AFEA@ASSA
2026

Venue: in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Dates: January 3–5, 2026 (Saturday, Sunday,Monday)

program outline

Environment, Innovation and Agriculture

  • Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (EST)
  • Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Franklin

Chairs:

  • Maru Etta-Nkwelle, Howard University
  • Belinda Archibong, Johns Hopkins University

Inclusive and Macroeconomic Development and its Vulnerabilities

  • Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026
  • 10:15 AM - 12:15 PM (EST)
  • Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Franklin

Chairs:

  •  Mina Baliamoune-Lutz, University of North Florida
  • Juliet Elu, Morehouse College

African Development Bank (AfDB)—AFEA Luncheon Colloquium: Geopolitical Economy of Investment Flows, Trade Networks, and Institutional Development Outcomes

  • Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (EST)
  • Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Congress A

Presiding:

  • Omolola Amoussou, African Development Bank
  • Juliet Elu, Morehouse College

AFEA Presidential Address and Business Meeting

  • Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026
  • 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM (EST)
  • Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Congress B
  • Presiding: Gbadebo Odularu, African Finance and Economics Association and Howard University

AFEA Conversation Series

  • Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026
  • 8:30 PM - 9:00 PM (EST)
  • Loews Philadelphia Hotel, Congress C

Presiding:

  • Fafanyo Asiseh, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro
  • Leonce Ndikumana, University of Massachusetts
  • Gbadebo Odularu, African Finance and Economics Association and Howard University

Cross-National Economic Research Across Management, Education, Governance, and Environmental Policy (F0)

  • Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026
  • 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM (EST)
  • Philadelphia Marriott Downtown, Room 409

Chairs:

  • Kwabena Gyimah Brempong, University of South Florida
  • Olajide Oladipo, Nile University of Nigeria