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Innovative Private Sector Development Instruments – an African Perspective
Small and medium enterprises (SME) are viewed as a key driver of economic and social development in the African context. They represent a large number of businesses, generate a relative large proportion of employment and ...
Managing International Development Agencies (IDAs)
International development agencies (IDAs) operate in a context of diverse stakeholder interests. This requires them to consider the significance of each category of stakeholders to determine the level of interest and power ...
Implementation of triple helix clusters procedure in the Sub-Sahara Africa energy sector
Penetration of decentralized power supply for households and commercial enterprises is low in Sub-Sahara Africa. Solar Home Systems (SHS), despite their widespread use in other continents have failed to attain much success ...
Energy for social transformation : a study of the West Nile region of Uganda
This Paper presents the results of technical, financial, environmental and management feasibility studies into the provision of reliable, sustainable and environmentally-friendly supply of electricity to the north-west ...
Use of solar concentrators for steam generation in industrial processes
Steam plays a substantial role in several industrial
processes and is usually required in significant
amounts to enable continuous production in
beverages, dairies, flower farms, and many other
agro-processing industries. ...
Social media use in Kenya: an impetus or a deterrent to socio-economic development?
Social media is conceived as a tool for interaction within the information society. With many social media platforms globally, the importance of social media in today’s socio-economic development cannot be disputed. It ...
Prospects of the use of solar water heaters in demand side management in Uganda
The commercial sector in Uganda accounts for about 20% of the total electrical energy consumed in the country, with about 50% consumed in the domestic sector and the remaining 30% to the industrial sector. As the economy ...
The adoption of mobile technology as a tool for situational crime prevention in Kenya
The adoption of mobile technology in crime prevention has substantially grown across the world. However, this is not the case in Kenya, because the public still have to go from one police station to another to report crimes ...
Impact assessment on training of religious leaders against HIV and AIDS related stigma, denial and descriminationreport of Study Findings
Despite major strides in the Kenya’s National HIV and AIDS response since the 1980s, the HIV and AIDS pandemic remains a major public health challenge. HIV and AIDS related stigma is a major obstacle that limits the effective ...