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Ariel Herbert FAMBEU

Ph.D. in Economics

69 Kingsway Ave, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, 2092 Johannesburg Business School; University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa

Tel: (+27) 688 23 95 03 ; E-mail: afambeu@uj.ac.za / afambeu@yahoo.fr

CURRENT SITUATION

-       Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow (PDRF) at DSI/NRF/Newton Fund Trilateral Chair in Transformative Innovation, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.

-       Member of Global Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation, and Competence Building Systems (GLOBELICS).

-       Member of AFRICALICS.

-       Lecturer at the University of Ebolowa, Cameroon

-       Member of African Economic Research Consortium (AERC).

-       Member of Theoretical and Applied Economics Research Group (TARG), University of Douala.

Fields of interest: Industrial Economics, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Informal sector, International trade, and Happiness.

UNIVERSITY LEVEL EDUCATION

2021: PhD in Economics, University of Douala.

2011: Master II in Applied Economics, University of Douala.

2008: Master I of Mathematical Economics and Econometrics, University of Douala.

2007: Bachelor in Economics, University of Dschang.

ACADEMIC WORKING EXPERIENCE

2024-… Researcher at the University of Johannesburg, South-Africa.

2021-… Part-time lecturer at the faculty of economics and applied management, university of Douala, Cameroon.

2013-2021: Tutorial groups in first and second year microeconomics, macroeconomics, mathematics and statistics at the University of Douala.

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP

September 2024 to date: Postdoctoral Researcher Fellow (PDRF) at DSI/NRF/Newton Fund Trilateral Chair in Transformative Innovation, the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Sustainable Development, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.

September 2022-November 2022 (03 months): Postdoctoral fellowship at the University of “Alexandru Ioan Cuza de Iași”, Romania.

RESEARCH GRANTS (consulting services)

2018-2020: “The Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies in Cameroonian Industrial Enterprises”, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Working paper and policy brief, Nairobi Kenya.

2014-2016: “Internet adoption and use in Cameroon”, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Working paper and policy brief, Nairobi, Kenya. 

RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS  

a. Articles in refereed journals

Fambeu, A.H., Tchawa Yomi P. and Etogo Messomo M., (2025) ''Boosting export competitiveness through firm automation'', Economics Bulletin, 45(4), 1794-1808. 

Fambeu, A.H. (2025), "Taxation, ICT and export of manufacturing firms in developing countries. Journal of Industrial and Business Economics." https://doi.org/10.1007/s40812-025-00374-z

Fambeu A. H. and Tchawa Yomi P. (2025), “Innovation and E-commerce as resilience strategies? Firm-Level evidence in Sub-Saharan Africa during COVID-19 crisis”, Innovation and Development, 1–22. DOI-10.1080/2157930X.2025.2551452.

Fambeu A. H. and Tsambou A. D. (2025), “Foreign Direct Investment and Global Value Chains in Sub-Saharan African Firms”, International Journal of the Economics of Business, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/13571516.2025.2541114

Fambeu A. H. and Tchawa Yomi P. (2024), “Does domestic concentration cancel the potentially beneficial effect of international competition on firm productivity? Evidence from manufacturing firms in Cameroon”, Journal of the Knowledge Economy, https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-024-02388-9.

Fambeu A. H. and Tchawa Yomi P. (2024), “Do ICTs promote the renewable energies consumption? The moderating effects of economic growth and structural transformation in Africa”, International Economics, 180,100563.

Fambeu A. H. (2024), “Export Performance under Imperfect Competition: Evidence from Manufacturing Firms in Cameroon”, Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade, 24(3), 1-18.

Fambeu A. H. and Tchawa Yomi P. (2023), “Information and Communication Technologies and Export of Manufacturing firms in Central Africa”, African Development Review, 45(4), 403-415.

Fambeu A. H. (2023), “Do Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) make Africans happy?”, Canadian Journal of Development Studies/Revue Canadienne d’Etude de Developpement, 44(4), 629-644.

Fambeu A. H. and Tchawa Yomi P. (2023),

“Is democracy pro poor in Sub-Saharan Africa”, Journal of Policy Modeling, 45(1), 10-30.

Mbondo G. D., Bakehe N. P. Fambeu A. H. (2022), “Is informality contagious? An analysis of the effects of social conformism on the formalization of small business”, Economics Bulletin, 42(2) 317-329.

Fambeu A. H. and Mbondo G. D. (2022), “Endogenous Peer Effects and Level of Informality: Some Evidence from Micro and Small Enterprises in Cameroon”, Review of Social Economics, 80(3), 387-421.

Fambeu A. H., Mbondo G. D. and Tchawa Y. P. (2022), “Bigger the better? The effect of public spending on Happiness in Africa”, African Development Review, 1-13.

Fambeu A.H. and Tchawa Y.P. (2022), “State fragility and the determinants of women’s               financial inclusion in sub-Saharan Africa”, Région et Développement, 56, 62-76.

Fambeu A. H. (2021b), “Les transferts de Fonds des Migrants internationaux favorisent-ils l’éducation des filles au Cameroun ? ”, Monde en Développement, (49)2, 60-80.

Fambeu A. H. (2021a), “Poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa: the mixed roles of democracy and trade openness”, The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development, 30(8), 1244-1262.

Tchawa Y. P. and Fambeu A. H. (2021), “What is Preventing Women’s Financial Inclusion? A Cameroonian Evidence”, Journal of Global Economy, Trade and International Business, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 189-207.

Fambeu A. H. and Etogo M. M. (2020), “Structure de Marché et Performance des entreprises industrielles au Cameroun”, l’Actualité Economique/Revue d’Analyse Economique, Vol. 96, No. 2.

Fambeu A. H.  (2020), “The Digital Divide at the Firm Level in Cameroon”, Indian Journal of Applied Economics and Business, 2(2), 187-212.

Fambeu A. H. (2019), “Peer Effect and Environmental Responsibility of Enterprises in a Sub-Saharan African Country”, Economics Bulletin, Vol. 39 No. 2, 1084-1094.

Fambeu A. H. (2018), “L’entourage influence-t-il le comportement informel des entreprises au Cameroun ?”, African Development Review, Vol. 30, No. 4, 478–489.

Fambeu A. H. (2017), “The Adoption of ICT in a Developing Country”, Revue d'Economie Industrielle, 157, 61-101.

Bakehe N P, Fambeu A. H. and Tamokwe P. G. B. (2017), “Do digital divisions diminish in Cameroon?” RESEAUX, 201, 27-62.

Fambeu A. H. (2016), “Determinants of the adoption of ICT in a developing country: an econometric analysis of industrial enterprises in Cameroon”, Region et Development, 43, 160-186.

Fambeu A. H. and Bakehe N. P. (2015), “Social Interactions and Uses of the Internet in Cameroon”, l’Actualité Economique/Revue d’Analyse Economique, 91(4), 421-460.

b. Other publications

Fambeu A. H. (2018), “The Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies in Cameroonian Industrial Enterprises”, Final Report, December 2018, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC).

Bakehe N. P., Fambeu A. H. and Tamokwé P. G. B. (2017), « Internet adoption and use in Cameroon », Research Paper 336 African Economic Research Consortium (AERC).

CONFERENCES AND SEMINARS

2025: Science Forum South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, November.

2025: Global Thought Leader’s Diner on STI Policy: The role of scholarly advice in shaping future-ready STI Policy, Pretoria, South Africa, November.

2025: Globelics International Conference 2025: Innovation for sustainable and inclusive development to build resilience for global challenges, Pretoria, South Africa, November.

2025: The political Economy of Green Taxonomies: Implications for Development from the Global South. Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, November.

2025: Women and Jobs in Africa Policy Research Workshop, Accra, Ghana, November.

2025: PhD Supervision and Mentoring Workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, September.

2025: Economic Society of South Africa conference, Cape Town, South Africa, September.

2025: TIPS Annual Forum, Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS): The Impact of the AfCFTA on Industrial Development in Southern Africa. Pretoria, South Africa, July.

2025: JUBILEE: Tackling Debt and Underdevelopment in the Global South, Johannesburg, South Africa, July.

2025: Afrobarometer workshop, Accra, Ghana, Jun

2025: Trade & Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) Conference: AfCFTA, regional integration and industrial development, Johannesburg, South Africa, July

2025: Industrial Development Report 2024 Launch, Johannesburg, South Africa, March

2025: World Happiness Report (WHR) Launch, Johannesburg, South Africa, March

2025: Employment policy, technology, and South Africa’s future of work, Johannesburg, South Africa, March.

2025: Industrial Development Report 2024 launch for Africa: The future of industrial development in Africa-Accelerating SDG achievement through modern industrial policy, Johannesburg, South Africa, March.

2025: World Happiness Report 2025 launch, Johannesburg, South Africa, March.

2025: Grant Proposal Writing workshop, Johannesburg, South Africa, February.

2024: Co-creation Workshop: Transforming the Water-Energy-Food Nexus in the Gauteng Province, Pretoria, South Africa, October.

2024: UJ 3rd Technology and Society in Africa Conference: Transformation and Impact, Johannesburg, South Africa, October.

2024: Technical workshop training on “Advances econometric”, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya, October.

2024: Policy Experiment Workshop: Gauteng Green Public Procurement Guidelines, Johannesburg, South Africa, October.

2024: AfricaLics Workshop, JBS Park, Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa, September.

2024: 2024 Social Policy in Africa Conference, Social Policy in Post-Covid-19 Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, April.

2023: 2nd International conference, Energy and food security and economic resilience in Central Africa countries, WTO chair, November, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

2023: 1st International conference, Resilience of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) in Cameroon, AEC, Yaoundé, Cameroon, July.

2023: Inception workshop (virtual) for framework & country case studies “Data governance (phase II), The Political Economy and Institutional Structure of Data Policy and Governance in Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and Risks”, Nairobi, Kenya, Jun.

2023: 25th Senior Policy Seminar “Human Capital Development in Africa”, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya, March.

2023: Technical Training workshop on BMGF Human Capital Development, March, Kampala, Uganda.

2022: 1st International conference, Trade policies and sustainable and inclusive development in central Africa, WTO chair, December, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

2022: Conference, Tax Policy for Sustainable Development, Global Development Network, November, Clermont-Ferrand, France.

2020: 22th Senior Policy Seminar, “Agriculture and Food Policies for Better Nutrition Outcomes in Africa”, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) in partnership with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), March, Abuja, Nigeria.

2019: 21th Senior Policy Seminar, “Fragility of Growth in African Economies”, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) in partnership with Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, March, Harare, Zimbabwe.

2018: Biannual Workshop, “The Looming Debt Crisis in Africa”, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), December, Nairobi, Kenya.

2018: Biannual Workshop, “Innovation and Incubation for Africa’s Transformation”, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Jun, Port-Louis, Mauritius.

2017: Biannual Workshop, “Africa’s Energy Renewal”, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Jun, Johannesburg, South Africa.

2015: Séminaire international de jeunes économistes francophones sur l’économie numérique, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF), October, Montréal, Canada.

2014: Biannual Workshop “Public Finance: Tax and Expenditure Reforms in Africa”, African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Jun, Accra, Ghana.

LANGUAGES

-       French (mother tongue);

-       English (good working knowledge).