitna at yitna@un.org
- Gedion Workneh at workneh@un.org
Click here for the Programme of WorkReport on Advancing Entrepreneurial Universities in Africa: Ethiopia, Ghana and South Africa Alliance for Entrepreneurial Universities in Africa (AEUA) Newsletters:[Issue No.1] [Issue No.2] [Issue No.3]
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