Call for Papers: Special Issue on Financial Transformations in Africa

Posted on 2024-12-20
Call for Papers: Special Issue on Financial Transformations in Africa

Modern Finance invites researchers, practitioners, and policymakers worldwide to contribute to a special issue on Financial Transformations in Africa: Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations. This special issue aims to explore the dynamic financial landscape of Africa, showcasing innovative solutions, addressing pressing challenges, and uncovering opportunities that finance offers in driving the continent’s socioeconomic transformation.

Themes of Interest:

  • Financial Inclusion and Digital Finance: Expanding access to banking and financial services, the role of mobile money, and FinTech solutions in transforming financial inclusion.
  • Sustainable and Climate Finance: Financing renewable energy and climate resilience projects, as well as developing green bonds and ESG frameworks.
  • Regional Integration and Trade Finance: Financial mechanisms enabling the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and challenges in cross-border trade finance.
  • Sovereign and Development Financing: Debt sustainability, innovative public project financing, and the role of international partnerships.
  • Entrepreneurship and Private Sector Development: Venture capital, private equity trends, and the impact of diaspora remittances and microfinance.
  • Technological Disruption in Finance: Blockchain, AI, and big data applications in African financial markets, along with addressing cybersecurity.
  • Behavioral and Cultural Finance: The role of cultural norms in financial decision-making and behavioral finance insights unique to African contexts.
  • Global Financial Trends and African Economies: Post-pandemic recovery strategies, inflation, interest rate trends, and geopolitical impacts on African finance.

Why Publish in this Special Issue?

  • No Fees: We impose no submission, processing, or publication fees, promoting equitable access to publication opportunities.
  • Open Access: Widespread dissemination of your research through an open-access policy.
  • Swift Peer Review: Benefit from a swift peer review process; we aim to make the first decision in no longer than 30 days.

Special Incentive for SI Authors

  • As a token of appreciation for being part of our initial group of contributors, all papers accepted to this special issue will be granted a reward of 100 USD.

Submission Guidelines:

  • Manuscript Types: We welcome original research articles, review papers, case studies, and short communications.
  • Methodologies: Empirical, theoretical, computational, and experimental approaches, as well as interdisciplinary studies, are encouraged.
  • Diverse Voices: In alignment with MF's commitment to promoting diversity and inclusivity, we strongly encourage submissions from scholars based in developing regions and those from underrepresented communities globally.

Submission Deadline: June 30, 2025

To submit your manuscript or to find more details about the submission process, please visit our website: Submission Guidelines. Please indicate the Special Issue submission in the cover letter.

Please circulate this call for papers within your network.