Africa Journal of Management

Aims & Scope

The beginning of the Twenty First Century has witnessed Africa’s rise and progress as one of the fastest growing and most promising regions of the world.

At the same time, serious challenges remain.

To sustain and speed up momentum, avoid reversal, and deal effectively with emerging challenges and opportunities, Africa needs better management scholarship, education and practice.

The purpose of the Africa Journal of Management (AJOM) is to advance management theory, research, education, practice and service in Africa by promoting the production and dissemination of high quality and relevant manuscripts.

AJOM is committed to publishing original, rigorous, scholarly empirical and theoretical research papers, which demonstrate clear understanding of the management literature and draw on Africa’s local indigenous knowledge, wisdom and current realities.

As the first scholarly journal of the Africa Academy of Management (AFAM), AJOM gives voice to all those who are committed to advancing management scholarship, education and practice in or about Africa, for the benefit of all of Africa.

AJOM welcomes manuscripts that develop, test, replicate or validate management theories, tools and methods with Africa as the starting point.

The journal is open to a wide range of quality, evidence-based methodological approaches and methods that “link” “Western” management theories with Africa’s indigenous knowledge systems, methods and practice.

We are particularly interested in manuscripts which address Africa’s most important development needs, challenges and opportunities as well as the big management questions of the day.

We are interested in research papers which address issues of ethical conduct in different African settings.

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Metrics & Ranking

Impact Factor

Year	Value
2025	1.6

SJR (SCImago Journal Rank)

Year	Value
2024	0.364

Quartile

Year	Value
2024	Q3

Journal Rank

Year	Value
2024	14769

Journal Citation Indicator

Year	Value
2024	143

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.

• Scopus
• Google Scholar
• Web of Science

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Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Business, Management and Accounting, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.

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Most Cited Articles

The Most Cited Articles section features the journal's most impactful research, based on citation counts. These articles have been referenced frequently by other researchers, indicating their significant contribution to their respective fields.

• The African Union's Agenda 2063: Aspirations, Challenges, and Opportunities for Management Research

  Citation: 73

  Authors: Kaitlyn, Jacob R., Moses N.

• Making Sense of Africa's Emerging Digital Transformation and its Many Futures

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Bitange, Tim

• The Relationship between Competitive Strategy and Firm Performance in Micro and Small Businesses in Ghana: The Moderating Role of Managerial and Marketing Capabilities

  Citation: 68

  Authors: Moses, Ahmed

• Africapitalism: A Management Idea for Business in Africa?

  Citation: 66

  Authors: Kenneth, Uwafiokun

• Informal sector entrepreneurship, individual entrepreneurial orientation and the emergence of entrepreneurial leadership

  Citation: 50

  Authors: Mazanai, Cecile

• Entrepreneurship in Africa: Identifying the Frontier of Impactful Research

  Citation: 49

  Authors: Richard A., Moses N.

• Why husbands matter: Review of spousal influence on women entrepreneurship in sub-Saharan Africa

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Kathrin, Michael

• Female Faces in Informal ‘Spaces’: Women and Artisanal and Small-scale Mining in sub-Saharan Africa

  Citation: 45

  Authors: Gavin, Abigail, Agatha, Roy

• The Informal Economy in pan-Africa: Review of the Literature, Themes, Questions, and Directions for Management Research

  Citation: 43

  Authors: Katia M., Moses N., Carla D., Sangbum

• African Smart Cities Strategies for Agenda 2063

  Citation: 42

  Authors: Mira, Ekene

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