Review of the effects of insurgency on public health: the case of Borno state, North-east Nigeria, Dr. Ibrahim N. Mamadu, Zara W. Wudiri and Hyelni H. Mshelia
Ibrahim N. Mamadu Centre for Alternative Sustainable Livelihoods (CASELS) Nigeria Zara W. Wudiri Department of Community Medicine, University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital Nigeria Hyelni H. Mshelia Borno State Primary Healthcare Development Agency Nigeria Purpose: To analyse and highlight the effect of insurgency on healthcare outcomes in the developing world and its implications for future migratory […]
The critical role of capacity building in achieving sustainable development in Africa, Prof. Allam Ahmed and Dr. Kobena Hanson
Prof. Allam Ahmed University of Sussex UK Email: allam.ahmed@sussex.ac.uk Dr. Kobena T. Hanson African Capacity Building Foundation Zimbabwe Email: k.hanson@acbf-pact.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100007 Abstract: Today, more so than ever before, the African Continent is confronted with many challenges on its path to sustained growth and development. There is no denying the fact that Africa needs to […]
The future of Africa is now! The critical role of capacity development, Dr. Frannie Léautier
Dr. Frannie A. Léautier African Capacity Building Foundation (ACBF) Zimbabwe Email: f.leautier@acbf-pact.org DOI: 10.1108/20425945201100008 Abstract: African countries experienced severe macroeconomic shocks in the 1980s, which put them on a reform path that has generated resilience visible in their ability to recover and even grow from the fiscal and economic crises of 2008-2009. Critical to the […]
Subverting, disenchanting and rationalizing STI systems for revealing modernity in Africa, Dr. Jacques Hamel
Dr. Jacques L. Hamel United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Addis Ababa Ethiopia Email: jachamel@gmail.com DOI: 10.1108/20425945201000014 Abstract: The paper provides a speculative reflection on the power of modern science, technology and innovation systems (STI) for revealing some distinctive style of modernity in Africa. The modernization of these systems, as the backbones of any mode […]