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African Researchers Magazine is an authoritative publication that is focused on African research communication and dissemination. Our goal is to ensure that African research findings and contribution are efficiently interpreted, profoundly promoted and appropriately communicated to end users (governments, policies makers, practitioners, professionals, academics, business people, NGOs and the laymen on the streets of Africa) thereby influencing decision making for the greater good of the continent. Read more ...
LATEST PAPERS
COVID-19: Perspectives and Reflections from Africa
This classic editorial is written by the Editorial team of African Journal of Reproductive Health headed by the highly esteemed (EiC) Prof. Friday E....
LATEST NEWS
COVID-19, Africa Update: $30M Loan Initiative to unlock private sector Healthcare...
Good news for Africa as the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, USAID CII, The Rockefeller Foundation, Skoll Foundation, MCJ Amelior...
RESEARCH OF THE MONTH
Sickle Cell Disease among Blacks; the Possible Pivotal Role of Precision...
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) occurs commonly in sub- Saharan African region. For instance, out of the estimated 305,800 babies born annually with SCD worldwide...
RESEARCHER OF THE MONTH
Prof. Steven Runo will be awarded the Royal Society Africa Prize...
Prof. Steven Runo will be awarded the Royal Society Africa Prize 2020 for elucidating pathways for long distance RNA trafficking between parasitic plants and...
SPECIAL FEATURE
AR Interview with Prof. Shyngle Kolawole BALOGUN
Welcome to AR Interview Session. Today we are with Prof. Shyngle Kolawole BALOGUN. Prof. Balogun is a Professor of Applied Social Psychology at University of Ibadan, Nigeria. He obtained his PhD in 1991 from...
PROFILES
Zinhle Mncube won the 2019 South African Women in Science Awards...
Congratulations to Zinhle Mncube, a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, who won the DST-Albertina Sisulu Doctoral fellowship in the Humanities and...
Alain Aina won the 2019 Internet Society’s Jonathan B. Postel Service...
Alain Aina has been a key player in the Internet in Africa. While the winner of this year’s Jonathan B. Postel Award...
CALL FOR PAPERS
Open Journals Nigeria Call for Papers
Open Journals Nigeria is an "Open Access" academic journal publisher, providing double-blinded peer-reviewed scholarly journals that facilitate an effective access to high "quality and...
Call for Papers: African Journal of Health, Safety and Environment
Greetings Dear Colleagues,
This is to officially inform you that the African Journal of Health, Safety and Environment (AJHSE)...
EDITOR'S RANDOM SHOWCASE
Spectrophotometric determination of antiplasmodial cochloxanthins from roots of Cochlospermum planchonii Hook.f. (Bixaceae)
Laura Bragagna of the Institute of Animal Nutrition and Functional Plant Compounds, University of Veterinary...
Influence of Humanitarian Technology on The Implementation of Humanitarian Aid Projects in NGOS Based on Nairobi County, Kenya
Humanitarian crisis across the globe continue to increase in size, frequency and complexity challenging the...
PRESENTEEISM IN WORK PLACES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON EMPLOYEES’ HEALTH: EXPERIENCES OF BANKERS IN THE NIGERIAN BANKING SECTOR
Presenteeism occurs when employees in an organization come to work even though they are ill....
GTBank Seniors Account – I bank for Free
Guaranty Trust Bank plc has introduced a new current account for Senior Citizens...
The impact of conflict on health outcomes: a systematic evidence from sub-saharan Africa
One of the greatest risks and challenges faced by the health of populations and systems...
Responses of selected inflammatory, kidney and liver function markers in Serum of Nigerian Children with Severe Falciparum Malaria to treatment with artesunate/artemether-lumefantrine combination therapy
Malaria is a life-threatening disease caused by parasites that are transmitted to people...
Experimental Study on the Biotreatability of Wastewaters from Food Processing Industries in Aerobic Sequencing Batch Reactors
The study was carried out to assess the effectiveness and limitations of aerobic biological treatment...
COVID-19, Africa Update: $30M Loan Initiative to unlock private sector Healthcare in five African Countries
Good news for Africa as the U.S. President's Malaria Initiative, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation,...
Challenges in tackling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in East Africa: progress of UK-Africa collaboration
A recent research by The Bloomsbury SET conducted by Prospect IP, reveals the challenges surrounding...
Women’s perception of male involvement during pregnancy and labour in University College Hospital, Ibadan
In Nigeria, male involvement practice is almost a mirage in term of labour and delivery...
Quality of hospital admission documentation: A study in an emergency paediatric unit of a tertiary hospital in Nigeria
Medical documentation, in addition to being a legal and
research tool, is vital in...
Open Journals Nigeria Call for Papers
Open Journals Nigeria is an "Open Access" academic journal publisher, providing double-blinded peer-reviewed scholarly journals...
Sickle Cell Disease among Blacks; the Possible Pivotal Role of Precision Medicine: A Focused Review on Management of Pain
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) occurs commonly in sub- Saharan African region. For instance, out of...
Depression and Associated Factors Among the Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Rwanda
Madeleine MUKESHIMANA a Senior Lecturer, University of
Rwanda, College of Medicine and Health Sciences,...
Professor Henry Mwandumba won the Royal Society Africa Prize Award
LSTM’s newly promoted Professor Henry Mwandumba has been honoured by The Royal Society,...
Researching together: Aligning academic employees with the institution’s research strategy
Research strategy is at the top agenda of universities’ strategic planning. It has...
Factors Affecting the Performance of Small-Scale Construction Firms in Nigeria
Small-Scale Construction Firms (SSCFs) in Nigeria are confronted with several problems that tend to limits...
Winners of 2019 MAIZE Youth Innovators Awards – Africa announced
LUSAKA, Zambia (CIMMYT) – The CGIAR Research Program on Maize
(MAIZE) officially announced...
Household characteristics as determinants of ownership of mosquito nets in urban households in Nigeria
O.A. Alawode of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun, Nigeria recently conducted a research to determine...
Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions towards genetically modified foods in Zimbabwe
In this research, D.T. Chagwena of Nutri@ctive Zimbabwe others, examined the Knowledge,...
Greenhouse gasses emission and economic growth nexus of sub-Saharan Africa
William Adzawla of the University of Cheikh Anta Diop, WASCAL, Climate Change Economics, Dakar, Senegal...
Is Liberal Democracy Failing in Africa or Is Africa Failing under Liberal Democracy?
Among studies on prospects and challenges of democratization in the developing world with particular reference...
Effect of pretreatments prior to drying on antioxidant properties of dried mango slices
Isaac O. Nyangena of the Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Food and...
Impact of DroughtTEGO® hybrid maize variety on agricultural productivity and poverty alleviation in Kenya
DroughtTEGO® is a drought-tolerant white maize variety developed and deployed by the Water...
A comparative study of cultural and molecular techniques for the identification of bacterial contaminants of cockroaches (Periplaneta americana)
Cockroaches are popularly known for being vectors to several
dozens of infectious bacteria. Several...
Exploring the use of advanced traffic information system to manage traffic congestion in developing countries
This presentation is made by Williams Ackaah of CSIR-Building and Road Research Institute, University P....
Prof. Steven Runo will be awarded the Royal Society Africa Prize 2020
Prof. Steven Runo will be awarded the Royal Society Africa Prize 2020 for elucidating pathways...
Prof. Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo of the University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin, has won the 2019 Young African Researchers Award.
Prof. Achille Ephrem Assogbadjo of the
University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin, has won the...
Pollution impacts on the aquatic ecosystems of the Kruger National Park, South Africa
Eddie S. Riddell of the South African National Parks, Kruger National Park, Skukuza, and Centre...
Nutrient composition and selected physicochemical properties of fifteen Mchare cooking bananas: A study conducted in northern Tanzania
Joachim Dotto of the Department of Food Biotechnology and Nutritional Sciences, Nelson Mandela African Institution...
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INSIGHTS
COLLECTIONS
Doreen Anene and Jean Fan won the 2019 Nature Research awards...
Nature Research and The Estée Lauder Companies honour two initiatives to encourage girls and young women in the United States, Ghana, Nigeria...
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EDITOR'S PICKS
Assessment of the faecal sludge management practices in households of a...
Wilfried Arsène Letah
Nzouebet of the University of Yaounde I, Faculty of Science, Wastewater
Research Unit, Cameroon carried out a study to assess on-site
sanitation...