While the digital transformation opens up new opportunities for convergence of the global south in terms of technological leapfrogging, knowledge spillovers and access to new market platforms, it also throws up some daunting competitive and governance challenges. These include: keeping pace with...

The purpose of this study is to find out the changes that occur to Qlapa. Qlapa was founded on November 1, 2015, founded by Benny Fajarai (also noted as Founder of Kreavi) and Fransiskus Xaverius who is a graduate of Silicon Valley technology companies, such as Google. Qlapa is one of the...

Underdevelopment of most African countries in spite of their riches is informed by interest, recklessness, and greed played by dishonest and corrupt politicians; neither religion nor ethnic geographies; because other nations like America and Switzerland exist as entities irrespective of their...

In the postcolonial historiography of African Civil Wars, the Biafra secession was a major conflict, considering the dimensions of not just the carnage but the international involvements. Foreign powers and interests, by their actions and inactions, supported the war with intent to balkanize...

This paper adds to the growing body of knowledge in media and foreign aid. We aim to determine whether the impact of media-led US aid allocation applies universally to any foreign aid or specific to certain aid types. This paper's contribution is that we created three new media variables and use...

The major objective of this study is to amplify the advantages of fostering interest-free microfinance (IFM) institutions in Ethiopia. Their economic, social, legal, technological and other upper hands over the other institutions are assessed. Some country-cases are presented, and an analysis is...

This study investigates the effect of surging increase in international remittances on poverty level in developing countries controlling for income, inequality, and other sources of external funding. Using the newly suggested remittance variable, the method of panel data analysis was applied...

This research aims to understand the reasons behind delays in recruitment, and how to mitigate them for efficient running of an organisation. The source of data collected for this study has been unavoidably united for those sources which are directly useful for study of this nature. Survey...

The significance of the flow of workers’ remittances in the economies of developing countries during the last few decades or so cannot be ignored at the face changing global order where most of the economies in the world are transforming themselves to the call of globalization and transmuting...

In response to the Millennium Development Goals’ (MDGs) limitations in tackling rising inequality, this issue has been addressed in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) along with growth and poverty. Though the intertwined relationship among growth, poverty and inequality has already been...