Micro-credit has been acknowledged as a resourceful means of enhancing people economic activities and eliminating poverty among the poor. In Ghana, many organisations including those for disabled persons have adopted micro-credit as a strategy for enhancing empowerment. This study sought to explore, highlight and provide scientific information on the role of micro-credit in the economic empowerment of disabled persons using the Anglican and Community-Based Rehabilitation micro-credit programm...
This study was set out to assess the participation of stakeholders in sanitation services delivery in public basic schools within the Wa Municipality of the Upper West Region. A mixed method design was used and analysis drawn using content and thematic approaches. Data were collected using interviews, focus group discussions and observation. The study found that stakeholders' participation towards provision of sanitary facilities in schools within the Wa Municipality was very low as a result ...
Abstract/Overview Reflective practice is one of the concepts that the Aga Khan University-Institute for Educational Development, Eastern Africa values as essential for teacher learning and development. It is incorporated in the Certificate in Education Programmes that target practising primary teachers. Emphasis is given to journal writing as an approach to reflective practice. However, many teachers seem to find it challenging to sustain this approach. This was a small-scale study which ...
Abstract/Overview Sub-Saharan Africa in general and Kenya in particular, provide a challenging business environment. In this contribution the authors first present an overview of the economic, sociocultural and institutional hurdles for small-scale entrepreneurship. These challenges notwithstanding, there are some success stories that flourish. Many entrepreneurial initiatives explicitly try to learn from the current policy failures. The paper will in particular focus on the impact of man...
Overpopulation has emerged as a significant subject in the domains of social and scientific disciplines. The phenomenon of overpopulation has had a significant negative impact on our ecosystem. It exerts both beneficial and detrimental impacts on the environment. Human overpopulation occurs when the global population exceeds Earth's carrying capacity. Overpopulation has emerged as a significant challenge in this century, as it has had a profound influence on our environmental, economic, and s...
Misinformation in any society can harm various sectors of that society. It can debar democratic processes, cause social cohesion, and create a terrible public health system. Misinformation is very common in Nigeria, which has become a challenge to developing various sectors of the Nigerian economy. It is common knowledge that if the citizens and non citizens in a country have flourishing businesses in that country, the Gross Domestic Profit (GDP) of that country’s economy will increase. For...
Abstract Purpose: Examine the moderating effect of Innovation Ecosystem (IE) on the relationship between Knowledge Entrepreneurship (KE) and Innovation Performance (IP) of manufacturing firms in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach: The study was anchored on the complexity theory. Mixed method research was applied which utilized cross-sectional design. The target population was 828 manufacturing firms. Purposive and stratified random sampling was used to determine a sample size of 115 firms. F...
Abstract The purpose of this study was to explore the Effect of Entrepreneurship Education on Innovation Capability of TVET Graduates in Kenya. The study used a cross-sectional survey research design. The study used the entire population as a sample since the accessible population was all TVET graduates in Kenya. The main data collection instrument was semi-structured questionnaire. The questionnaire was tested for reliability and validity. The study found out that entrepreneurship education...
Abstract This study aims to investigate the influence of record management in the tendering process in the public sector in the context of the Embu County Government, specifically the study sought to investigate the influence of training in record keeping and the filing system on tendering process in Embu county government. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The study used the census method for the 33 members of the tendering committee in the county government of Embu. The stud...
Abstract Tsetse flies use antennal expressed genes to navigate their environment. While most canonical genes associated with chemoreception are annotated, potential gaps with important antennal genes are uncharacterized in Glossina morsitans morsitans. We generated antennae-specific transcriptomes from adult male G. m. morsitans flies fed/unfed on bloodmeal and/or exposed to an attractant (ε-nonalactone), a repellant (δ-nonalactone) or paraffin diluent. Using bioinformatics approach, we ma...
Abstract Knowledge entrepreneurship is increasingly becoming important in driving innovation forhigh levels of competitiveness. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relation-ship between Organization Learning (OL) and Innovation Output (IO) for improved per-formance in manufacturingfirms in Kenya. The theoretical underpinnings on this study arethe Schumpeter’s (1934) innovation theory of and the Gleick (1987) complexity theory. Themethodology used was mixed method research beca...
Abstract Parental Communication (PC) in children’s education is instrumental in determining achievement in learning outcomes; while appropriate parental engagement is related to positive learner achievement, inappropriate communication inhibits learner achievement in education. Parents in Chwele zone ECDE centres hardly provide feedback following communications from the school concerning their children’s progress, a scenario thought to be attributed to by lack of awareness. This study ex...
Abstract Teachers are supposed to adapt their teaching-learning process based on classroom interaction to suit the learning conditions of learners to produce a complete learning community that is intellectually and behaviourally sound. This can only be achieved in a serene, friendly, and collaborative environment. This study determined the effects of consensus and cooperative reflective journal writing instructional strategies on students’ achievement in biology, with gender moderating at ...
Abstract The study examined perceptions of teachers towards the use of inquiry-based learning (IBL) following 5Es instructional model in teaching biology at upper secondary school level in Rwanda. It also examined the challenges faced by teachers while using the IBL instructional model. Six senior four secondary schools and having boys and girls students offering MCB (Mathematics, Chemistry and Biology) combinations were purposively sampled for the study which involved 6 teachers and 228 stu...