ABSTRACT This study was conducted with three objectives to accomplish, namely; to identify the perceptions of customers towards electronic banking, to understand the actual practices of customers on electronic banking transactions, and to examine challenges facing customers on the usage of electronic banking. The study was based on customers of only one case (Vodacom) and especially one e-banking system, M-Pesa. Data was collected mainly using a semi-structured questionnaire and was further ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the influence of gender and personality traits among inmates in Ekiti State prisons. The study adopted an ex-post facto research design. A total of 120 inmates were conveniently and purposefully sampled in the study. These participants were administered with Big-Five Personality Questionnaire and Brief Criminal Attitudes Scale together with demographic information. One was tested using multiple regression and was rejected. Three hypotheses were tested in ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of trade unions in safeguarding employee rights taking as a case study the Tanzania Union of Industrial and Commercial Workers (TUICO) at Nyakato Steel Mill (2001) Limited Mwanza. The objectives of the study were; to provide an overview of TUICO and Employee rights at Nyakato Steel Mill (2001) Limited, and to examine the existing structures on which TUICO is operating in collective bargain at Nyakato Steel Mill (2001) Li...
ABSTRACT Academic performance is the outcome of education and the extent at which students, teachers or institutions have reached their educational goals; which can be the function of several factors. The study examined influence of personality traits and self-efficacy on academic performance among Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti state. The survey made use of ex-post facto research design: where I 13 students were sampled using cluster sampling technique. Questionnaires compr...
Prevalence And Determinants Of Gambling Behaviours Among Undergraduate Students (A Case Study Of Federal University Oye Ekiti)
ABSTRACT This study examines Inmates' Health Seeking Behaviour and their,corresponding Well-Being in selected prisons in South-Western Nigeria. This is with the view of identifying Inmates' Health challenges and other factors that affecting their Health Seeking Behaviour and Inmates' WellBeing. Both primary and secondary data were used for the study. For the primary data, the questionnaire survey and In-depth Interview were used. While for the secondary data, TextBooks, Internet, Nigerian...
The purpose of this study was to explore the viability of pre-establishment design structures of venture capital funds in Kenya. It was guided by the following objectives: to identify the most effective fund design of a Venture Capital Fund (VCF) in Kenya; to identify the key variables that need to be considered at pre-establishment of a VCF, to identify the risks and opportunities considered by the venture capital funds in relation to their establishment in Kenya and to propose viable p...
Small and medium Enterprises are a key economic growth driver in Kenya. Although many start-ups rely on founder’s savings, friends and family to raise funds, these sources are normally not sufficient to scale the business to a profitable level. The entrepreneurs are therefore forced to look for alternative sources of funding. Banks have always been a popular source of capital for business but due to the high risk levels and uncertainty associated with SMEs, the banks always put conditi...
The quality of health services in many countries, especially developing and Third World countries has become a pressing issue, leading to patients always looking for a hospital with better quality of health care services. The objectives of the study were to assess patients’ service quality expectations of healthcare and their perceptions towards the quality of healthcare that they received were investigated. The objectives were addressed through undertaking a case study at Ladnan hospi...
The number of technology hubs coming up in Africa has been on the rise in the recent past, as depicted by several studies herein. However, despite the upsurge in the number of hubs, there is limited expansion and advancements in most of them, hence prompting the need to examine factors affecting their growth. Past studies have established that sustainable relationships influence growth in organizations. The studies have also singled out collaboration, competition, and differentiation asp...
The United Nations has projected a shortage of 18 million health workers if the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs’) are to be attained. Kenya has developed a national human resources for health strategy which gives policy and strategy guidance to County governments which are now responsible for management of their health workforce. This study referenced the health labour market framework as a basis to review how effectively the county has identified and addressed the health worker de...
The East African region has a significant burden of communicable and non communicable diseases, yet patients have low access to essential medicines and medical supplies. Some of the barriers to accessing medicines are high prices and stock-outs. Pooled procurement of health products is an innovative approach to obtaining large volumes of products at competitive prices, thus promoting affordability and availability. A number of factors influence the success of pooled procurement mechanis...
Open government data is data and information produced or commissioned by a government or government-controlled entities, available to all to help the public better understand what the government does and how well it performs, and to hold it accountable for wrongdoing or unachieved results. The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of open government data in improving public service delivery in the County of Nairobi. Specific objectives are: To examine the extent to which gove...
The agricultural dynamics are changing. Today, food security is a top priority among under-developed and developing countries, especially and particularly in Africa and Sub-Sahara region. The fight against hunger is a topic that has been in line of discussion since time immemorial. Early scholars like Malthus and Smith tried to explain the relationship among food security, food production and the involved production factors, in their ‘Malthusian Theory’ and ‘Theory of Production,�...