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green economy

GREEN ECONOMY IN AFRICA

Many experts and researchers have contributed to the new concepts used as a basis for the development of a new economy celebrated as the “Green Economy”. Green economy considers environmental and social responsibility, that in the development of activities products, services, and infrastructure, there is at best a potential to foster sustainability and provide minimum …

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creative technologies

CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES: CREATIVE SOCIETIES

  Creative technology is being defined as the blending of knowledge across multiple disciplines to create new experiences or products that meet end-user or organizational needs. The central characteristic is identified as an ability to do things better. It would not be far from this established definition to say that central to creative technology is …

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Gender and development

GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT: IS THE WORLD MAKING PROGRESS?

Gender is an important consideration in development. Gender according to Wikipedia is the range of characteristics about and differentiating between, masculine and feminine. The World Health Organization defines gender as the result of socially constructed ideas about the behavior, actions, and roles a particular sex performs. The beliefs, values, and attitudes exhibited by the people …

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palliative

Palliative: What Can Nigeria do Better?

The first case of Covid-19 was reported in Nigeria on February 27. The case was an Italian citizen in Lagos, the center of excellence that would later become the epicenter of the contagion in Nigeria. Many analysts blamed the federal government for its carelessness and lack of proactiveness. They opined that it was possible for the country not …

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youth

The Role of Youth in Combating COVID-19

Youths, famed for restiveness and ambitions that challenge societal norms are increasingly being pressured to morph and significantly adapt to a new world order intra-COVID. Disruptions in the social space which hitherto had been the playing field for the young continue to mount significant pressure on the youths to rise to the responsibility of instilling health and safety …

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