The United Nations SDGs and links with industries in countries around the world...

The United Nations SDGs

What does business have to do with SDGs? Some economies experience high inflation, high interest rates, depreciation of local currency,

There has been a growth in the establishment of free-trade regions in Africa.
MSME (micro, small and medium enterprises).

Africa is not a country: Africa is 54 different countries, Africa is 1.4 billion people

``When I travelled to other countries in Africa I discovered I didn't know Africa; I come from West Africa we like a lot of spice in our food, in East Africa I discovered there is `no' spice in the food.''

Place Belongingness Africa; speaker panel 2019

``Jumia is an e-commerce company operating across the continent of Africa "we're building the Amazon of Africa" but they lost 90% of their IPO value. I contend largely because investors assumed an environment without understanding. They didn't know that road infrastructure is uneven, that electrical operators operate a universal service, that rail, and telecoms and all kinds of infrastructure that we take for granted in many in countries, just aren't in place beyond the urban areas. Indeed, even many urban conurbations have patchy, weak or non-existent water, sewerage, electricity, etc.''

(Sangu J. Delle Esq.)

``I am a Pan-Africanist, I became more African when I left Africa. I grew up thinking I was Ghanian first, then I left Africa and in those countries I experienced `othering' and I encountered people who considered me African first, they didn't consider me Ghanian.'' (Sangu J. Delle Esq.)

Workshop Schedule: Africa, Place, Belongingness, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development

Time Presentation Venue: Room Q131, UCD Moore Centre for Business 09:45-09.50 Welcome Speech Penelope Muzanenhamo PhD, Assistant Professor, UCD College of Business 09.50-10.00 Irish Aid’s contribution to SDGs in Africa Ms Edith Delaney, Africa Unit, Development Cooperation and Africa Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland 10.00-10.10 Place and Belongingness: The Place of Proudly Made in Africa and African Entrepreneurs in Sustainable Development Ms Vikki Brennen, CEO, PMIA 10.10- 10.15 Placing Africa Business Research within the global context (or why we do what we do about Africa in UCD College of Business)  Professor Maeve Houlihan Session Chair: Maeve Houlihan 10.15-10.35 Sub-Saharan African Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development: Wishes and Realities Dr Eva Roberts, CEO Morvigor, Sierra Leone 10.35-10.55 Place, Belongingness and Sustainable Development: Entrepreneurial Case Studies from Making Futures. Sangu J. Delle Esq., Entrepreneur Investor and Author, Palm Investments Corporation 10.55-11.15 Entrepreneurial Achievement among formerly Displaced African Individuals Mr Vinod Tailor Deputy Lieutenant, JYVI Director, UK 11.15-11.30   Coffee Break.   Relocate to Room Q118EY, First Floor, Lochlann Quinn School Session Chair: Kevin Ibeh 11.30-11.55 Business in Africa, Borders, and the Liability of Colonialism: A meeting point or a missing link? Kenneth Amaeshi PhD, Professor, University of Edinburgh Business School, UK 11.55-12.20 Entrepreneurial intentions, initiatives and sustainable development: An international perspective  Sally Kah PhD, Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Seamus O’Brien, Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Seng Kok, Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, UK  Emer Gallagher, Senior Lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, UK 12.20-12.45 Anything goes in Africa, or Does it? The Effect of Corporate Social Irresponsibility on Shareholder Value Andreas Hoepner PhD, Professor, UCD College of Business, Ireland Qian Li PhD, Lecturer, University of Cardiff, UK Penelope Muzanenhamo PhD, Assistant Professor, UCD College of Business, Ireland 12.45-13.10 Reflections on advancing professionally through scholarly contributions to African business and sustainable development Kevin Ibeh PhD, Professor, Pro Vice Master, Birkbeck, University of London, UK 13.10-14.10.      Lunch Break.    Session resumes in Room Q118EY Session Chair: Kenneth Amaeshi 14.10-14.35 Can entrepreneurship become the engine of growth and primary driver of sustainable development in Africa in the digital era?  Franklyn Lisk PhD, Professor, University of Warwick, UK Syeda-Masooda Mukhtar PhD, CEO Chelsea Global, UK 14.35-15.00 From nationalism to Pan-Africanism: An examination of African companies’ and entrepreneurs’ response and influence David Nyaluke PhD, UCD-Proudly Made in Africa Fellow in Business and Development, Ireland 15.25-15.50 Geogames for Youth Empowerment: Minecraft as a Sustainable Entrepreneurship resource for the Global South Bruno de Andrade PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy 15.50-16.15 I am an African and an Entrepreneur, So What? The effect of an Entrepreneur’s Social Identity on Contribution to a Competitive Supranational Place Brand  Penelope Muzanenhamo PhD, Assistant Professor, UCD College of Business, Ireland Ebes Esho PhD, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Samuel Adomako PhD, Lecturer, University of Bradford, UK Robert Hinson PhD, Professor, University of Ghana Business School, Ghana Amon Chizema PhD, Professor, University of Birmingham, UK 16.15-16.20 Closing Remarks Franklyn Lisk 16.20 Informal meeting: Funding Possibilities for Business Research on Africa

Africa: Place, Belongingness, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development