It is with great pleasure that I introduce this year’s second issue of African Journal of Business and Economic Research (AJBER). This issue features ten papers, covering six African countries; Ghana, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, South Africa, Zimbabwe. The topics covered addresses the issues ranging from stock market efficiency to executive directors’ remuneration disclosure; the viability of emerging and frontier currency carry trades as an asset class in Africa; effectiveness of business management and entrepreneurship training offered by small and medium enterprise service providers; perceptions of various aspects of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment; gender gap in accessing formal credit for entrepreneurial purposes; organizational alignment; brand awareness and loyalty; government expenditure, economic growth and unemployment. While these studies are country specific, the focus of the studies and findings are applicable to other African countries.

 Let me take this opportunity to once again to thank the reviewers for their time and expertise, as well as the editorial team of this journal for their on-going commitment to the standards of which the journal aspires.