World Journal of Entrepreneurship, Management and Sustainable Development: Volume 7 Issue 2/3/4

Leadership, capacity building and sustainable development in contemporary Africa

Allam Ahmed, Kobena T. Hanson

There is now real optimism of the prospects of Africa reclaiming the 21st century given its recent sterling growth performance and the number of successful reforms undertaken…

Capacity development in fragile environments: Insights from parliaments in Africa

Severine M. Rugumamu

Capacity development in fragile environments in Africa has often proven to be a complex undertaking. This has largely been because of existing knowledge gaps on what exactly…

Regional integration policies to support job creation for Africa’s burgeoning youth population

George Kararach, Kobena T. Hanson, Frannie A. Léautier

Africa is going through a youth bulge with more people under 25 than above 50 in all of its countries. Creating opportunities for the burgeoning number of youth is a challenge…

Capacity building in fragile and post‐conflict states in Africa

Alemayehu Geda

Capacity building in fragile and post‐conflict situations is specially challenging for policy makers in that it represents a situation that needs to be carefully managed…

Capacity development and reconstruction in post‐conflict African environments

Peter Arthur

There have recently been concerted efforts by many post‐conflict African countries to formulate and implement policies and measures that will reconstruct and develop their…

Donor coordination in a fragile states of Africa: Capacity building for peace and poverty reduction

Abbi M. Kedir

Fragile states (FS) are often neglected and categorized as “aid orphans”. In extreme circumstances, they are loaded with aid beyond their absorptive capacity. However, whether…

Capacity development in Africa: New approach motivated by thinking on “animal spirits”

Kobena Hanson, George Kararach, Frannie A. Léautier, Robert Nantchouang

Animal spirits in modern economics has a specific meaning; it refers to the restless and inconsistent element in the economy as well as the peculiar relationship people have with…

Enhancing institutional leadership in African universities: Lessons from ACBS’s interventions

Kobena Hanson, Frannie Léautier

This paper draws on the extant literature and experiences of selected ACBF‐supported programs to interrogate approaches to enhancing institutional leadership in African…