Darko-Asumadu Daniel Ampem, Sika-Bright Solomon, Adjei Jennifred Maurice, Frimpongmaah Dorcas
The covid-19 pandemic affected the lives of millions of people worldwide including tertiary education students. The study explored the impact of covid-19 on social and academic lives of tertiary education students in Ghana. The research was positioned within the exploratory design in ascertaining in-depth data from purposively selected students. The study used the interview guide as an instrument in gathering data and showed that most students obtained their knowledge on covid-19 from families, friends, media and Ghana Health Service. However, information received about the disease from social media was mostly accompanied with myths which impaired the thoughts of students. Psychologically, students’ preparedness for academic activities were affected especially for those who did not have funds to buy laptops and/or data bundles. Although covid-19 was an opportunity for family members to reunite, it limited religious activities, social events and family gatherings. It was recommended that the university management and Ministry of Education should provide financial and material assistance via the supply of laptops and the make provision for reliable internet connectivity to students. Ghana’s education sector should effectively embrace e-learning as a pro-active measure so as to help cushion the effects of such an event on learning in case of reoccurrence.
{"title":"Navigating campus life in a pandemic: the social and academic realities of students in Ghana’s public universities during covid-19","authors":"Darko-Asumadu Daniel Ampem, Sika-Bright Solomon, Adjei Jennifred Maurice, Frimpongmaah Dorcas","doi":"10.4314/ajosi.v7i1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v7i1.4","url":null,"abstract":"The covid-19 pandemic affected the lives of millions of people worldwide including tertiary education students. The study explored the impact of covid-19 on social and academic lives of tertiary education students in Ghana. The research was positioned within the exploratory design in ascertaining in-depth data from purposively selected students. The study used the interview guide as an instrument in gathering data and showed that most students obtained their knowledge on covid-19 from families, friends, media and Ghana Health Service. However, information received about the disease from social media was mostly accompanied with myths which impaired the thoughts of students. Psychologically, students’ preparedness for academic activities were affected especially for those who did not have funds to buy laptops and/or data bundles. Although covid-19 was an opportunity for family members to reunite, it limited religious activities, social events and family gatherings. It was recommended that the university management and Ministry of Education should provide financial and material assistance via the supply of laptops and the make provision for reliable internet connectivity to students. Ghana’s education sector should effectively embrace e-learning as a pro-active measure so as to help cushion the effects of such an event on learning in case of reoccurrence.","PeriodicalId":516757,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Issues","volume":" 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140386734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
CVI is important for organizations as a medium of brand projection, with influence on corporate reputation. Access Bank's recent merger with Diamond Bank was investigated to assess the influence of logo change on corporate reputation. Five dimensions of the reputation model framework by Fombrun & Van Riel were used to test the relationship between reputation and CVI of the rebranded Access bank. Mixed methods, in-depth interviews and surveys were used gather data, while SPSS and Tableau were used for analysis. Findings showed a positive or no influence of CVI change on the reputation of Access Bank in Nigeria. The study gave credence to postulations that the operations, products and services of an organization should be greatly considered when future researchers study CVI.
{"title":"Corporate visual identity change vs corporate reputation: the case of a Pan-African Bank","authors":"Oluwadunsin Kehinde Longe, Beryl Ehondor","doi":"10.4314/ajosi.v7i1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v7i1.2","url":null,"abstract":"CVI is important for organizations as a medium of brand projection, with influence on corporate reputation. Access Bank's recent merger with Diamond Bank was investigated to assess the influence of logo change on corporate reputation. Five dimensions of the reputation model framework by Fombrun & Van Riel were used to test the relationship between reputation and CVI of the rebranded Access bank. Mixed methods, in-depth interviews and surveys were used gather data, while SPSS and Tableau were used for analysis. Findings showed a positive or no influence of CVI change on the reputation of Access Bank in Nigeria. The study gave credence to postulations that the operations, products and services of an organization should be greatly considered when future researchers study CVI.","PeriodicalId":516757,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Issues","volume":" 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140386499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This paper focuses on how women deal with challenges of marginality in the Alavanyo and Nkonya land conflict in Ghana. Using ethnographic data, the paper examines the collective and specific experiences of women and how they negotiate and navigate the challenges of marginality. The study observes that while marginality has become an enduring quality defining how women navigate everyday life, it also remains a contingent historical construction that could be contested so that women’s access to power, land, livelihoods and property may be negotiated in a way that may lead to the achievement of their social mobility aspirations and futures.
{"title":"We shall live: the experiences and responses of women to marginality in the ongoing Alavanyo - Nkonya land conflict in Ghana","authors":"Joshua Awienagua Gariba","doi":"10.4314/ajosi.v7i1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v7i1.1","url":null,"abstract":"This paper focuses on how women deal with challenges of marginality in the Alavanyo and Nkonya land conflict in Ghana. Using ethnographic data, the paper examines the collective and specific experiences of women and how they negotiate and navigate the challenges of marginality. The study observes that while marginality has become an enduring quality defining how women navigate everyday life, it also remains a contingent historical construction that could be contested so that women’s access to power, land, livelihoods and property may be negotiated in a way that may lead to the achievement of their social mobility aspirations and futures.","PeriodicalId":516757,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Issues","volume":"176 ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140387128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Religion actively encourages and participates in alleviating poverty thereby influencing the response to poverty This article examines how religious affiliations affect the quality of life of its members. The questionnaire was self-administered, employing the systematic sampling method. It was discovered that atheists and Pentecostals do not only have good feeding habits, but also have a relatively better health seeking behaviour. Atheists and Protestants are more independent than other religious adherents especially the Catholics who are significantly dependent. Although Muslims suffer from poor feeding habits, health seeking and domestic comfort, and some of them are significantly homeless, they have the most stable homes where they live in harmony with their spouses. Although Catholics and Protestants relatively have a much more domestic comfort and health seeking behaviour as compared to the Muslims, they are significantly in conflict with their spouses. The more people get closer to the original religion, the more the rate of conflicts in their household reduces thereby clearly confirming the sect-church theory.
{"title":"Religious values and poverty in Douala","authors":"Nanche Billa Robert","doi":"10.4314/ajosi.v7i1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v7i1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Religion actively encourages and participates in alleviating poverty thereby influencing the response to poverty This article examines how religious affiliations affect the quality of life of its members. The questionnaire was self-administered, employing the systematic sampling method. It was discovered that atheists and Pentecostals do not only have good feeding habits, but also have a relatively better health seeking behaviour. Atheists and Protestants are more independent than other religious adherents especially the Catholics who are significantly dependent. Although Muslims suffer from poor feeding habits, health seeking and domestic comfort, and some of them are significantly homeless, they have the most stable homes where they live in harmony with their spouses. Although Catholics and Protestants relatively have a much more domestic comfort and health seeking behaviour as compared to the Muslims, they are significantly in conflict with their spouses. The more people get closer to the original religion, the more the rate of conflicts in their household reduces thereby clearly confirming the sect-church theory.","PeriodicalId":516757,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Issues","volume":" 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140386362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study is on entrepreneurship education and new business creation among Ebonyi State University Graduates (2014-2020). 2014 was used as the base year because it was in 2014 that the University started offering entrepreneurship courses with emphasis on the development of entrepreneurship competencies, acquisition of entrepreneurship skills and development of entrepreneurship attitude. Specific objectives of the study were to determine the degree to which development of entrepreneurship competencies, entrepreneurship skills, and improvement of entrepreneurship attitude affect new business creation among Ebonyi State University Graduates. It was survey research that used a sample size of 392 from a population of 21,120. Using regression model to analyze data, it was found that development of Entrepreneurship competencies had significant positive (0.105) effect on new business creation; Entrepreneurship Skills had significant positive (0.346) effect on new business creation; and entrepreneurship attitude had significant positive (0.587) effect on new business creation among EBSU graduates. The implication of the study is that development of entrepreneurship competencies significantly affect creation of new businesses. The study recommends increase in duration and content of entrepreneurship education to ensure a link between the graduates and the business world.
{"title":"Entrepreneurship education and new business creation among Ebonyi State University Graduates (2014-2020)","authors":"G.O.C. Udu, PhD And, C. G. Nkwagu","doi":"10.4314/ajosi.v6i1.12","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v6i1.12","url":null,"abstract":"This study is on entrepreneurship education and new business creation among Ebonyi State University Graduates (2014-2020). 2014 was used as the base year because it was in 2014 that the University started offering entrepreneurship courses with emphasis on the development of entrepreneurship competencies, acquisition of entrepreneurship skills and development of entrepreneurship attitude. Specific objectives of the study were to determine the degree to which development of entrepreneurship competencies, entrepreneurship skills, and improvement of entrepreneurship attitude affect new business creation among Ebonyi State University Graduates. It was survey research that used a sample size of 392 from a population of 21,120. Using regression model to analyze data, it was found that development of Entrepreneurship competencies had significant positive (0.105) effect on new business creation; Entrepreneurship Skills had significant positive (0.346) effect on new business creation; and entrepreneurship attitude had significant positive (0.587) effect on new business creation among EBSU graduates. The implication of the study is that development of entrepreneurship competencies significantly affect creation of new businesses. The study recommends increase in duration and content of entrepreneurship education to ensure a link between the graduates and the business world.","PeriodicalId":516757,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Issues","volume":"75 9-10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140510402","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Mpuon, E. Ejem, Maurice Efiom Eyo, Geraldine Banku Mbu-Ogar, Eko Hodo Anna, Happiness Sunday Akam
The study examined the effect of logistics management practices in Calabar. The specific objectives were to investigate the effect of warehouse management, inventory, transportation and order processing on marketing performance of SMSEs in Calabar, Cross River State. The research design used for this study is the survey method. Primary data were collected from small and medium scale enterprises (SMSEs) in Calabar using questionnaire. The data were analysed using inferential and descriptive statistical tools. Based on the results, it was revealed that warehouse management, inventory management, transportation management and order processing have a significant effect on marketing performance of SMSEs in Calabar. On the basis of the findings, it was concluded that logistics and supply chain managers should encourage effective and efficient logistics management practices in their organizations to enhance their marketing performance.
{"title":"Effect of logistics management practices on marketing performance of small and medium scale enetrprises in Calabar, Cross River","authors":"J. Mpuon, E. Ejem, Maurice Efiom Eyo, Geraldine Banku Mbu-Ogar, Eko Hodo Anna, Happiness Sunday Akam","doi":"10.4314/ajosi.v6i1.11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v6i1.11","url":null,"abstract":"The study examined the effect of logistics management practices in Calabar. The specific objectives were to investigate the effect of warehouse management, inventory, transportation and order processing on marketing performance of SMSEs in Calabar, Cross River State. The research design used for this study is the survey method. Primary data were collected from small and medium scale enterprises (SMSEs) in Calabar using questionnaire. The data were analysed using inferential and descriptive statistical tools. Based on the results, it was revealed that warehouse management, inventory management, transportation management and order processing have a significant effect on marketing performance of SMSEs in Calabar. On the basis of the findings, it was concluded that logistics and supply chain managers should encourage effective and efficient logistics management practices in their organizations to enhance their marketing performance.","PeriodicalId":516757,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Issues","volume":" 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139640488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study investigates the portmanteau manifestations-j- and -k-verb morphs in Hangaza language spoken in Tanzania. The study was motivated by the language’s peculiarities in its post-radical semantic elasticity; especially the way the -j- and -k- morph behave. Lexical Mapping Theory was the tool of analysis used to explain the-j- and -k- implications. The study employed a case study design and its data were collected from the Hangaza area. Focus group discussion and documentary analysis were used in the collection of data. The collected data were represented basing on the Leipzig Glossing Rules. It was found that the -j- and -k- morphs have portmanteau senses. Thus, -k- can serve as causative or a stative while -j- can serve as an applicative or a causative. That is to say, the same form can be productive or non-productive. Lexical Mapping Theory’s theoretical apparatus explain well the -j- and -k- argument structure together with their semantics. Generally, Hangaza’s lexical peculiarities, including the nature of its prosodic features, attract further investigation into the way how polymorphic morphs are ordered and the way they function.
{"title":"Portmanteau manifestations of -j- and -k- morphs of verb extension in Hangaza","authors":"Chipanda Simon","doi":"10.4314/ajosi.v6i1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v6i1.9","url":null,"abstract":"This study investigates the portmanteau manifestations-j- and -k-verb morphs in Hangaza language spoken in Tanzania. The study was motivated by the language’s peculiarities in its post-radical semantic elasticity; especially the way the -j- and -k- morph behave. Lexical Mapping Theory was the tool of analysis used to explain the-j- and -k- implications. The study employed a case study design and its data were collected from the Hangaza area. Focus group discussion and documentary analysis were used in the collection of data. The collected data were represented basing on the Leipzig Glossing Rules. It was found that the -j- and -k- morphs have portmanteau senses. Thus, -k- can serve as causative or a stative while -j- can serve as an applicative or a causative. That is to say, the same form can be productive or non-productive. Lexical Mapping Theory’s theoretical apparatus explain well the -j- and -k- argument structure together with their semantics. Generally, Hangaza’s lexical peculiarities, including the nature of its prosodic features, attract further investigation into the way how polymorphic morphs are ordered and the way they function.","PeriodicalId":516757,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Issues","volume":" 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139640491","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This review which has three objectives is aimed at negating the myth that the ‘shadow of Somalia’ was responsible for the international neglect in Rwanda which enabled the 1994 Genocide. The first objective is to discuss the differences in the methodology of operations between the various peace keeping actors and identify the challenges that occurred during the peace keeping operations in Somalia. The second objective is to highlight some of the lessons that would have been learnt from the differences in operational tactics and strategies, and maybe the “syndrome of Mogadishu” would not have happened which spilled over to the Rwandan neglect. The third objective is to use a normative approach to highlight the importance of military interventions as an important component of humanitarianism in cases such as Rwanda, discussing theoretical concepts to develop effective approaches to this humanitarian need. This literature review is a product of the synthesis of information from various peer-reviewed publications from academic databases. The events that happened in Somalia will be critically analyzed to demonstrate the actual cause of the “shadow of Somalia.” Humanitarian intervention is then recommended to be implemented when war or armed conflict of genocidal proportion occurs in a sovereign state.
{"title":"International neglect in the Rwandan genocide; lessons missed in Somalia that would have been prevented the Mogadishu syndrome","authors":"Funom Theophilus Makama","doi":"10.4314/ajosi.v6i1.13","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v6i1.13","url":null,"abstract":"This review which has three objectives is aimed at negating the myth that the ‘shadow of Somalia’ was responsible for the international neglect in Rwanda which enabled the 1994 Genocide. The first objective is to discuss the differences in the methodology of operations between the various peace keeping actors and identify the challenges that occurred during the peace keeping operations in Somalia. The second objective is to highlight some of the lessons that would have been learnt from the differences in operational tactics and strategies, and maybe the “syndrome of Mogadishu” would not have happened which spilled over to the Rwandan neglect. The third objective is to use a normative approach to highlight the importance of military interventions as an important component of humanitarianism in cases such as Rwanda, discussing theoretical concepts to develop effective approaches to this humanitarian need. This literature review is a product of the synthesis of information from various peer-reviewed publications from academic databases. The events that happened in Somalia will be critically analyzed to demonstrate the actual cause of the “shadow of Somalia.” Humanitarian intervention is then recommended to be implemented when war or armed conflict of genocidal proportion occurs in a sovereign state.","PeriodicalId":516757,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Issues","volume":"29 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140510574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Arnold Maviya, Grace Portia Kuda Ngorora-Madzimure, Jacob Mapara
This article reviews literature on how religious cultural practices affect entrepreneurship success. It is informed by different religious cultural practices on entrepreneurship success. African indigenous religious practice, Islam, Hinduism and Christianity are presented as aspects of culture in this article. The influence of these religious practices was bench-marked by success factors which were recorded by various authors. The findings indicated that religious cultural practices promote success in entrepreneurship activities. All of these practices are by faith which renders it impossible to scientifically prove the claims therein. These religious practices promote some ethics an motivation within the individuals which results in the success of their entrepreneurship activities. It additionally notes that even businesses that are anchored on social intelligence as an additional asset are also generally perceived as anchored in any one or more of these faiths. The review however notes that there are some negative influences as well from some of these religious cultural practices. The paper thus concludes by proposing to the reader who is interested in venturing into free enterprise to consider these practices with care in order to get the best out of them.
{"title":"The effects of religious practices on entrepreneurship success","authors":"Arnold Maviya, Grace Portia Kuda Ngorora-Madzimure, Jacob Mapara","doi":"10.4314/ajosi.v6i1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/ajosi.v6i1.4","url":null,"abstract":"This article reviews literature on how religious cultural practices affect entrepreneurship success. It is informed by different religious cultural practices on entrepreneurship success. African indigenous religious practice, Islam, Hinduism and Christianity are presented as aspects of culture in this article. The influence of these religious practices was bench-marked by success factors which were recorded by various authors. The findings indicated that religious cultural practices promote success in entrepreneurship activities. All of these practices are by faith which renders it impossible to scientifically prove the claims therein. These religious practices promote some ethics an motivation within the individuals which results in the success of their entrepreneurship activities. It additionally notes that even businesses that are anchored on social intelligence as an additional asset are also generally perceived as anchored in any one or more of these faiths. The review however notes that there are some negative influences as well from some of these religious cultural practices. The paper thus concludes by proposing to the reader who is interested in venturing into free enterprise to consider these practices with care in order to get the best out of them.","PeriodicalId":516757,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Social Issues","volume":"23 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140510704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tinashe John Munezvenyu, Tadios Chisango, Latih Linjesa, Johnson Chingozho, Bekithemba Ngwenya
The purpose of the study was to assess the prevalence of mental health problems at Harare Central Prison, Zimbabwe, in addition to assessing the prisoners’ levels of religiosity and spirituality, and furthermore ascertain how these affect their mental health and psychosocial wellbeing. This paper used a qualitative research design, whilst the target population constituted the inmates at Harare Central Prison with diagnosed or undiagnosed mental health conditions. Purposeful sampling was used, whilst the research instrument employed was structured interviews. Data were presented in narrative form and analyzed using thematic analysis. The major findings of this study were that religion and spirituality had beneficial effects on the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of inmates, including working as a protective factor. It was concluded that all the various stakeholders concerned should work on promoting the functional and beneficial aspects of religion and spirituality at the prison.
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