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Followership in sub-Saharan Africa’s Development: Reconstructing the Appendage Game
(Brill, 2020-12-18)To address the many challenges of development faced in sub-Saharan Africa, the concentration of attention upon defects of African governments in power continues to be a main focus, as failed leadership is regarded as the ... -
Closing the HIV and AIDS “Information Gap” Between Children and Parents: An Exploration of Makerspaces in a Ugandan Primary School
(MDPI, 2020-07-23)In this study, we address the research question: “How might child-created billboards about HIV and AIDS help facilitate more open discussions between parents and children?” The premise of our study is that there may be ... -
Rethinking Anti-Corruption Strategies in Uganda: An Ethical Reflection
(University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2020-07-01)Corruption continues to be one of the key challenges to the governance and development of many African countries. In Uganda, despite the existence of various anti-corruption strategies, several scandals can be cited in ... -
Followership in Sub-Saharan Africa’s Development: Reconstructing the Appendage Game
(Brill, 2020-12-18)To address the many challenges of development faced in sub-Saharan Africa, the concentration of attention upon defects of African governments in power continues to be a main focus, as failed leadership is regarded as the ... -
Sustainable Development for Uganda: A Switch to Followership Model
(The Pennsylvania State University, 2020)Leadership, as a habit of thinking, assumes the alpha and omega position for pursuance of sustainable development in Uganda. However, what if we considered followership first? Using literature review, a conceptual framework, ... -
‘Which journal is that?’ Politics of academic promotion in Uganda and the predicament of African publication outlets
(Routledge Taylor and Francis, 2020-09)Research and publication are some of the practices that define university work and therefore are part and parcel of the key considerations for promoting university-based academics. Whereas this promotion standard is ... -
Local Language a Medium of Instruction: Challenges and Way Forward
(2018)The paper reports on a participatory action research study conducted in six rural primary schools in Uganda in 2013 to establish why children taught in the local language had difficulties in reading and writing. Findings ... -
Sustainable Energy Transitions in Sub-Saharan African Cities: The Role of Local Government
(Elsiever, 2018)Sub-Saharan Africa is urbanizing fast, and by 2040 the population of the subcontinent is expected to be predominantly urban, placing a vastly increased burden on urban governance. Energy futures modeling indicates that 75% ... -
Speech at the 7th UMU Annual Research conference held on 27 January 2016
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Nutritional Recovery Outcome among Moderately Malnourished Under-five Children in Communities Implementing Positive Deviance - Hearth or Community Health Workers’ Nutrition Promotion Approaches in Karusi and Kirundo Provinces, Burundi
(African Journals Online, 2017)The Positive Deviance - Hearth (PD-H) approach is important in controlling malnutrition; however, there is limited data on its effect in improving nutrition status. Objective: To assess the effect of PD-H and community ... -
Removal of Public Officers from Office: Law and Justice in a Flux
(African Journals Online, 2012)This paper examined the state of the law on removal of public officers from office. It observed that there are competing interests of labour and industry to be served by the rules on disengagement from public office. ... -
Potential Contribution of Tamale International Airport to the Development of Northern Ghana
(African Journals Online, 2012)Empirical analysis of the socio-economic benefits and challenges of air transport in Ghana has not received much attention. This is in spite of the fact that policy makers and aviation operators need such analysis to ... -
Microbiological Safety of Ready-to-eat Foods Sold in Primary Schools in Abeokuta, South-West Nigeria
(African Journals Online, 2012)A study was conducted to assess the microbial safety of ready-to-eat (RTE) foods sold in private and public primary schools in Abeokuta, South-western Nigeria. One hundred and sixty RTE food samples were collected from ... -
Challenges and Counselling Needs of Sickle Cell Patients Attending University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital
(African Journals Online, 2012)This study investigated the challenges and counselling needs of sickle cell patients attending the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH) Kwara State, Nigeria. Purposive sampling was used to select 120 literate ... -
Proposing an Indigenous Nigerian Folktale Therapy as a Counselling Model for Character Training and Behaviour Change among School Children
(African Journals Online, 2012)Using the Yoruba race of Nigeria as fulcrum for the study, this paper examines the universality and didactic significance of archetypes in African folklore. The authors contend that Africa folklore, by virtue of its ... -
Suboptimal Utilisation of Resources in Sub-Saharan African Higher Education Institutions: the Case of Teaching Space at Makerere University
(African Journals Online, 2012)Many higher education institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa are underfunded. Consequently, they are operating with encumbering resources constraints that threaten quality assurance. Accordingly, they are working to expand ... -
Evaluation of the Blended Learning approach to Teaching Software Engineering
(African Journals Online, 2012)This research presents experimentation of MOODLE course management system for teaching software engineering and process modelling to master’s degree students. The students used MOOLE for online discussions, assignments ... -
Novel Organic Fertilisers for Management of Root-Knot Disease of Soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill]
(African Journals Online, 2011)Organic farming is currently receiving great impetus in Africa due to its potentials to improve nutrition, income and livelihoods of resource-poor smallholder farmers. Sustainable management of root-knot nematodes in ... -
Evaluation of Pathogenic Bacteria Associated with Fresh Produce obtained from Selected Markets in Abeokuta
(African Journals Online, 2011)The bacterial quality of eight types of fresh produce obtained from selected markets in Abeokuta was determined. Two hundred forty (240) samples of fresh vegetables were examined for aerobic plate counts, coliform counts, ... -
Impact of Teacher Development Programmes on Teachers’ Attitudes towards MDG2: the Case of Abeokuta South Local Government
(African Journals Online, 2011)Millennium Development Goal (MDG) 2 focuses on attainment of universal primary education (UPE). Taking cognizance of the fact that attainment of the goal depends heavily on the attitudes and work of teachers involved in ...