Search
Now showing items 131-140 of 202
Emerging research university in Africa: Divergent views on relevance and experiences
(2021)
This article provides an analytical literature review on the emerging research university in Africa. Specifically, we advance a deliberation of whether a research university is relevant and various experiences that denote ...
New imperatives for librarianship in Africa
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2015)
Africa, in colonial times regarded as the “Dark Continent,” faces
many challenges, whether infrastructural, cultural, or political. Despite these challenges, countries on the continent cannot afford to
be complacent. The ...
Upscaling agriculture and food security in Africa in pursuit of the SDGs: What role does China play?
(Springer Nature, Cham, 2020)
China and Africa constitute more than a third of the world’s population and China has become Africa’s largest trading partner. This has led to other forms of engagement with African countries, shaping development policies ...
Factors influencing the awareness and adoption of borehole-garden permaculture in Malawi: Lessons for the promotion of sustainable practices
(MPDI, 2021)
Using wastewater accumulating around rural waterpoints to irrigate community gardens,
borehole-garden permaculture (BGP) presents a method of sustainable water management. BGP also
presents public health benefits through ...
Real or imagined local autonomy: Experiences from local government in Ethiopia, South Africa and Zimbabwe
(Koninklijke Brill NV, 2021)
Centralized rule has been common in Africa, and almost all African countries
implemented, constitutionally or otherwise, programs of centralization from
the time they achieved independence from colonial rule. They did ...
Legal Pluralism and the Future of Personal Family Laws in Africa
(Oxford, 2021)
A notable aspect of Africa’s struggle with itsA notable aspect of Africa’s struggle with its colonial legacies is the co-existence of indigenous laws that emerged in agrarian settings with state laws that emerged in ...
Thirty years of the CRC in Africa
(Routledge, 2021)
This chapter reviews 30 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Africa. It notes that there has been significant upgrading and modernisation of child law throughout the continent, notably in child protection ...
Children’s rights and parental authority: African perspectives
(Routledge, 2021)
Traditionally, children in African societies were raised communally, with extended family members playing a vital role in child rearing and care. Social reality is playing a formative role in relation to family law and ...
Africa 3: A continental network model to enable the African fourth industrial revolution
(IEEE, 2020)
It is widely recognised that collaboration can help fast-track the development of countries
in Africa. Leveraging on the fourth industrial revolution, Africa can achieve accelerated development in
health care services, ...
Social protection responses to COVID-19 in Africa
(SAGE Publications, 2021)
Most African countries implemented measures to contain the spread of COVID-19
during 2020, such as restrictions on business activity and travel, school closures and
stay-at-home lockdowns for several months. These ...