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By Philda Maiga A new dawn is upon Africa, following a decision on 5 December 2020 of the African Union Assembly to kickstart the trading phase of the AfCFTA, after years of ambitious planning and negotiations. The region is now implementing a continent-wide free trade...

Authored by : Bertha Vallejo and Tadesse Getachew Mekonnen Abstract: Theoretically, foreign direct investment (FDI) favours industrial upgrading by allowing local firms to learn from global interaction and to improve their production processes by improving and maintaining quality and making processes more effective. However, empirical...

The Open AIR New Emerging Researchers Group (NERG), under the leadership of Esther Ekong and Adel Osama, organized a virtual meet-up series, which kicked off on 26 January 2021. It was well-attended, with almost half of the NERG in attendance. The meeting started with opening...

Authored by: Chika Ezeanya-Esiobu, Chidi Oguamanam and Vedaste Ndungutse Abstract: This study explores the use of Indigenous medicinal knowledge by rural Rwandan livestock farmers to treat cattle and, at the same time, the degree to which that ethno-veterinary knowledge is reflected in the country’s technical and...

By Esther Adekunbi Mobolayo I started my QES in January 2020 but, within months, the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. At first, it appeared as if my research would be completely halted. It happened that COVID-19 was only a hindrance, however, and not a block. Over...