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Book of Master Thesis Poster - Edition 2020
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Book of Master Thesis Posters 2018
(PAUWES, 2018-12)This book of graduates is dedicated to the PAUWES graduates class of 2018. It is a short summary of the works done by the graduates students of 2018 as reseach contribution on different issues and challlenges on the ... -
Book of Master Thesis Posters 2019
(PAUWES, 2019-11)This Book of Master Thesis Posters is dedicated to the PAUWES graduate class of 2019. It presents a short summary of the topics addressed by the graduates during their Master thesis research in poster format. The research ... -
Business Models and Innovativeness of Potential Renewable Energy Projects in Africa
(Science Direct, 2018-02-08)This study provides an overview of potential renewable energy (RE) projects for Africa. Pan African University master students were asked by their lecturer to characterize African projects they had in minds in uniform ... -
The case for non-revenue water: Kenya
(MedCrave, 2018-05-08)It is clear that cities might eventually run dry if they do not plan their water resources and requirements effectively. A recent case being Cape Town, South Africa. Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company on the Eastern ... -
Causal Relations and Elasticities between Renewable Electricity Generation Excluding Hydro and Economic Growth in Kenya
(2017)This study examined the relationship between renewable energy generation excluding hydro and economic growth. It employed a multivariate approach hence other variables included in the study were financial development, ... -
CAUSALITY AND CO-INTEGRATION ANALYSIS OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION, ECONOMIC GROWTH AND CO2 EMISSION IN MADAGASCAR
(PAUWES, 2021-11-17)This Master thesis deals with the causality and cointegration relationship between energy consumption, economic growth, CO2 emissions, energy intensity and index of dirty in the industry, transport and residential sector ... -
Cement Kiln Dust Catalyzed Transesterification Of Palm And Waste Cooking Oils To Biodiesel And Glycerol: Process Optimization And Characterization Studies
(2017)Conventional fossil fuels such as natural gas, oil, and coal have been the main sources of energy utilized to satisfy the unceasing growth of energy needs of the world. However, the environmental issues of fossil fuels and ... -
Challenges and way forward for using the Multi-Tier Framework for bottom-up Tracking of progress towards SDG7, a case of selected clean energy companies in Uganda
(PAUWES, 2021-11-17)Energy access remains a global challenge despite the interventions by national and international organizations. This challenge is more evident in Sub-Saharan Africa, where more than two-thirds of the population lack ... -
Climate and Land-cover Change in Dryland-Catchments, and their Effect on Spate-hydrology of Farming Community in Semi-arid Lowlands of Raya-Valley, Northern Ethiopia
(2018)Spate-irrigation, a system foreseen as a potential means of improving agricultural production in rainfall deficit lowlands, is profoundly threatened by climate and land-cover change upstream. Yet, the actual implications ... -
Climate Change And Natural Disasters In Africa; Case Study Of Rwanda
(2016)Different theories emphasize the role climate change plays in the actual abnormal occurrence of climate related natural disasters. This is a stressful issue for researchers, Scientifics and politicians due to inevitable ... -
Combating Climate Change and Land Degradation in the West African Sahel: A Multi-Country Study of Mali, Niger and Senegal
(2018)The West African Sahel is a vast ecological zone separating the Sahara desert to the north and Sudanian savannah to the south; traversing Senegal, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, northern Nigeria and Chad. With a population ... -
Community Acceptability of Renewable Energy in Africa: Implications for Climate Change Action in Sekoukou, Niger
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Niger possesses a vast amount of renewable energy potential but still battles with numerous challenges in its energy sector with the increasing effects of climate change, also escalating the socio-economic predicaments ... -
Comparative Analysis of Factors That Influence Consistent Use of Household Water Treatment and Storage in Northern Kenya
(2018)Economic, technical, behavioral and contextual factors in an emergency context influence the consistent use of household water filters. Use of household water treatment and storage (HWTS) options improves water quality ... -
A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS ON GIS BASED METHODS AND MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHM IN LANDSLIDE SUSCEPTIBILITY MODELING, A case study of Bududa, Uganda
(PAUWES, 2021-11-15)Landslide susceptibility modeling is of critical importance to landslide risk management, urban planning, understanding landscape evolution, and identifying landslide spatial and temporal signatures. In this study, the ... -
Comparative Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Hybrid-Solar System Using Net Metering: Case Study Of Kyagalanyi Coffee Factoryuganda
(2017)In the business arena especially industries, energy has a very big role and direct impact on the production cost of any given product. Reduction in the amount of energy consumed to produce a unit product has a direct ... -
The Comparison of Historical Time Series of Gridded Monthly Precipitation Data from Different Sources CRU, GPCC, and HSM_SIEREM Over Africa for the Period (1940- 1999)
(2019-09-04)Nowadays, many precipitation gridded datasets are used for climatic research in Africa, a way for scientists to complement their observed data for several studies as river-runoff relationship, impact of climate change or ... -
CONCEPTUAL ANALYSIS AND PROTOTYPICAL DESIGN OF A REAL-TIME CROP WATER DEMAND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR IRRIGATION: CASE STUDY OF AN AGROPHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM IN MALI
(PAUWES, 2021-11-25)The emergence of new technologies such as internet of things, wireless communication, affordable microcontrollers, and sensors facilitates the optimization of water use. This advancement in technology is an opportunity ... -
Conceptual Analysis and Prototypical Design of a Smart Solar Water Pumping System for Irrigation: Case Study of a Farm in the Gambia
(PAUWES, 2021-11-20)Food, water and energy are essential components in our daily lives. Often conflicts arise due to the availability of space for the production and management of all three on the same piece of land. Agro photovoltaic(APV), ... -
Constructed Wetlands for Treatment of Leachates from a Municipal Landfill in Zimbabwe
(2018)Wastewater management presents a great challenge, particularly in Africa where conventional treatment technologies are quite expensive and cannot be properly operated and maintained. Constructed wetlands have been observed ...