1st ARUA Centre of Excellence for Unemployment and Skills Development – International Conference, 2020 (ARUA, CoE-USD’ 2020)

Conference Theme

THE DEEPENING YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT CRISIS IN AFRICA OCCASIONED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC: WHAT OPTIONS AVAILABLE FOR THE RESCUE?

Format: Blended International Conference (Physical and Virtual)

Date: December 2 – 4 (Wednesday to Friday), 2020

Location: University of Lagos, Nigeria

Call for Paper: Track-Themes

• (A) Understanding the History, Challenges, African Governments’ and International Community Policy Interventions: Policy Intervention Failures of Youth Unemployment in Africa.

• (B) Youth Unemployment Crisis on Socio-Economic Development and Wealth Creation: African Nations in Post COVID-19.

• (C) Role of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2030: In Combating Youth Unemployment Crisis in Africa.

• (D) Agropreneurship and Agro-allied Value-chain Options: For the Rescue of Youth Unemployment in Africa.

• (E) Innovation and Technopreneurship Opportunities: Presented by Technology Startup Enterprise, Innovation, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Engineering, Social Media, Hubs and Incubation Labs for Enhancing Youth Entrepreneurial Spirit, and Competitiveness in Post COVID-19 Era.

• (F) Talent Management and Skills Development: Exploration of the Instrumentality of Technical, Vocational Education, and Training (TVET) for the Rescue, Decent Jobs, Employability Skills and the Future of Work in Post COVID-19 Era.

• (G) Entrepreneurship Areas: Youth entrepreneurship, Green Entrepreneurship, International Entrepreneurship and Born Global, Entrepreneurship Economics and Finance, Entrepreneurship Management and Marketing, Political Entrepreneurship, Construction Entrepreneurship, Health Entrepreneurship, Arts Entrepreneurship, Corporate Entrepreneurship and Intrapreneurship.

• (H) Family Business and Gender Entrepreneurship in Africa: Dynamics of Family Business and Women Entrepreneurship as Drivers of Youth Employment Creation, and Challenges of Family Business in Scaling over 2nd Generation in Africa.

• (I) Informal and Social Entrepreneurship: Cultivating Solution-Oriented Mindsets that are Societal Focused and Address Community Challenges for Inclusive and Sustainable Development.

• (J) Intellectual Property Protection, Legal Framework, and National Policies: For Enterprise and Job Creation for the Youths in Africa.

Submission Guidelines

All manuscripts must follow these guidelines:

1. Content: Must be insightful, persuasive, original, and constructive with evidence-based analysis relevant to the conference theme.

2. Length/Format: Between 7,500 and maximum 10,000 words; font size 12, double line spaced, in Times New Roman.

3. Language: Ideas must be clearly communicated in English.

4. Referencing: Appropriately referenced using the 6th edition of the APA style (or 7th edition if conversant with it).

Deadlines & Key Dates:

• Submission Deadline: On or before 12 midnight (WAT) of November 5, 2020.

• Notification for Correction: Successful authors contacted by November 19, 2020.

• Final Registration: Commences on Monday, November 16, 2020.

Submission Portals:

• https://arua-coe-usd.com/?page_id=3356

• Email: arua_usd-coe@unilag.edu.ng; copy sadebisi@unilag.edu.ng and ishittu@unilag.edu.ng.

Prizes & Sponsorship

• Sponsorship: Fully sponsored by the ARUA-UKRI GCRF Partnership and Capacity Development Grant. Submission, review, and publications are FREE.

• Awards: Best Paper Award in each Track gets GBP 200.

• Certificates: Certificate of Attendance for all Participants.

Partners & Sponsors

• Main Sponsors: ARUA, University of Lagos, ARUA-COE, GCRF, UK Research and Innovation.

• Spoke Partners: University of Nairobi, University of KwaZulu-Natal, University of Ghana, University of Cape Town.