We are pleased to announce that “Productive Capacity and Regional Value Chains of the Automotive Sector in Southern Africa” won the runner-up best paper at the just concluded Fifth Young Scholars Conference on Structural Change and Industrial Policy in Africa, a conference organized by the South African Research Chair in Industrial Development, SARCHi, University of Johannesburg. The paper was written by Sodiq Arogundade - a Cohort 4 Research Fellow at SRO-SA, in collaboration with Ms. Talumba Ireen Chilipaine, Ms. Vanessa Nakayange and his Fellowship Supervisor, Ms. Olayinka Lawal Bandele. Link to the paper would be shared as soon as it is published.

Hello Amged, congratulations on this publication on e-government and good job starting off this line of conversation with colleagues!