111th KUASS (Kyoto University African Studies Seminar) / KU-TUFS (Kyoto University-Tokyo University of Foreign Studies) Seminar

The Industrious and Industrial Revolutions in Africa: What are the Triggers and Enablers?

Event Info

Presenter
  • Prof. Horman Chitonge (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)
Date & Venue
  • 5 July 2023（Wednesday）
  • 10:30-12:00 (JSP)
  • Room 318, 3F, Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall, Kyoto University
Language
  • English (no interpreter)
Contact
  • The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University
  • caaskyoto[at]gmail.com (please replace [at] with @)

Summary

The now growing body of literature on industrialization on Africa has not only shown that industrial development remains weak; it has also produced a consistent list of challenges believed to be holding back industrial transformation on the continent. In the context of the enduring challenges of industrial development on the continent, some analysts have been asking whether Africa, in fact, industrialise. In this lecture, I argue that the question is not whether Africa can industrial; the question is rather, whether the triggers and enablers of an industrial revolution in Africa exist.

instructor

Prof. Horman Chitonge (Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town)

Date & Venue

5 July 2023（Wednesday）
10:30-12:00 (JSP)
Room 318, 3F, Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall, Kyoto University

Language

English (no interpreter)

Eligibility

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Profile

Horman Chitonge is Professor of African Studies at the Centre for African Studies, and research associate at PRISM, School of Economics, University of Cape Town. He is also a Visiting professor at African Studies Centre, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies and in the Global Justice Programme, Yale University. His research interests include Economic development in Africa, agrarian political economy, water supply, social welfare, poverty and inequality and alternatives for Africa’s economic growth. He has published extensively on these and related research areas. His most recent books include Industrialising Africa: Unlocking the Continent’s Economic Potential, published by Peter Langin 2018, and / Industrial Policy and the Transformation of the Colonial Economy in Africa: the Zambian Experience / published by Routledge in 2021. He is former Director of Centre for African Studies at the University of Cape Town.

Organized by

The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University

Co-hosted by

Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS)

Contact

The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University

caaskyoto[at]gmail.com (please replace [at] with @)

Notes

There are no parking lots available. Please use public transport.