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Mozambique Country Report 2023 - English

Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (Rsif) (2023-12)

Mozambique is one of the fastest growing economies in Sub Saharan Africa, with GDP growth of 4.8% in 2023 and 8.3% projected in 2024, according to the African Development Bank. Mozambique is paying great attention to higher ...
Multi-criteria optimal sizing and analysis of PV/wind/fuel cell/battery/diesel generator for rural electrification: A case study in Chad

Abdoulaye, Mahamat Adoum; Waita, Sebastian; Wekesa, Cyrus Wabuge; Mwabora, Julius Mwakondo (International Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 2024-05-01)

Access to sustainable, clean, affordable, and reliable electricity is crucial for social and economic development, yet Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) struggles significantly in this context. In CHAD, only 11.3% of the population ...
Multi-dimensional analysis in optimal sizing of hybrid renewable energy systems for green energy growth in Garoua, Cameroon: From techno-economic and social models to policies

Megaptche, Christelle Arielle Mbouteu; Waita, Sebastian; Kim, Hanki; Musau, Peter Moses; Aduda, Bernard Odhiambo (Energy Conversion and Management, 2024-07-22)

Access to reliable electricity is one key to a country’s economic development. However, almost 46 % of Cameroonians don’t have access to electricity. The present study employs Multi-Objective Genetic Algorithm (MOGA) and ...
Multi-Objective Optimization Modeling of Clustering-Based Agricultural Internet of Things

Effah, Emmanuel; Thiare, Ousmane; Wyglinski, Alexander (IEEE Xplore, 2021-02-15)

In this paper, we propose a new multi-objective optimization (MOO) framework to maximize power consumption and coverage stability of the clustering-based Agricultural Internet of Things (CA-IoT). The planning, design, and ...
Nanobodies: their potential for applications in biotechnology, diagnosis and antiviral properties in Africa; focus on application in agriculture

Njeru, Faith Njeri; Kusolwa, Paul Mbogo (Biotechnology & Biotechnological Equipment, 2021-09-08)

Antibodies are key elements in routine immunological tests, having a long history in detection of plant pathogens due to their specificity, reliability and fast performance. Heavy chain-only antibodies (HCAbs), circulating ...
Nanoparticles in Soil Remediation: Challenges and Opportunities

New, Wei Xuen; Ogbezode, Joseph Ekhebume; Gani, Paran (Industrial and Domestic Waste Management, 2023-12-20)

Nanoremediation emerges as a promising technology for mitigating soil contamination, encompassing various nanotechnology applications, including chemical degradation, Fenton-type oxidation, photocatalytic degradation, ...
A narrative review of the synthesis, characterization, and applications of iron oxide nanoparticles

Ogbezode, Joseph Ekhebume; Ezealigo, Ucheckukwu Stella; Bello, Abdulhakeem; Anye, Vitalis Chioh; Onwualu, Azikiwe Peter (Discover Nano, 2023-10-10)

The significance of green synthesized nanomaterials with a uniform shape, reduced sizes, superior mechanical capabilities, phase microstructure, magnetic behavior, and superior performance cannot be overemphasized. Iron ...
New approach for assessing uniaxial compressive strength of rocks using measurement from nanoindentation experiments

Gbétoglo, Charles Komadja; Tido Tiwa, Stanislas; Munganyinka, Pauline; Anye, Vitalis; Prasad Pradhan, Sarada; Adebayo, Babatunde; Azikiwe Peter, Onwualu (Bulletin of Engineering Geology and the Environment, 2022-07-05)

The uniaxial compressive strength (UCS) of rocks is an essential input parameter for engineering design in mining and civil engineering. This research aimed to investigate the relationship between nano-mechanical properties ...
A new approach for modelling photovoltaic panel configuration maximizing crop yield and photovoltaic array outputs in agrivoltaics systems

Sarr, Aminata; Soro, Y.M.; Tossa, Alain K.; Diop, Lamine (Energy Conversion and Management, 2024-04-18)

The global population is experiencing rapid growth, leading to increased demand for energy and food resources, necessitating the expansion of cultivated land. The construction of photovoltaic power plants to meet energy ...
New findings on a Zintl phased K3Ag3As2 ternary semiconductor compound for photovoltaic applications by first-principles methods

Kimuyu, Magdalene Mutheu; Musembi, Robinson; Mwabora, Julius; Nyongesa, Francis (Materials Advances, 2023-12-28)

A Zintl-phased K3Ag3As2 ternary compound previously not studied using ab initio techniques was analysed for its structural, electronic, mechanical, elastic, and optical properties using LDA-PZ, GGA-EV, GGA-PBE, GGA-PBESol, ...
Nigeria Country Report 2023

Regional Scholarship and Innovation Fund (Rsif) (2023-12)

Nigeria is Africa’s biggest economy. Investment in higher education and research can be a catalyst for positive change and innovation. Moreover, Nigeria’s participation in Rsif is advancing a Pan-African approach, ...
Non-competitive and competitive detoxification of As(III) ions from single and binary biosorption systems and biosorbent regeneration

Bayuo, Jonas; J. Rwiza, Mwemezi; Mark Mtei , Kelvin (Biomass Conversion and Biorefinery, 2023-01-23)

The quantity of studies reporting on single-metal sorption systems is increasing every day while the elimination of heavy metals in binary and multisolute systems is seldom reported. Therefore, the biosorption and desorption ...
On Sensing Non-visual Symptoms of Northern Leaf Blight Inoculated Maize for Early Disease Detection Using IoT/AI

Julius Maginga, Theofrida; Protas Massawe, Deogracious; Elias Kanyagha, Hellen; Nahson, Jackson; Nsenga, Jimmy (International KES Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies, 2023-05-30)

Conventional plant disease detection approaches are time consuming and require high skills. Above all, it cannot be scaled down to smallholder farmers in most developing countries. Using low cost IoT sensor technologies ...
On the influence of uncited publications on a researcher’s h-index

Mohammed, Shaibu; Morgan, Anthony; Nyantakyi, Emmanuel (Scientometrics, 2020)

A researcher’s output comprises cited and uncited papers. Nevertheless, the conventional h-index considers only the cited papers; and, in particular, awards a score to the so-called high-impact papers. Consequently, the ...
Optimal sizing of an off-grid and grid-connected hybrid photovoltaic-wind system with battery and fuel cell storage system: A techno-economic, environmental, and social assessment

Abdoulaye, Mahamat Adoum; Waita, Sebastian; Wekesa, Cyrus Wabuge; Mwabora, Julius Mwakondo (Applied Energy, 2024-04-18)

On the social index of access to clean energy, the country of CHAD is one of the least electrified in the world and the last in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with only 11.3% of its population having electricity access. The ...
Optimization of desorption parameters using response surface methodology for enhanced recovery of arsenic from spent reclaimable activated carbon: Eco-friendly and sorbent sustainability approach

Bayuo, Jonas; Rwiza, Mwemezi J.; Choi, Joon Weon; Sillanpää, Mika; Mtei, Kelvin Mark (Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 2024-06-05)

Desorption and adsorbent regeneration are imperative factors that are required to be taken into account when designing the adsorption system. From the environmental, economic, and practical points of view, regeneration is ...
Optimization of divalent mercury removal from synthetic wastewater using desirability function in central composite design of response surface methodology

Jonas, Bayuo; Rwiza, Mwemezi J.; Mtei, Kelvin Mark (Springer Link, 2023-12-07)

Heavy metals exist in the ecosystem both naturally and due to anthropogenic activities and as recalcitrant pollutants; they are non-biodegradable and cause acute and chronic diseases to human beings and many lifeforms. A ...
Optimization of Gold Dissolution Parameters in Acidified Thiourea Leaching Solution with Hydrogen Peroxide as an Oxidant: Implications of Roasting Pretreatment Technology

Munganyinka, Jeanne Pauline; Habinshuti, Jean Baptiste; Komadja, Gbetoglo Charles; Uwamungu, Placide; Tanvar, Himanshu; Ofori-Sarpong, Grace; Brajendra Mishra, Brajendra; Uwamungu, Placide; Tanvar, Himanshu; Ofori-Sarpong, Grace; Mishra, Brajendra; Onwualu, Azikiwe P.; Shuey, Scott (Metals, 2022-09-21)

The nature of gold (Au) ore deposits plays an essential role in determining the best gold recovery method as an alternative to cyanidation, considering environmental concerns. Thiourea (Tu) leaching of gold is an alternative ...
Optimization of solvothermal liquefaction of water hyacinth over PTFE-acid mediated kaolin catalyst for enhanced biocrude production

Kariim, Ishaq; Bakari, Ramadhani; Waidi, Yusuf Olatunji; Kazmi, Wajahat Waheed; Malla, Sunita Kumari; Park, Ji-Yeon; Syed, Muhammad Wasi; Bhatti, Ali Hassan; Omer, Ahmed; Swai, Hulda; Lee, In-Gu; Kivevele, Thomas (Journal of Analytical and Applied Pyrolysis, 2024-03-02)

The invasive nature of water hyacinth and the need for renewable energy sources have necessitated this research. Catalyst development through enhanced pore structure and process parameters optimization are requirements for ...
Optimized energy and SLA-aware virtual machine placement strategies in Cloud: study

Thiam, Cheikhou; Thiam, Fatoumata; MBaye, Mamadou (IEEE, 2020-04-20)

Pay-as-you-go is the latest trend for most of the business applications and to suit it precisely a process should be followed which might be the Service Level Agreement (SLA). Cloud computing requires a clear agreed SLA ...

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