Essays about: "Southern and Central Africa"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Southern and Central Africa.

1. 1. Discovering Zimbabwean Digital Literature : An Exploratory Study of the Typologies and Properties of Online Audiences of Ephemeral Literature

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Earl Dube; [2023]
   Keywords : Zimbabwe; digital literature; online audience; ephemeral literature; community; frame of relevance; Afrocentricity; Communicative Figuration;

   Abstract : Cathrine Phiri's novel ‘Never Mine’ on Facebook, highlights the liberating potential of online literary engagement, particularly for female readers, amid creative restrictions in Zimbabwe. Utilising both the Afrocentric and Communicative Figuration concepts, the study examines how digital ephemeral literature fosters connection and conversation. READ MORE

3. 2. The financial crisis and its effects on people's health in Sub-Saharan Africa

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

   Author : Frida Apelqvist; Agnes Spånér; [2022-07-08]
   Keywords : Financial crisis; Health; Africa; GDP; Suicide; Infant mortality; HIV;

   Abstract : The financial crisis hit the world during the years of 2008 and 2009. This crisis led to severe financial consequences in mostly North America, Europe but also in Sub-Saharan Africa. Sub-Saharan Africa already had healthcare difficulties, low standard of living and were sensitive to shocks. READ MORE

4. 3. Off-grid Solar Products Going Circular: Exploring the potential for repair, refurbishment and remanufacturing strategies and business models for Solar Home Systems and Solar Lanterns in India

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Internationella miljöinstitutet

   Author : Lucyl Staub; [2019]
   Keywords : circular economy; business model; circular strategy; off-grid; photovoltaics; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Off-grid solar products play an essential role in increasing and improving rural energy access, thereby reducing poverty and mitigating climate change. Experiencing fast market growth in Central and Southern Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, off-grid solar products will represent 50% of the newly established electricity connections in the world between 2017 and 2030. READ MORE

5. 4. An Unequal Partnership: Nyasaland and the Central African Federation, 1953-1963.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Magnus Monahan; [2019]
   Keywords : Malawi; Nyasaland; Central African Federation; Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; African Economic History; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : From 1953-1963 Nyasaland was a part of the Central African Federation, along with Northern and Southern Rhodesia. The establishment of the Federation was hugely unpopular in Nyasaland due to fears it would be dominated by the white settler community in Southern Rhodesia. READ MORE

6. 5. The Effect of Democracy versus Autocracy in Environmental Policy-making using Six African Cases

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Cajsa Andersson; [2018]
   Keywords : Authoritarian Environmentalism; the Paris Agreement; Intended Nationally Determined Contributions INDCs ; Southern and Central Africa;

   Abstract : As climate change continues to permeate the current political discourse and its effects becomes increasingly visible, the way countries respond to the situation is crucial for determining the extent of future environmental degradation. The Paris Agreement is an attempt to mitigate and adapt to the situation, however the western values tied to it have been criticised. READ MORE