Browsing by Author "Kyengo, Bernadette N."

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Research excellence and sustainable development in Africa: an overview of current concerns and prospects in the 21st century
(Chuka University, 2025) Kavulya, Joseph M.; Kyengo, Bernadette N.
This paper uses the concept of “research excellence” to investigate the contribution of research to sustainable development in Africa and propose strategies for enhancing research practice in the region. Specifically, the paper the causal relationship between research and sustainable development, the concept of research excellence, the factors that retard the growth of research in Africa, and propose strategies for enhancing research excellence in the African region. Significantly, the paper proposes that to improve the relevance and impact of research in sustainable development there is a need to enhance quality in assurance in research processes, intense investments in research infrastructure, a close collaboration between various stakeholders such as research agents, the local community, policymakers, and practitioners. More importantly, there need to revisit the scholarly communication ecosystem in the region with the view to make dissemination and access research information on the continent affordable and visible through more investment in digital libraries, repositories, and adoption of open access publishing of research findings
RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN AFRICA: OVERVIEW OF CURRENT CONCERNS AND PROSPECTS IN THE 21ST CENTURY
(Chuka University, 2022) Kavulya, Joseph M.; Kyengo, Bernadette N.
This paper uses the concept of “research excellence” to investigate the contribution of research to sustainable development in Africa and propose strategies for enhancing research practice in the region. Specifically, the paper the causal relationship between research and sustainable development, the concept of research excellence, the factors that retard the growth of research in Africa, and propose strategies for enhancing research excellence in the African region. Significantly, the paper proposes that to improve the relevance and impact of research in sustainable development there is a need to enhance quality in assurance in research processes, intense investments in research infrastructure, a close collaboration between various stakeholders such as research agents, the local community, policymakers, and practitioners. There need to re-visit the scholarly communication ecosystem in the region with the view to make dissemination and access research information on the continent affordable and visible through more investment in digital libraries, repositories, and adoption of open access publishing of research findings
Transforming Africa into a Knowledge-based society: Concretizing the case for Digital Literacies and Revision of ICT Strategies in the Education Sector in the Region
(IST-Africa, 2015) Kavulya, Joseph M.; Kyengo, Bernadette N.
In the recent past there has been a global push for the transformation of communities into knowledge societies as a strategy of achieving development. This transformation is expected to enable communities use knowledge to solve current societal problems, create employment, sustained democratic governance, and economic growth. Education is a key pillar in this process and in the African context of Africa, there is need to reform the educational strategy if countries in this region are to achieve this transformation. The new strategy should be include a curriculum reform to target digital literacies, intensive investments in ICT infrastructure in education sector, digitalization of curriculum content and re-alignment of human capacity among educators to the needs of knowledge-driven society. There is also need for continuous research on key knowledge society indicators to evolve best practices and ensure evidence-based approaches in ICT projects.