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Education: The Key to Africa’s Future

, 2007
Africa, a continent full of abundance and potential, is ironically hindered in desolation, deprivation, and chaos. The growth, future, and potential success of Africa is solely dependent on the education of its children.
Bixby, Heather
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The False Promise of Gleneagles: Misguided Priorities at the Heart of the New Push for African Development [PDF]

, 2009
The Gleneagles Summit, for all its good intentions, gave rise to unrealistic expectations. The heavy emphasis on aid and debt relief made Western actions appear to be chiefly responsible for poverty alleviation in Africa.
Marian L. Tupy
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The epidemiology of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in rural East Africa: A population-based study. [PDF]

, 2020
BackgroundChronic kidney disease (CKD) may be common among individuals living in sub-Saharan Africa due to the confluence of CKD risk factors and genetic predisposition.MethodsWe ascertained the prevalence of CKD and its risk factors among a sample of 3 ...
Atukunda, Mucunguzi, Balzer, Laura B, Black, Doug, Charlebois, Edwin D, Elly, Assurah, Estrella, Michelle M, Havlir, Diane, Hsu, Chi-Yuan, Kabami, Jane, Kamya, Moses, Kwarisiima, Dalsone, Muiru, Anthony N, Okiror, Samuel, Petersen, Maya, Snyman, Katherine   +14 more
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Sustainability Strategies in the Cocoa‐Chocolate Value Chain: An Analysis Using Stakeholder Theory, Global Value Chain Theory, and Resource Dependence Theory

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The cocoa‐chocolate value chain faces significant environmental and social challenges, driving firms to adopt sustainability strategies ranging from individual practices to third‐party certifications. This study investigates the factors associated with these strategies by analyzing 304 cocoa‐chocolate companies using firm‐level data from the ...
Stella Marschner, Luigi Orsi, Alessandro Olper, Stefanella Stranieri   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Severe outcomes among adults with TB during COVID-19

IJTLD Open
BACKGROUND: The COVID-19 pandemic prompted strict public health measures to reduce SARS-CoV-2 transmission, potentially interrupting TB programmes in the Western Cape, South Africa.
T. Jacobs, E. Morden, M. Smith, A. von Delft, R. Kassanjee, V. Mudaly, A. Boulle, M-A. Davies   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

A low-cost flow cytometric assay for the detection and quantification of apoptosis using an anionic halogenated fluorescein dye

BioTechniques, 2008
We describe here a technical improvement of an established colorimetric method used to detect and measure the occurrence of apoptosis in mammalian cells during in vitro cell culture. This assay uses an anionic halogenated fluorescein dye that is taken up
Mervin Meyer, Magbubah Essack, Stonard Kanyanda, Jasper G. Rees   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

DETERMINANTS OF CONSTRUCTION FIRMS' COMPLIANCE WITH HEALTH AND SAFETY REGULATIONS IN SOUTH AFRICA [PDF]

, 2012
The management of health and safety issues is very significant in the construction industry in South Africa in terms of accident rates and cost to contractors.
Oladapo, Adebayo Akanbi, Windapo, Abimbola   +1 more
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Charting the Path to Increased Oil Palm Output in Ghana Beyond Area Expansion: Technology or Managerial Capacity — Which Leads the Way?

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study sets out to investigate the prospects for raising oil palm output in sub‐Saharan Africa, particularly Ghana, without further expansion of cropland. Given global concerns about oil palm's role in deforestation and land use change, the focus is on enhancing productivity on existing farmlands.
Jacob Asravor, Francis Tsiboe, Ayobami Adetoyinbo, Jacob Ankamah   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Who Are the Consumers of European Farmers' Markets? A Cross‐Country Analysis

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT With substantial growth in the number of farmers' markets (FMs) in developed countries, the number of consumers visiting FMs is also increasing. This study comparatively assesses the consumers of FMs in three European countries where FMs traditionally play a distinctive role in food supply chains.
Áron Török, Gréta Maró, Zsófia Jámbor, Zalán Márk Maró, Barbara Tocco, Péter Balogh, Péter Czine   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is bad news from Africa good news for Western media? [PDF]

, 2009
This article examines the elements that underpin the controversy over Western media’s coverage of Africa, including growing perceptions by African political leaders and journalists of the increasing distortion of Africa by Western media, as well as how ...
Obijiofor, Levi
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