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Pan-African University and German Government Higher Education Cooperation in Algeria
(Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, 2019-04)Pan-African University (PAU) is an initiative of the African Union Commission (AUC) that started in 2008 with the objective to promote higher education, science and technology on the African continent at a high academic ... -
Past and Projected changes in Rainfall and Temperature over East Africa
(2018)This study presents the past and future variations in mean rainfall and temperature over East Africa (EA) based on reanalyzed datasets, and Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5). Past climate is limited to ... -
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PERCEPTIONS OF CLIMATE CHANGE: A STUDY OF UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN KOGI STATE OF NIGERIA
(PEACE ILEMONA ATTAH, 2025-03-21)Every area on the planet inhabited by humans is already experiencing the effects of climate change, with human activity responsible for many of the observed extreme climatic condition and changes in weather. Africa, ... -
Performance Evaluation and Optimization of an Industrial Wastewater Treatment Plant (Case Study: Bahir Dar Textile Factory, Ethiopia)
(2018)Bahir Dar Textile Factory is one of the most important factories located at the edge of Blue Nile river. The factory generates a huge amount of wastewater after the manufacturing processes. The factory has an activated ... -
Photocatalytic degradation of pharmaceutical contaminants in wastewater assisted by ecofriendly synthesized ZnO nanoparticles
(Abdelhak TAICHA, 2024-04)In this study, the photocatalytic degradation of cefotaxime (CFM), ciprofloxacin (CIP), and vancomycin (VAN) in aqueous solution was investigated using the green nanophotocatalyst ZnONPs, synthesized from banana peels. ... -
POLICY ASSESSMENT OF ENERGY EFFICIENCY ON FUTURE ENERGY DEMAND OF THE INDUSTRIAL. SECTOR OF TANZANIA
(PAUWES, 2021-12-22)Industrialization has been the main policy agenda for the 5th phase of the government of Tanzania. This is pivotal to realizing Tanzania’s ambition to become a middle-income economy by 2025. Tanzania aims to become a ... -
Policy Framework for the Promotion of Digital Technology in Mini-grid Sector in Sub-Saharan Africa. The case of Blockchain Technology
(PAUWES, 2020-12)The seventh United Nations Development Goals consists in ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all. However, currently, only 44% of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa has access to ... -
POTABLE WATER ACCESSIBILITY AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ON THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC WELL BEING OF THE PEOPLE OF BUSHROD ISLAND, LIBERIA
(Oscar Weah TOGBA, 2024-04-23)Clean drinking water and sanitation are essential for well-being. There are international agreements that indicate that all people have the right to obtain water in quantities and of a quality that satisfies their ... -
Potential for Organic Rankine Cycle Plants in Kenya
(2016)Binary power plants utilizing Organic Rankine Cycle is a the most preferred way of utilizing geothermal resource that is water dominated or has low to medium enthalpy and a new way that is gaining momentum is the use of ... -
The Potential for Water Stewardship Partnership in Kenya
(Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 2019-05-07)Water resources face risks due to water use stress and water scarcity. Collective and integrated actions by different institutions and stakeholders are needed to reduce future water risks. This paper aimed to assess the ... -
Potential of Microfinanced Solar Water Pumping Systems for Irrigation in Rural Areas of Burkina Faso
(Springer Nature, 2019-02-28)Background: The population in Burkina Faso is rapidly adopting irrigation to adapt to negative impacts of climate change like prolonged drought, rainfall variability and desertification. The solar water pumping systems ... -
Potential Role of Renewable Energy into Energy Mix to Overcome Energy Shortfall in Niger. Case of Sékoukou Village
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Energy access is closely linked to any development. The lack of access to energy is a major obstacle to the development and the improvement of living conditions for developing countries. The most West African developing ... -
Potential to Produce Biogas from Tannery Waste
(2018)The demand for fuel has been rising exponentially as the population is increasing. This calls for a need for alternate sources of energy and clean technology to address global warming problems. Large scale production of ... -
Power Outages in Africa – An Assessment based on Regional Power Pools
(SSRN, 2018)Africa continues to take significant strides towards power sector transformation and growth. New power plants are being constructed and electricity consumption continues to improve every year. However, amidst all these ... -
Powering through uncertainty. Assessing the impact of climate change on hydropower generation: A case study of Kariba South Hydropower Station, Kariba subbasin, Zimbabwe.
(Tafara Chikosha, 2025-04-16)The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) AR5 highlights that climate change already impacts water resources, leading to extreme precipitation, floods, cyclones, decreased runoff in water-stressed regions, ... -
Prospect of Wind Energy as a Resource for Water Pumping in Ngaoundere
(2018)The modelling of wind energy conversion systems is of great importance if one intends to develop water pumping applications for a sustainable development. This study presents a technical assessment based on the measured ... -
Rainfall-Intensity Duration Frequency Analysis and Peak-flow Estimations for Flood Risk Management Options within Gountiyena basin in Niamey, Niger.
(PAUWES, 2019-10)Information on peak discharge and related probabilities is essential for engineering structure designs. Many basins are ungauged and therefore, data for statistical analyses are missing and input for sophisticated ... -
Rainwater Harvesting for Irrigation in the Wake of Climate Change: A Model-based Design
(PAUWES, 2018-10)Water is a fundamental element in the attainment of food security and socio economic development any country. Spatiotemporal variation in rainfall and lack of scientific research in water resource utilization and management ... -
Realization of a reduced model of a water distillation station by solar energy: Case study in Africa for Consumption or Irrigation
(PAUWES, 2019-10)This study concerns the use of clean energy for technical purposes; so we were interested in a simple technique for desalination of seawater, in this case, the distillation by solar radiation. At the beginning of the ...