Events and funding opportunities

January

• Event title: British Academy Workshop - Building Equitable Partnerships in Research Collaborations — Final Workshop, NTU
  • Event date: 29 January
  • Event location: NTU

February

• Event title: British Academy Webinar - Thriving Together: Reimagining Global Research Partnerships in an Uncertain World
  • Event date: 26 February
  • Event location: Online

March

• Event title: NTU EAC Grand Challenges - Resilient East Africa: Designing the Future
  • Event date: 23 March - 24 April
  • Event location: NTU

April

• Event title: Kenya Educational Management Institute (KEMI) — First Annual International Conference
  • Event date: 13 - 17 April 2026
  • Event info: https://conference.kemi.ac.ke/
• Event title: Enhancing rigour, relevance and crafting research contribution in Business
• Event type: In-person
• Event date: 14 April 2026
• Event location: ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon
• Associated EAC Research Project: Africa Innovation and Entrepreneurship (AfriE Hub)
• Host:
  1. Renato Pereira, Professor at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon; Coordinator of the Emerging Markets Research Centre and editor and co-editor across multiple international journals focusing on management, innovation, entrepreneurship, and emerging markets.
• Event speakers:
  1. Amon Simba, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Nottingham Business School (UK); Director of the AfrIE Research Hub; Co-Editor of the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research and Associate Editor across several leading international small business and entrepreneurship journals.
• Read about the event on the BRU-Iscte website

June

• Event title: AMR and Human Migration Workshop 
  • Event date: 15 June
  • Event Location: NTU
• Event title: Launch of the NTU and CER-K Building – a new building for research and collaboration on ecosystem restoration in Kenya
  • Event date: 18 June
  • Event location: Brackenhurst, Kenya

July

• Event title: British Academy - The Covid-19 Pandemic as a world-historical event
  • Event date(s): 2 - 3 July 2026
  • Event type: Hybrid
  • Event location: 10 - 11 Carton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AH
  • Online Registration link: Register online for the Covid-19 Pandemic as a world-historical event
  • Associated EAC Research Project: NTU-Mak Partnership

October

• Event title: Reframing Small Business and Entrepreneurship Research: Positioning African Scholarship for Global Impact. --- Join leading international scholars for an intensive research seminar focused on advancing small business and entrepreneurship research from Africa and other emerging markets. For enquiries and participation details: Chantall Cyster - chantallc@sun.ac.za
• Event speakers:
  1. Amon Simba, Associate Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Nottingham Business School (UK); Director of the AfrIE Research Hub; Co-Editor of the International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research and Associate Editor across several leading international small business and entrepreneurship journals.
  2. Renato Pereira, Professor at ISCTE – University Institute of Lisbon; Coordinator of the Emerging Markets Research Centre and editor and co-editor across multiple international journals focusing on management, innovation, entrepreneurship,and emerging markets. 
• Host:
  1. Prof Armand Bam, Associate Professor and Head of Social Impact and the Small Business Academy at Stellenbosch Business School in Cape Town. His research explores inclusion, leadership, and social justice within organisational and entrepreneurial contexts, with a particular focus on how systemic barriers shape access, participation, and opportunity for historically marginalised groups.
• Online Registration link: To be shared
• Event location: Stellenbosch Business School: Bellpark Campus, Bellville
• Event type: In-person
• Event date: 26 - 28 October 2026
• Associated EAC Research Project: Africa Innovation and Entrepreneurship (AfriE Hub)