NOVAFRICA Seminar: “Competition and Relational Contracts: Evidence from Rwanda’s Coffee Mills”
Next Wednesday, November 5th, at 2pm, the NOVAFRICA Center welcomes Ameet Morjaria, from Harvard University to present his work about competition and relational Contracts. Authors: Rocco Macchiavello and Ameet Morjaria. Abstract: We study the effects of competition in the procurement of raw materials on relational contracts (RC) using Rwanda’s coffee sector as a case study.... Read More
NOVAFRICA Welcomes First Student For the Kofi Annan Business School Foundation Scholarship
During the annual board meeting of the Kofi Annan Business School Foundation, that took place on october 16th and 17th at Nova SBE, NOVAFRICA also presented the first fellow of the program in Lisbon, Elmira Gama. Elmira, originally from São Tomé and Príncipe, came to Nova SBE in December 2010 to obtain a Bachelor in... Read More
Nova SBE hosts Annual Board Meeting of the Kofi Annan Business School Foundation
On October 16th and 17th, Nova SBE will host the annual board meeting of the Kofi Annan Business Schools Foundation (KABS Foundation). Nova SBE is one of the associated business schools of the KABS Foundation since January 2013, and NOVAFRICA became responsible for the management of the Kofi Annan fellowship. This fellowship is awarded for... Read More
NOVAFRICA – a leap to Mozambique
There is no greater achievement than making someone smile. There is no greater happiness than receiving a nod. There is no greater peace than surviving in the chaos. A few years back I would never have thought that I would meet Africa. There was nothing in my path that could possibly drive my head way... Read More
Fellow@Nova SBE – The 5th Edition of the Program Welcomes Prof. Joana Kanga
Nova SBE and the Faculdade de Economia of the Universidade Agostinho Neto (FECUAN) signed the protocol that instituted the Fellow@Nova SBE program, in Lisbon, in September 2012, during the First NOVAFRICA Conference. With this agreement, Nova SBE will receive, in each semester, two professors from the FECUAN, an Angolan university. A pedagogic and scientific development,... Read More
@ Mozambique with NOVAFRICA
Dzi Pelile (Good evening), It has been almost two weeks since I arrived in Mozambique and the stories that will stay forever don’t stop happening. I try to regularly write my family in order to, not only feel them closer to me but also to make sure the details of this fantastic experience will stay... Read More
Twelve NOVAFRICA Interns are Heading to Mozambique to Conduct Fieldwork this Summer!
The NOVAFRICA Research Internships – Summer 2014 have started. On the last Sunday, June 22th, got off from Lisbon to Maputo the first four interns, of a group of 12, that will be part of the summer internships of this year. Teresa, Júlia, Inês and Rita: the NOVAFRICA wishes you an excellent field work this... Read More
NOVAFRICA Conference on “Financial Development in Africa”
The NOVAFRICA and Nova Finance Centers hosted a conference under the theme “Financial Development in Africa”. This Conference, took place on 31st March at Nova School of Business and Economics, in Lisbon, and addressed different topics related to financial development, including the role of migrant remittances, education, technological innovations and macroeconomic reforms in achieving widespread... Read More
Urban Development and Air Pollution
Recently, NASA released a map of the world depicting the impact of global air pollution. The map, which looks at premature deaths caused by pollution, paints a somewhat bleak picture with noticeably higher premature deaths in fast growing economies. These traditional “growing economies” seem to suffer the worst in terms of pollution, and the obvious... Read More
NOVAFRICA Summer Research Internships 2014
The NOVAFRICA Center is proud to announce the 2014 summer research internships. The internships will be held in the context of various research projects. In most of these projects we conduct randomized impact evaluations of several interventions – for example, community-driven development of schools in Angola, introduction of mobile banking technology in rural areas of... Read More