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The main thrust of this book is to examine whether Africa is in a position to benefit from the digital age, given the continent’s many development challenges and slow adoption of digital technologies. While there is substantial literature on the digital economy and the quickening pace of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR), comparatively little research has been conducted on what the digital age means for Africa. This book aims to close this research gap by using various qualitative and...
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Rural livelihoods across Lesotho have been markedly impacted by climate change, as they are largely agriculture dependent (80%). Adaptation to the events of climate variability especially in agriculturally dependent communities is of importance. In drier districts given the fact that agriculture is the most affected sector, the (Lesotho) state adopted several strategies and measures for climate change adaptation to improve rural livelihoods. To get an overview of adaptation, the study...
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South Africa’s constitutional imperatives of social inclusion, social justice, respect for diversity and the transformation of society are reflected in broad education policy. This includes the mainstreaming of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) issues in education policy and frameworks. However despite formal provision for LGBTI inclusion, the purpose of this chapter, which is theoretically grounded in the tradition of social justice education, is to present varied...
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Groundwater is often the preferred source for human consumption, irrigation and industry. In Algeria, many people count on well water for their drinking water supply and irrigation of agricultural lands; especially in rural areas, which is a strategic reserve of which quality must be assured. Groundwater protection requires the detection of origins of pollution and its consequences on the ecological system. The region of Bouirahas seen water-borne diseases occurrence caused by groundwater...
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An interview with Terence Fenn, a senior lecturer at the University of Johannesburg and frequent author of information architecture and design papers, talks and presentations, where he discusses how his interest in information architecture developed over time, how he teaches information architecture to his students in the Art, Design and Architecture school, the social and cultural importance of design, and how he has been using information architecture to redefine how to teach design in a post-colonial, post-Apartheid South Africa.
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The past decade oversaw numerous advancements in technology and society. The nature of legal services is drastically changing given the digital age. This new age of technological advancement not only presents new challenges but also a new source of income. It presents avenues for making work easier and also an avenue for maximizing on these opportunities. The law and legal education needs to cater for demands and public expectation. This requires a robust curriculum to be constantly in place...
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Evidence shows that appropriate investments in education and training are a catalyst to socioeconomic development in many countries. This is possible where these investments generate three key outcomes, namely, knowledge, skills, and appropriate attitudes. An appropriate education system for a country is founded on a philosophy, vision, and mission with targets and goals pursued through clearly stated objectives. This chapter spells out the philosophy, vision, mission, goals, and objectives...
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In the wake of the Congress of Parties held in Paris in 2015 (COP21), many commentators noted that publicly championed agreements masked grave structural flaws in these agreements that disadvantaged developing nations. As each COP has made clear, the deliberations around emissions, mitigation, and adaptation are defined by tensions between historical patterns of emission from the global north and rapidly changing patterns of emission from the global south. As a result, climate justice has...
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In a global, regional and Kenyan perspective, there is a challenge as to the best curriculum to use for behaviour change among learners with Emotional and Behaviour Disorders (EBD).This study assessed curriculum for behaviour change among learners with EBD in selected Juvenile Schools (JS) in Kenya.The study was based on the social learning theory.Cross sectional descriptive research design was used.Target population comprised of all the learners in the selected JS and their managers in...
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The rapid population and industrial growth in Zimbabwe has resulted in land degradation and negative impacts on the human and physical environment. The primary purpose of this chapter was to find out the various indigenous environmental management practices available in Chimanimani that can be adopted by other communities in the conservation and sustainable use of resources. Secondly, the study explored Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and environmental management practices that can be integrated...
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The use of psychoactive substances is one of the main public health issues worldwide. However, there is a lack of evidence on the magnitude of current substance use among students in Ethiopia. Therefore, this study aimed to provide comprehensive views of the current prevalence of substance use among students in Ethiopia.We searched PubMed/Medline, Health InterNetwork Access to Research Initiative (HINARI), Google Scholar, and gray literature sources between 2000 and 2019. The prevalence of...
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Arganeraie Biosphere Reserve (ABR) in Morocco was established in 1998.Today the reserve covers 2.5 million hectares and more than 3 million people and, as such, it has been a complex social-ecological system to govern.Authors draw on postnormal conservation science and environmental governance studies to investigate environmental governance processes within the ABR and shed light on their outcomes and challenges to date.First, authors analyse how Moroccan institutions are managing this vast...