Welcome to AfricArXiv
This initiative showcases UbuntuNet's commitment to fostering knowledge sharing, collaboration, and accessibility within the African research community. With AfricArxiv, researchers across the continent have a dedicated platform to disseminate their findings, making them accessible to a global audience. By facilitating open access to scholarly work, UbuntuNet Alliance plays a pivotal role in advancing the principles of open science, enhancing research visibility, and driving innovation across Africa.
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- A Rapid Grant Fund to address research questions and implement science engagement activities associated with COVID-19
- An initiative to support the development of a harmonised quality assurance and accreditation system at institutional, national, regional and Pan-African continental level.
- Facilitating knowledge sharing and collaboration among institutions, researchers, and educators within the Ubuntunet Alliance network.
Recent Submissions
MONITORING AMBIENT VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND CONCENTRATIONS AT SELECTED SITES WITHIN THE TARKWA MUNICIPALITY
(University of Mines and Technology, 2021-08-21) Alhassan, Nawaf
In the Tarkwa municipality, the concentration of aromatic compounds, including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, as well as the total volatile organic compounds in the ambient air, were measured. The purpose of the study was to monitor the release of VOCs in urban areas. To achieve this, ambient concentrations were measured at four urban sites designated as industrial, residential, and commercial areas. Sampling was conducted in the morning and afternoon of July 1, 2021, at the Light-duty vehicle workshop, Goil fuel station, Tarkwa station, and Total fuel station. The MiniRAE Lite VOC monitor, mounted on a two-meter platform, and the Draeger Accuro tube pump, manually operated, were used to measure ambient concentrations. The results confirmed VOC emissions at all sampling sites. The ACGIH TWA permissible exposure limit for benzene was significantly exceeded at the Goil and Total fuel stations. Toluene also exceeded the permissible exposure limit, with a concentration of 21.89 ppm at the Goil fuel station. However, the recorded concentrations of ethylbenzene and xylene were below the allowable exposure limit.
Letter to supervisor
(2024-12-07) Rutazibwa, Privat
In this ‘Letter to supervisor’, including a workshop presentation of an overview of his doctoral research project (appendix 1) and a letter to the Minister of State at the German Federal Foreign Office (appendix 2), the author shows the extent to which some in academia and foreign policy in Germany oppose resistance and hostility to the research findings indicating that it is the racist and genocidal ideology of colonial inspiration and neocolonial instrumentalization which is responsible for most episodes of post-independence violence and instability in the Great Lakes region of Africa, as well as the root cause of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda from 1959 to 1994 and currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
All of his doctoral research is carried out using a decolonial and interpretivist approach which allows him to display his positionality, to express judgments and sometimes his indignation, but always with respect and rigor with regard to the best standards of research and above all, with ethics. Because the subject affects the lives and the future of more than 14 million individuals currently living in Rwanda, and others several times more numerous in other countries in the Great Lakes region. The ultimate objective of his research is therefore neither an academic exercise disguising a bad ideology, nor the pursuit of a career, and even less doing business through research.
Although his research project is still a work in progress, the author considered it useful to share his thoughts at this stage with those who are usually interested in the Great Lakes region and the debate on how to address the colonial past. Any comments, observations, documents or new information related to the research topic are therefore welcome at privat.rutazibwa@hu-berlin.de.
Think Big! Learning Management Systems
(UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking, 2024-08-08) Ogot, Madara
Role of KENET as an NREN in Supporting Research Services in HEI
(KENET, 2024-11-20) Kipruto, Alfred
Smart Education Project for Affordable and Reliable Connectivity
(Ministry of Education, Republic of Rwanda, 2024-11-20) Mwumvaneza, Leon