The Afreximbank-Edordu Research Competition is open to postgraduate students (Master's or PhD) who are currently enrolled at an accredited tertiary institution on the African continent or in an eligible CARICOM state, and who hold nationality of an African country or an eligible CARICOM state.
Eligible CARICOM states are: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
- Submission must be original, unpublished research papers that are not under consideration for publication elsewhere at the time of submission.
- Papers must address one of the themes announced by the competition for the relevant cycle.
- Submissions may be written in any African Union official language: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish or Kiswahili and will be translated into English for jury evaluation.
- Papers must be between 3,000 and 5,000 words, excluding references, tables and figures.
- Papers must follow a recognised academic citation style (APA, Chicago, or Harvard) and be submitted as a PDF or Word document through the official competition portal.
COMPETITION PROCESS
All eligible submissions are reviewed by a jury of professionals drawn from industry, academia, and the media, who evaluate papers against a matrix of criteria including originality and novelty, methodological rigour, clarity, contribution to development, and relevance to Afreximbank's mandate.
The three highest-scoring papers advance to Stage Two, where authors are invited to submit a policy brief distilling implementable recommendations for Afreximbank, and to present their key findings at a forum determined by the Bank.
