State-owned enterprises in Africa and the economics of public service delivery. A broad perspective on the performance and governance trends of SOEs in the African continent. Download the open access PDF: https://bit.ly/3kj985E . Edited by Fulufhelo G. Netswera, Omololu M. Fagbadebo, and Nirmala Dorasamy from Durban University of Technology, South Africa.

The School of Economics at the University of Johannesburg, in collaboration with the Centre for Mathematical Economics at the Bielefeld University in Germany, cordially invites scholars to submit research papers for presentation consideration at the First Financial Engineering Meeting that will take place on 04 - 07 April 2023 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The meeting aims to bring together academics, sharing their research findings and discussing current and challenging issues in the research areas of “Risk and Uncertainty in Finance and Economics.” This meeting is an ideal occasion for local academics to team up with scholars around the world to present their research, exchange research ideas, and experiences, and develop research projects. The organizing committee welcomes submissions in all areas of risk and uncertainty for presentation at the conference no later than 30 January 2023 (early submission is highly encouraged). Please visit https://bit.ly/3ioUKbv for more information.

You are invited to submit a proposal for a new scholarly journal that AOSIS aims to publish. AOSIS will award one successful proposer with the funding necessary to start the publication in 2023. The proposer will also be eligible to join the journal's Editorial Board. Click here https://bit.ly/3UnhW6M to submit your proposal. Read more at https://bit.ly/3OU3l1S

We have extended the deadline for submissions this years' special issue to be published in the Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences (JEF). Submission deadline: 31 August 2022. THEME: Wars and pandemics:  Economic and financial consequences. For more info, visit https://bit.ly/3PljHyW