The African Review of Economics and Finance (AREF) is pleased to call attention to the 2019 annual conference, which will be hosted at Wits Business School in Johannesburg from 29TH to 30TH August 2019. The AREF conference is the premier conference on economics and finance in Africa. The conference brings together academics, policy makers, doctoral students and practitioners from around the world to present research, network and collaborate. The conference aims to be transdisciplinary, so papers can be written from within, across, and between disciplines, as well as from outside disciplinary boundaries. The conference theme is 'the political economy of Africa's development'. THE TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING * Political economy* Economics of development* Emerging financial markets* Microfinance* Global commodity markets* Trade and development* Environmental economics* Industrial organisation* Accounting and finance* Mathematical economics* Agriculture and natural resources* Development planning* History of economic thought* Health, education and welfare* Law and economics* Microeconomics* Corporate governance* Entrepreneurship and innovation* Prudential regulation* Financial economics* Digital finance* Econometric methods* Public sector economics* Development finance* Islamic finance* Business administration* Banking and finance* Urban and real estate economics* Political economy of development* Growth and inequality* Macro and monetary economics* Labour and demography* Energy policy & management* Consumer behaviour