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This study explored the inter-ethnic relations and experiences of students at a higher education institution, using an exploratory case study approach. Purposive sampling was used to select students belonging to black South African ethnic groups. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from three participants; interpretative phenomenological analysis was used for analysis. The themes extracted were ethnic identity: identity confusion vs. certainty; personal experiences of...

In the recent past, some organizations have either collapsed or are on the verge of collapsing after they had failed to achieve their desired results.The result has been declining financial support, poor utilization of physical resources, and a culture that does not support organizational growth and development.One of the factors that has contributed to the poor performance of these organizations has been lack of strategic leaders.The aim of this study was therefore to determine the effects...

Effective training through selection of suitable methods is imperative for students to acquire necessary skills and competences required for employment. Suitability of the methods adopted for training the students the use of dedicated quantity surveying software packages is in doubt due to the increasing rate of unemployment among the graduates. Hence, this paper examined the methods adopted for training the students with a view to determining their suitability. Primary data were obtained...

Rural off-grid renewable energy solutions often fail due to uncertainties in household energy demand, insufficient community engagement, inappropriate financial models and policy inconsistency. Social shaping of technology (SST) of household appliances provides a critical lens of understanding the involved socio-technical drivers behind these constraints. This study employs an SST lens to investigate appliance uptake drivers in 14,580 households in Rwanda, such that these drivers can aid in...

The severity and frequency of climate change-induced weather events pose a serious threat to livelihoods in rural Africa where crop production and animal husbandry are pivotal for survival. Discussions to manage the adverse impacts of such events, droughts in particular revolve around the co-employment of a mix of modern ‘scientific’ approaches on one hand, the use of indigenous knowledge systems on the other hand with calls to exploit the merits of each approach. Against this background,...

Hepatitis viral infections are one of major threat to public health worldwide. The vast majority of people infected with viral hepatitis are found in resources limited countries of Africa and Asia. There is a lack of accurate data to better determine the burden of this disease in Cameroon, moreover among vulnerable people. The aim of this study was to estimate the seroprevalence of HBV and HCV viruses among persons with disabilities (PwD) with or without HIV status.

Abstract The Rungwe Volcanic Province (RVP) is a volcanic center in an anomalous region of magma‐assisted rifting positioned within the magma‐poor Western Branch of the East African Rift (EAR). The source of sublithospheric melt for the RVP is enigmatic, particularly since the volcanism is highly localized, unlike the Eastern Branch of the EAR. Some studies suggest the source of sublithospheric melt beneath the RVP arises from thermal perturbations in the upper mantle associated with an...

Africa is predicted to be the region most affected by climate change and water is one of the sectors with anticipated severe impacts. Innovations in this sector are being promoted as part of the adaptation solutions to this problem. In this paper, we use available data on water-related climate change adaptation technological developments to examine the degree to which the vulnerability to climate change in the water sector is motivating these innovations. Using pooled data for African...

This study determined the strategies for mentoring secondary school new teachers for greater performance in Anambra State. Two research questions guided the study. Two null hypotheses were tested at .05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The population consists of 257 principals of public secondary schools and 166 principals of private secondary schools in the State. The stratified random sampling technique was used to select the sample size...

Introduction The outbreak of novel COVID-19 caught the world off guard in the first quarter of 2020. To stem the tide of this pandemic, there was acceleration of the development, testing and prelicensure approval for emergency use of some COVID-19 vaccine candidates. This led to raised public concern about their safety and efficacy, compounding the challenges of vaccine hesitancy. The onus of managing and administering these vaccines to a sceptical populace when they do become available...

The project sought to look into the role of the Community vocational training centers in the wider socio-economic empowerment of women. It aimed to find out the effects of skills training on social-economic empowerment of women, examine the impact of Technical and Vocational Education and Training on social-economic empowerment of women and explore ways of improving the performance of Technical and Vocational Education and Training on social-economic empowerment of women. The study adopted a...

This study investigated the socio-cultural factors affecting integration into the formal education system in Katsina State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey design was adopted for this study. There were 653 Almajiris purposively selected from twelve Almajiris schools in Katsina State. A researcher-designed questionnaire titled: ‘‘Almajiris socio-cultural factors questionnaire’’ (ASCFQ) with test-retest reliability coefficient of 0.88 was used to collect data for the study. Analysis of data was...

Using data from GNSS networks spanning the European-African sector, the occurrence of ionospheric irregularities induced during the geomagnetic storm of 6–8 March 2016 was studied. During the main phase of the event, strong and unusual mid latitude irregularities were detected at 50°-60°N on the night of March 6, 2016 before midnight and in the early hours of March 7, 2016. At the low latitudes, intense irregularities were observed to coincide with strong amplitude scintillation in the East...

Terra MOD13Q1 satellite data were used to assess drought disaster events and its spatiotemporal patterns over the Free State Province, South Africa between 2001 and 2019. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) products and climate data downloaded from Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples” (AppEEARS) and NASA: Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resource databases, respectively were used in the study area. After acquiring MODIS data with the area of...

Terra MOD13Q1 satellite data were used to assess drought disaster events and its spatiotemporal patterns over the Free State Province, South Africa between 2001 and 2019. Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) products and climate data downloaded from Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples” (AppEEARS) and NASA: Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resource databases, respectively were used in the study area. After acquiring MODIS data with the area of...

<p>The face-to-face mode is always considered as the normal mode of teaching, and distance education is often understood as a remedy for the lack of material and human resources necessary to conduct training; but to prevent the spread of the coronavirus (COVID19), the distance course system has been launched in different countries to ensure continuity of teaching during the period when courses are stopped. In order to shed light on the role of distance learning during the spread of the...