NOVAFRICA fireside chat in the EurAfrican Forum: “Digital Education in Pandemic Times”
The NOVAFRICA session in the EurAfrican Forum debated the topic “Digital Education on Pandemic Times”. Vitor Cavalcante, project manager and NOVAFRICA Fellow Prince Okenna led the discussion during the digital forum held on the 21 and 22 October. The goal of this forum was to contribute to business and economic development in Africa. Watch here the... Read More
New NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Let’s Call! Using the Phone to Increase Acceptance of COVID-19 Vaccines”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Alex Armand, Mattia Fracchia, and Pedro Vicente this paper develops and tests experimentally three phone-based cumulative interventions to increase COVID-19 vaccine acceptance in Mozambique. First, the provision of a simple positive message informing about these vaccines. Title: Let’s Call! Using the Phone... Read More
NOVAFRICA Seminar: Entrenched Political Dynasties and Development under Competitive Clientelism: Evidence from Pakistan
On Wednesday, October 13th, at 02.30 pm, Lisbon time, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Jean-Philippe Platteau from University de Namur to present his work on Entrenched Political Dynasties and Development under Competitive Clientelism: Evidence from Pakistan. Author: Jean-Philippe Platteau, University of Namur Abstract: How political dynasties affect economic development in the context of poor countries is a... Read More
New NOVAFRICA Working Paper: “Measuring corruption in the field using behavioral games”
A new working paper has been added to the NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series. Written by Alex Armand, Alexander Coutts, Pedro Vicente and Inês Vilela this paper proposes a novel corruption game to characterize the interaction between actual political leaders and citizens and implement it in Northern Mozambique. Title: Measuring corruption in the field using behavioral games Authors: ... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Visão magazine interviews Mattia Fracchia about NOVAFRICA Covid-19 vaccine study
Mattia Fracchia, one of NOVAFRICA’s researchers involved in the global study published in Nature Medicine about vaccines against COVID-19 was interviewed by Visão magazine. Mattia explained to the Portuguese magazine why the vaccine has more acceptance in higher in low- and middle-income countries than in richer countries. This global study involves researchers from NOVAFRICA, International Growth Centre, Innovations for... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: NOVAFRICA joins forces with the Estoril Conferences
NOVAFRICA is the new partner of the Estoril Conferences – A Future of Hope. Our research work to fight poverty is part of this movement that inspires the new generations. “The Purpose Generation” is the topic of the conference that will take place in September 2022 at Nova School of Business and Economics, (Nova SBE)... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: “Africa in Transformation”, the new book by Carlos Lopes was launched at Nova SBE
NOVAFRICA Invites! Launch of the book “Africa in Transformation. Economic Development in the Age of Doubt”, by Carlos Lopes. The renowned Guinean economist will be at Nova School of Business and Economics library, Teresa e Alexandre Soares dos Santos, on September 7 at 10.30 am. To join us, register
NOVAFRICA News: Welcome to the 2021 NOVAFRICA Fellows!
NOVAFRICA Welcomes the 2021 NOVAFRICA Fellows to the Nova School of Business and Economics These nine talented African students join us this academic year from Angola, Cameroon, Mozambique, Mauritius, Nigeria, and Zimbabwe. They will pursue their studies in the Nova SBE Masters of Business Analytics, Economics, Finance, Management, International Development & Public Policy, and Impact Entrepreneurship... Read More
NOVAFRICA News: Special lecture by Paul Collier on “Can we make sense of development?
NOVAFRICA welcomes Sir Paul Collier from the University of Oxford for an inaugural lecture on Wednesday, September 1st @ 03.15 pm (Lisbon time). In his lecture, entitled “Can we make sense of development?”, Sir Paul Collier will apply the ideas set out in his recent books “The Future of Capitalism” and “Greed is Dead” to... Read More
A development movie suggestion: “Darwin’s Nightmare”
Recommendation #2 – Darwin’s Nightmare is a 2004 Oscar-nominated documentary. Darwin’s Nightmare was written and directed by Hubert Sauper, an Austrian filmmaker, on the effect of the Nile perch in the fishing industry and the biodiversity in the Lake Victoria, the 9th largest lake in the world, located in Tanzania. This predatory fish, that can grow... Read More