| dc.description.abstract | INTRODUCTION: None of us must think so deeply to realize that we need increased attention to finding
local solutions to some of our society’s problems. Colonialism, Neo-colonialism, Climate
Change, underdevelopment, rural/urban migration, continental brain-drain—these are
just some of the reasons why we need to search for local solutions. Here in Africa especially,
we need to free ourselves from dependency mentality on our former Western colonizers and
our current Eastern colonizers. We need to de-colonize our minds, our economies, our politics,
our entertainment—and appreciate more the solutions our local minds and cultures and societies
may offer. This conference presentation entails paper topics from researchers related to many
of those 17 Millennium Development Goals. This conference is timely, important, and necessary.
Having the foregoing scenario in mind, Africa Nazarene University (ANU), through the Institute
of Research (IOR), organized a virtual conference on 27th – 28th October 2022. The theme of
the conference: “Transforming Africa through Local Solutions: A New Paradigm for Research,
Innovation and Development”.
One of the key roles of a conference like this is to interrogate and disseminate the knowledge
these researchers are bringing to us. We recognize and honor all the individuals that presented
during the conference, and appreciate the hours of effort collecting data and putting papers
together. Most of all, we thank our God, who in his own way did the first bit of research and
creation of new knowledge when He spoke the world into existence.
This book presents the abstracts of the presentations at the conference. Other than faculty,
students, were also encouraged to share their study in order to improve their research skills
and conference experiences; every presentation helped the conference’s primary goal get
accomplished. By:
Prof. Rodney Reed,
Deputy Vice chancellor, Academic & Student Affairs | en_US |
