The rate of business closure in Sub-Saharan Africa has been on the rise. Sufficient underlining reasons behind the closures of businesses have not been adequately established to improve organizational success. This research investigates the risk factors and concurring issues affecting business survival in Sub-Saharan Africa, case study, Cameroon with attention to the Northwest Region of Cameroon. The objectives were to (a) determine the factors influencing sustainable business growth in general; (b) determine the strategies adopted by business owners in the region that enable their businesses to survive; (c) assess the challenges leadership faces in running its businesses; (d) assess the…
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Le monde de l’éducation connaît une transformation considérable, due à la rencontre de la technologie et de la pédagogie. Cette transformation a donné naissance à un enseignement hybride, une approche dynamique qui combine de manière transparente les avantages de l’enseignement en ligne et de l’enseignement en présentiel. Unicaf et l’université Unicaf, pionniers dans le domaine de l’enseignement en ligne, ont adopté cette évolution, ouvrant la voie en offrant aux étudiants une expérience d’apprentissage flexible, attrayante et complète. Dans cet article, nous explorerons la croissance de l’apprentissage hybride et la façon dont Unicaf et l’université Unicaf façonnent son avenir.
All levels of the school system promote and practice teachers’ continuous professional development to ensure they meet the diverse needs of students in Antigua and Barbuda. Using a qualitative approach, this study sought to determine which approach suits the individual needs of educators in Antigua and Barbuda and examined participants’ perspectives on conventional and bespoke teacher professional development. In the research context, there is an issue of teachers’ inability to integrate ICT tools and lack the ability to incorporate strategies, skills, and knowledge acquired during teacher professional development into their practices. Transformational learning theory provides the theoretical framework…
In line with Peter Drucker’s view, knowledge has emerged as a key economic resource as well as the principal and preponderant source of competitive advantages. This study has the objective of exploring the capability of the existing knowledge management (KM) and organisational learning (OL) practices of the Gambia banking sector along with evaluating its required KM and OL practices towards achieving industrial innovative and sustainable competitive advantages. The three theories that dominated this study include the tacit and explicit knowledge, the community of practices, and the knowledge workers’ theories. This study adopted mixed methods approach and…
Par le Dr. Nicos Nicolaou, expert en éducation, Unicaf Malgré les défis initiaux posés par la pandémie de COVID-19 sur l’enseignement supérieur, l’industrie s’est mobilisée pour trouver des solutions et maintenir les opportunités éducatives. Cet article décrit comment le Covid-19 a transformé l’éducation en Afrique. Les leaders du secteur ont accéléré la transformation numérique pour offrir un apprentissage en ligne, une communication transparente et une intégration entre les institutions. Cette démarche a non seulement permis de faire face aux perturbations liées à la pandémie, mais elle continue de fournir une plateforme permettant à l’éducation de progresser et de prospérer…
Travailler et étudier pour un doctorat en ligne Un doctorat en ligne n’est pas à prendre à la légère. Si vous avez obtenu un master ou une licence en ligne ou sur un campus, vous connaissez certainement les délais serrés pour les travaux et les examens. Comment faire pour suivre quatre ou cinq modules de huit ou douze semaines qui durent un mois et un examen de doctorat, tout en trouvant le temps de terminer votre thèse ? Bien que je travaille comme comptable à plein temps et que je sois mère de trois adolescents, je continue à suivre mon…
Social media marketing (SMM) plays an important role in business communication, marketing, operations, and other activities. There is a growing interest among researchers, academicians, and practitioners to understand the role of SMM in business sustainability in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in an emerging economy, like India. Few studies have attempted to understand this role. Thus, the aim of this study is to examine the impact of adopting social media marketing for sustainable business growth of SMEs in an emerging economy. The study also investigates the moderating role of SME leadership support on the relationship between SMM usage and sustainable…
The study aimed at identifying the school-based issues that influence competency-based curriculum’s implementation in public primary schools of North Eastern Kenya. The issues examined in the study were: professional development of instructors, teaching aids, supervision and monitoring, and the perception of teachers on competency-based curriculum implementation. Being secondary research, the researcher uses sampling methods relevant to secondary research techniques. The writer reviewed past research done on the topic which encompassed a diverse group of educational stakeholders varying in age, academic qualification, and professional advancement. The sample size included 14 headteachers, 100 teachers, 1 education officer, and 2 Quality assurance officers.
The successful adoption of e-government systems leads to efficient delivery of government services. Despite several e-government initiatives by the Uganda government, there has been limited success, with the levels of adoption and use remaining generally low. Countries like Uganda are facing challenges like lack of up-to-date technology, but the biggest challenges raise from non-technical issues to include lack of public awareness and sensitization in regards to the benefits of e-government, availability of different e-government services and systems together with a low e-readiness index. Therefore, for a developing country like Uganda much energy and efforts by government should mainly focus on…
The Covid-19 pandemic struck the world in 2019 and caught humanity unprepared. Globally the pandemic brought normal life processes to a halt and caused much disruption to the lives of millions. Across the globe many lost jobs and livelihoods whilst the work environment had to eventually go on, a new way of doing things had to be introduced and adopted. This study seeks to show how establishments and entities have turned to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to reintroduce the world to a world of work where the environment or work interaction has virtual aspects to it nested in ICT…