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  1. Copyright Ownership

Upon acceptance of a manuscript, authors will be required to sign a License to Publish agreement.

  • Author Retention: Authors retain the copyright to their work and grant the Journal the right of first publication.
  • Grant of Rights: By publishing in the African Journal of Economics and Business Research (AJEBR), authors grant the Journal a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, worldwide license to publish, reproduce, display, and distribute the work in all formats (print and digital).
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All articles published in African Journal of Economics and Business Research (AJEBR) are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

  • Permitted Use: This license permits others to copy, distribute, transmit, and adapt the work, provided the original work and source are appropriately cited.
  • Author Benefits: This ensures maximum dissemination and impact of the research while protecting the author's right to be credited for their work.
  1. Author Warranties

By submitting a manuscript to the journal, the authors warrant that:

  • The work is original and has not been published elsewhere.
  • The work does not infringe upon any existing third-party copyrights.
  • All co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the manuscript and agreed to its submission for publication.
  1. Self-Archiving Policy

Authors are encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their personal website) at any stage of the process:

  • Pre-print: Version before peer review.
  • Post-print: Version accepted for publication.
  • Publisher’s Version: The final PDF version as published by the journal.