Africa Academy of Management (AFAM)

Previous AFDWs

A timeline of our journey fostering research capacity through mentorship and community

AFDW 2025 – Tunis, Tunisia

June 2025 • Mediterranean School of Business, SMU

The Africa Faculty Development Workshop (AFDW) held in Tunis, Tunisia, in June 2025, brought together early-career academics and advanced PhD students from across the continent for a week of immersive scholarly development.

Hosted in collaboration with South Mediterranean University (SMU), this in-person workshop offered a dynamic mix of research topics, mentor feedback sessions, peer feedback sessions, and structured group activities focused on academic publishing and research development in African management.

Participants had the opportunity to:

Receive detailed feedback on their research from assigned mentors
Engage in peer exchange and collaborative learning
Learn about the submission process for the African Journal of Management (AJOM)
Submit revised work for consideration in future AFAM events

Outcomes

The workshop concluded with a renewed commitment to research excellence, scholarly collaboration, and mentorship continuity beyond the event. Several papers are now progressing toward journal submission, with ongoing support from both mentors and peers.

Earlier workshops

2011

At the first biennial conference in San Antonio, USA, the Africa Research Group was disbanded as the Africa Academy of Management was inaugurated. The Program Chair was Baniyelme Zoogah who as the Secretary. In attendance were the President of AOM, Prof. James P. Walsh, and ex-President of the International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM), Dr. Sue Bruning who was a keynote speaker. The 1st Africa Faculty Development Workshop (AFDW) was held in Ghana in December, supported by AOM. AFAM sponsored ten (10) early scholars from Africa to attend the inaugural Academy.

2012

The 2nd AFDW was held in Rwanda in May, supported by AOM.

2015

The 3rd AFDW is held in Pretoria in July. It was the first to be sponsored by AFAM.

2017

The 4th AFDW is held in Ghana

2019

The 5th AFDW is held in Egypt hosted by the America University in Cairo.

2021

The sixth Africa Faculty Development Workshop (AFDW) is held online due to the Covid pandemic