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This is a media ethnographic bachelor thesis. It examines journalism students at Bahir Dar University’s perceptions about how television can influence their identities but also cultures and lifestyles in Ethiopia in general. Ethnographic observations, time-use diaries, group interviews and individual interviews were used to gather data. However, the individual interviews are our main method.Our results showed that the journalism students believe that television influence them in various...
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Authors recognize the role of education in the reduction of poverty, in economic growth and social inclusion. However, despite efforts granted, educational services are still very unequally distributed in Cameroon. This study attempts to analyze the evolution of education inequality in Cameroon between 2001 and 2007. We used data from the two Cameroon Household survey led in 2001 (CHS II) and in 2007 (CHS III) by the National Institute of Statistics. The study measures education inequality...
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This study attempted to develop a decisive tool for pollution bio-monitoring triad (target specie-tissue-analyte) at the Lake Chad region of Nigeria. Six prominent commercial food fish species (Polypterus ansorgii, Clarias anguillaris, Oreochromis niloticus, Synodontis nigrita, Bagrus docmac, Lates niloticus) were collected and tissues (Gills, Kidney, Liver, Lung and Muscle) harvested and prepared for metals (Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn) analysis according to standard procedures....
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The economic value of tourism makes it an attractive sector for commerce. Ethiopia has experienced rapid changes during the last decade and can be regarded the leading economic stimulator of the Horn of Africa. The challenge is therefore not only to develop tourism in a sustainable way so that a growing population can be fed, but simultaneously to create better livelihoods for millions of people. The primary objective is to develop an overall education, training and multi-disciplinary...
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Abs trac t This study examines the knowledge sharing practices of academics in Higher Education Institutions(HEI) in Ethiopia in the process of conducting research and disseminating their research outputs. Based on the understanding that Knowledge Sharing is a key enabler of Knowledge Management, the study analyses how individual based variables determine knowledge sharing practices. The relevant variables are drawn from the Theory of Planned Behavior where knowledge sharing is predicted by...
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This thesis is the first major assessment of pesticide management in Zanzibar, Tanzania. It underlines the risks for human health and the environment that are likely under the current pesticide management regime. The thesis explores different parts of the pesticide management system, including legislation, public institutions, import, distribution and sales. It also examines farmers’ pesticide management and risk-awareness, as well as agricultural extension and the sources of information...
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In 1980, about 900,000 youth in the world expatriated themselves to study abroad. Today, this number has almost tripled. Five countries attract 70 % of these students: the United States of America, England, Germany, France and Australia whereas the countries sending the highest levels of students abroad are: China, South Korea, India, Japan and Greece. The Maghreb countries are at the very bottom on this list.
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Social media are technologies that have been widely appropriated in students’ daily lives. This has resulted in increasing research interest in the potential supportive role that social media can offer in learning contexts. To date a lot of research in the area of technology in education in general and social media in particular, has concentrated in the global north. This thesis contributes to the discussion offering a global south perspective from a small-scale study, but still of...