University of Pretoria

Alumnus, Business Management

Lecturer

About

I am a brain scientist, social entrepreneur and communication consultant. My areas of expertise are entrepreneurship education, ecopreneurship, development economics, business ethics, branding and positioning.

Publications and accepted conferences papers:

1. Bbenkele, E and Ndedi, A, A. 2010. Fostering Entrepreneurship Education in South Africa: The Roles of SETA. Available at http://www.worldsustainable.org/index.php/books/africa/volume2.
2. Ndedi, A, A. 2009. Entrepreneurship Training and job creation: Are tertiary institutions are filling the gap? Journal for Contemporary management.  Vol 6, 2009.
3. Ndedi, A, A. (2008) Entrepreneurship and Wealth Creation at the bottom of the African pyramid. In Ndedi, A, A and Ijeoma, E. (Eds) The New Partnership for Africa’s Development and the MDGs: Can Africa reclaims the 21st Century?
4. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. Entrepreneurship and Black Economic Empowerment: an alternative way. Available at http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=237&zone=docs&action=doc&doc=11175
5. Ndedi, A, A. 2004. Entrepreneurship and Black Economic Empowerment: An alternative way. Paper presented during the Africa Week Conference at the University of South Africa, Pretoria, 1-3 September 2004.
6. Ndedi, A, A. (2008) NEPAD and Millennium Development Goals: is Africa Reclaiming the 21st Century? Published by University of Pretoria Press. (Edition of the Book)
7. Ndedi, A, A. 2008. In the name of democracy: Dynamics around elections. Lessons from Cameroon. University of Pretoria Press.
8. Ndedi, A, A. (Forthcoming) Rethinking Development Economics in Africa. (Edition of the book)
9. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. Water privatisation in Africa: the case of the SEEG. Global Development Network. Available at http://www.gdnet.org/middle.php?oid=237&zone=docs&action=doc&doc=11177
10. Ndedi, A, A and Bunwaree, S. 2007. Making African poverty history: Interrogating NEPAD. Global Development Network. Available at http://www.gdnet.ws/middle.php?oid=237&zone=docs&action=doc&doc=11172
11. Ndedi, A, A and Bunwaree, S. 2006. NEPAD and the Millennium Development Goals: The roles of African governments. Global Development Network. Available at http://www.gdnet.ws/fulltext/Ndedi_sustainable_development.pdf
12. Ndedi, A, A. 2006. Entrepreneurship and Millennium Development Goals: an African perspective. Global Development Network. Available at http://www.gdnet.ws/fulltext/Ndedi_sustainable_development.pdf
13. Ndedi, A, A. 2006. YENEPAD: For What Future? From a Vision to the Implementation. African Development Perspectives. Vol 12. (2007) Available at http://www.iwim.uni-bremen.de/africa/vol12-cont.htm
14. Ndedi, A, A et al. 2006. 2006 state of the future. Research commissioned by the United Nations University.
15. Ndedi, A, A. 2006. NEPAD and the Millennium Development Goals: challenges and opportunities. Article published http://www2.ncsu.edu/ncsu/aern/symposium_main.htm
16. Ndedi, A, A. 2006. Restoration of Cultural identity: the case of the Banen in Cameroon. Available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=877868

Accepted conference Papers in Entrepreneurship

1. Ndedi, A, A. 2009. Evaluation of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development: Approach and Methodology. Available at http://209.85.229.132/search?q=cache:wSJDt5BRlAoJ:www.worldbank.org/ieg/nonie/docs/cairo_list_papers.docx+alain+ndedi&cd=13&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=za. Perspectives in impact evaluation: Approaches to assessing development effectiveness. 31st March – 2nd April 2009 Semiramis Hotel, Cairo, Egypt.
2. Ndedi, A, A. (Forthcoming) The Importance of Entrepreneurship Education in Job Creation in South Africa: Are Tertiary Institutions Up to the Task? 21st Annual Conference on Communication Strategies for Success in Global Business St. Louis, Missouri - April 2 - April 4, 2009
3. Ndedi, A, A and Ijeoma, E, O, C. 2008. Addressing the problem of graduate unemployment in South Africa: The roles of tertiary institutions. Paper presented during the Ronald H. Brown Institute for Sub-Saharan Africa conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 20–22 August 2008.
4. Ndedi, A, A. 2008. Entrepreneurship Education and poverty alleviation in South Africa: Rethinking Universities Contribution. Proceedings of the 2nd International FINPIN Conference, Promoting entrepreneurship by universities, April 20-22, 2008 Hämeenlinna, Finland.  Available at (http://finpin.com/English/Conference2008/ParallelSessions/tabid/2229/language/fi-FI/Default.aspx)
5. Ndedi, A, A. 2008. Entrepreneurial education and job creation in South Africa: roles of tertiary institutions. Proceedings of the International Academy of African Business and Development (IAABD) Conference to be held from 20 May – 24 May 2008, at the University of Florida, Gainesville, USA.  Available at (http://conferences.dce.ufl.edu/IAABD/default.aspx?page=497)
6. Ndedi, A, A. 2008. Poverty alleviation and gender empowerment through entrepreneurship in South Africa: Opportunities and Challenges. Proceedings of the 12th EADI General Conference from 24 –28 June 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland.
7. Ndedi, A, A. 2008. Entrepreneurship Education and Job Creation in South Africa: Roles of Tertiary Institutions. Proceedings of the 3rd European Conference on Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Winchester, UK 15-16 September 2008. available at (http://www.academic-conferences.org/ecei/ecei2008/ecei08-abstracts.htm)
8. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. Entrepreneurship Education and Job creation in South Africa: Challenges of Tertiary Institutions. Paper presented at the International Conference on Entrepreneurship in emerging economies, 29– 31 august 2007, Mauritius.
9. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. Tackling poverty: interrogating Women Entrepreneurship and Empowerment in South Africa. The 16th Annual IAFFE Conference on Feminist Economics held on June 29 – July 1, 2007, in Bangkok, Thailand. Available at http://www.iaffe.org/conferences/annual/Full_Program.pdf
10. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. Ethnicity Matters: Black Women Entrepreneurs in South Africa. Proceeding of the Conference Deepening Democracy in a Fragmented Society, 19-21 September, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa.
11. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. Entrepreneurship and Poverty Alleviation in South Africa:  The Case of the Eastern Cape Province. Paper presented during the Post-Graduate Student Conference on Post-apartheid transformations: social and economic change in the Eastern Cape. 2nd-4th April 2007, University of Fort Hare.
12. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. Tackling black graduates unemployment through entrepreneurship in South Africa: interrogating University’ contribution. Paper presented during the youth perspectives on the effects of globalization in 21st century Africa, Burgers Park Hotel; Pretoria March 28 - 30, 2007
13. Ndedi, A, A and Yamdjeu, F. 2007. Ethnicity Matters: Black Women Entrepreneurs in South Africa. Proceedings of the 15th Graduate Students Conference Africa Inquiry: Ex Africa Semper Aliquid Novi March 9th, 10th and 11th 2007. Available at http://www.freewebs.com/ascgradconf/theprocessofpeacein.htm
14. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. An analysis of creativity and spiritual intelligence in the workplace. Proceedings of the Spiritual Intelligence and Authentic Leadership conference, Sandton 27, 27 and 1st March 2007. (Conference Postponed)
15. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. Ethnicity Matters: Promoting Banen Women Entrepreneurship in Cameroon. Paper presented during the Bottom-Up Interventions and Economic Growth in Africa conference; May 31-June 1, 2007 Nairobi, Kenya.
16. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. Entrepreneurship and Millennium Development Goals in the African context. Proceedings of the 2007 international conference on strategic management (2007 ICSM), April 19-20 2007, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P.R China. 
17. Ndedi, A, A. 2006. Corporate Entrepreneurship in the advertising Industry in Cameroon. Unpublished Master Dissertation. Pretoria: South Africa.
Accepted conference Papers on Education, NEPAD and MDGs

1. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. Cameroonian Universities: Prospects and Challenges. Proceedings of the conference: Sociology –The African challenge, 15-18 July 2007 Grahamstown, South Africa.
2. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. Renewable Energy and Millennium Development Goals in Africa. Proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Association at the University of Wellington, 17th-22nd February 2007, Wellington, New Zealand.
3. Ndedi, A, A. 2007. NEPAD and the Millennium Development Goals: The roles of African governments. Paper presented during the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) social sciences conference, Birchwood, 27th-30th September 2006.
4. Ndedi, A, A. 2005. NEPAD and the Millennium Development Goals: the roles of African leaders. Paper presented during the African Week conference, UNISA, 18th October 2005.
5. Ndedi, A, A. 2005. Water privatisation in Africa: the case of the SEEG. Paper presented during the International Conference on Sustainable Development Research , 6-8 June 2005 in Helsinki, Finland.
6. Ndedi, A, A. 2002. The contribution for the implementation for economics policies for long-term economic growth in a developing country: the case of South Africa. Unpublished report, August 2002.
7. Ndedi, A, A. 2001. The stability of the Rand and the Human resources 2005 of the South African Reserve Bank. Report submitted to the South African Reserve Bank, September 2001.
8. Ndedi, A, A. 2001. Fighting and surviving the Price war. Unpublished Honours dissertation. University of Pretoria: Pretoria, November 2001.

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