The Passau International Centre for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies (PICAIS), in collaboration with the Research Training Group "Digital Platform Ecosystems" (DPE) and the Chair of Development Economics (Prof. Grimm), invites you to the first event of the PICAIS Fellow Dr. Edward Asiedu.
Edward Asiedu holds a PhD in Development Economics and is a Senior Lecturer at the University of Ghana, Business School. He is currently a Fellow at the Department of Development Economics (Prof. Michael Grimm) at the University of Passau, Germany, conducting research in behavioral and development economics.
The symposium will include a workshop and a roundtable discussion. The workshop will address development bottlenecks in sub-Saharan Africa and discuss possible solutions through digitization. The round table discussion will focus on "Achieving an Inclusive Digital Ecosystem in Africa". Panelists will be Dr. Edward Asiedu and Prof. Jann Lay, Dr. Patricia Boshe (Research Center for Law and Digitalization (FREDI)) and Prof. Jan Krämer (spokesperson of RTG DPE), both from the University of Passau.
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