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Prevalence and Characteristics of Unresolved Paternal Identity in Families of a South African Community
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Mzikazi Nduna --- University of the Witwatersrand, Mambwe Kasese-Hara --- University of the Witwatersrand, Misheck Ndebele --- University of the Witwatersrand, Noleen Pillay --- University of the Witwatersrand, Leseho Manala --- , South AfricaThis study investigated the unresolved and unknown paternal identity among families in Alexandra Township in South Africa. Fifty-four guardians who had children registered at the Centre completed face-to-face, one-on-one structured interviews. We conducted descriptive and bivariate analyses. About 31.5% of... -
Intellectual Property Rights: A Focus on Medicinal Plant Products from Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Fekadu Fullas --- , USA Mammo Muchie --- , South AfricaIntellectual Property Rights (IPRs) has been the subject of voluminous literature. Much has been written about its origin, implications and dispositions. Yet, the subject of IPRs is fraught with murky issues, especially as it applies to developing countries. This paper... -
Willingness to participate in future HIV prevention trials in Beira, Mozambique
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of AIDS Research • Authors: Ivete Meque --- Universidade Católica de Moçambique/Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), Centro de Investigação de Doenças Infecciosas/Research Center for Infectious Diseases (CIDI), Mozambique Karine Dubé --- FHI 360, USA Lotte Bierhuizen --- Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development (AIGHD), The Netherlands Arlinda Zango --- Universidade Católica de Moçambique/Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), Centro de Investigação de Doenças Infecciosas/Research Center for Infectious Diseases (CIDI), Mozambique Nienke Veldhuijzen --- Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development (AIGHD), The Netherlands Fidelina Cumbe --- Universidade Católica de Moçambique/Catholic University of Mozambique (UCM), Centro de Investigação de Doenças Infecciosas/Research Center for Infectious Diseases (CIDI), Mozambique Paul J Feldblum --- FHI 360, USA Janneke van de Wijgert --- Amsterdam Institute of Global Health and Development (AIGHD), The NetherlandsIn preparation for trials of new HIV prevention methods, willingness to participate (WTP) was assessed in Beira, Mozambique. A totla of 1 019 women participating in an HIV incidence study, and 97 men participating in a separate WTP survey, were... -
Are you your father's child? Social identity influences of father absence in a South African setting
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Petunia Smith --- School of Human and Community Development, South Africa Grace Khunou --- Department of Sociology, South Africa Motlalepule Nathane-Taulela --- Department of Social Work, South AfricaThis study explored social identity influences of father absence on black South African young adults, including use of paternal surname. Informants were six young women and men between 21 and 35 years of age from a historically disadvantaged South African... -
White Namibians in tourism and the politics of belonging through Bushmen
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Stasja P. Koot --- International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University, The NetherlandsNamibian Bushmen, such as the Hai//om and the Ju/’hoansi, are increasingly involved in the growing, white-dominated tourism industry. In this, white Namibians tend to position Bushmen and themselves as people of nature and conservationists. Elsewhere, whites from southern Africa have... -
The economic importance and impacts of intellectual property rights (IPRs) in Sudan
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Samia Satti Osman Mohamed Nour --- UNU-MERIT, School of Business and Economics, The NetherlandsThis paper explains the importance of IPRs and examines the factors hindering and those contributing toward enhancing IPRs in Sudan. We find that the inadequacy of IPRs protection in Sudan is attributed to low integration in the international institutions, lack... -
The burden of responsibility and the breakdown of traditional paternalism on farms in the Western Cape
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Handri Walters --- Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, South AfricaThe transition that followed the 1994 democratic election in South Africa brought with it a host of progressive legislation aimed at the provision of a secure environment for those previously marginalised. The Extension of Security of Tenure Act (ESTA) (1997)... -
Paternity in the Addo elephant population, South Africa. Is a single male monopolizing matings?
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Anna M. Whitehouse --- Terrestrial Ecology Research Unit, Department of Zoology, South Africa Eric H. Harley --- Department of Chemical Pathology, South AfricaThe hypothesis that a single dominant male (GAA) monopolized all matings within the elephant population of South Africa’s Addo Elephant National Park between 1982 and 1996 was tested using microsatellite analysis. In addition, behavioural data on male musth periods, female... -
A microsatellite perspective on the reproductive success of subordinate male honey badgers, Mellivora capensis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: R. Verwey --- Department of Zoology, South Africa C. Begg --- Mammal Research Institute,, South Africa K. Begg --- Carnivore Conservation Group, Johannesburg C.A. Matthee --- Department of Zoology, South AfricaThe dominance hierarchy system of male honey badg ers, Mellivora capensis, does not appear to determine reproductive success in the species as subordinate males are frequently seen to gain brief access to re ceptive females. To establish whether these interac... -
From killer to carer: steroid hormones and paternal behaviour
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Ruan de Bruin --- Mammalian Cognition Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South Africa Andre Ganswindt --- Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Science, South Africa Aliza le Roux --- Mammalian Cognition Research Group, Department of Zoology and Entomology, South AfricaMammalian parental investment (i.e. care of descendant offspring) is largely biased towards maternal contributions due to the specific feeding needs of mammalian offspring; however, varying degrees of paternal investment have been reported in about 10% of all mammalian species. Within... -
Daily activity, biometry and diet of the North African ocellated lizard Timon pater in Mount Chélia, north-eastern Algeria
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Herpetology • Authors: Messaoud Saoudi --- , , Algeria Abdeldjabar Necer --- , , Algeria Idriss Bouam --- , , Algeria Farouk Khelfaoui --- , , Algeria Oussama Saadi --- , , AlgeriaAlthough Timon pater is among the largest species of lacertids found throughout North Africa, mainly in Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, studies examining the ecology of this lizard remain rare. In this paper we describe the daily activity patterns, biometry and... -
Design patents: A snapshot study of the BRICS economies
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Kashmiri Lal --- CSIR-National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies (NISTADS), IndiaThis study is an attempt to examine the profile of design patents among the BRICS economies by examining design patents issued by the United States Patents and Trademark Office (USPTO), for the period 2002–2011. During this period, China was granted... -
Becoming and unbecoming farm workers in Southern Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Anthropology Southern Africa • Authors: Maxim Bolt --- Department of African Studies and Anthropology, United KingdomMore than most forms of employment in Southern Africa, farm work seems to evoke the past. Recent events, however, have foregrounded global integration and cost-cutting casualisation as much as plantation-style racialised hierarchies. Legacies of farmer paternalism, themselves shaped by workers’... -
Molecular research on the systematically challenging smoothhound shark genus Mustelus: a synthesis of the past 30 years
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Marine Science • Authors: SN Maduna --- Molecular Breeding and Biodiversity Group, Department of Genetics, South Africa AE Bester-van der Merwe --- Molecular Breeding and Biodiversity Group, Department of Genetics, South AfricaThe species-rich genus Mustelus (smoothhounds) of the shark family Triakidae is one of the most bio-economically important groups of elasmobranchs in the world’s oceans. Despite the commercial value of Mustelus, the systematics of the group remains largely unresolved and there... -
Bridging the innovation chasm: Measuring awareness of entrepreneurship and innovation policies and platforms at the universities of technology in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Vusumuzi Malele --- Department of Industrial Engineering, South Africa Khumbulani Mpofu --- TUT/Gibela Research Chair in Manufacturing and Skills Development, South Africa Mammo Muchie --- DST/NRF Research Chair in Innovation Studies, Tshwane University of Technology, South AfricaBridging the innovation chasm requires different solutions, one of which is awareness. In the university context, it is important to measure the awareness of the university community in respect of entrepreneurship and innovation policies and/or platforms. Against this backdrop, this... -
Node between firm’s knowledge-intensive activities and their propensity to innovate: Insights from Nigeria’s mining industry
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Oluseye Oladayo Jegede --- , South AfricaWhile studies have examined the nexus between knowledge and innovative performance, the literature from the context of developing countries is very scant. This study thus examines which knowledge-intensive activities influence the propensity of mining firms in Nigeria to implement either... -
Does a paternalistic leader facilitate voice and creative performance? Evidence from Ghana
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Lu Chen --- , China William Ansah Appienti --- , ChinaDrawing upon the conservation of resource theory and leadership contingency model, this study investigated how and when employee voice under three paternalistic leadership dimensions of benevolence, morality, and authoritarianism relates to creativity. The sample included matched survey responses obtained from... -
An assessment of South African technological capability using patent data from WIPO Patentscope database
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Swapan Kumar Patra --- , South Africa Mammo Muchie --- , South AfricaThe Post-Apartheid South African Government has produced three white papers (1996–2008), (2008–2018) and (2018–2028) on science technology and innovation for national development. In all these policy documents, science and technology-based industries are considered as priority areas in socioeconomic development. Using... -
Swahili Seafarers’ Musings and Sensuous Seascapes in Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Jauquelyne Kosgei --- , South AfricaThis paper provides an analysis of Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea (2019) with a focus on local knowledges of the sea that shore folk and seafarers from Pate Island on the Kenyan coast possess. Attention is paid to how these... -
Bioenergy emerging paradigm: Collaborative networks and determinants in the upgrading process of technological frontiers
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Carolina da Silveira Bueno --- University of Campinas, Brazil Fábio Kenji Masago --- University of Campinas, Brazil José Maria Ferreira Jardim da Silveira --- University of Campinas, Brazil Bruna de Souza Moraes --- University of Campinas, Brazil Leonardo Brantes Bacellar Mendes --- , Brazil Ivette Raymunda Luna --- University of Campinas, Brazil Telma Teixeira Franco --- School of Chemical Engineering (FEQ), University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Campinas, SP, BrazilThis paper examines the collaboration dynamic among areas of knowledge and countries from 1975 to 2017 within the bioenergy field and from a complex network approach, as a driver for the evolution of technological frontiers and emerging paradigms, seeking opportunities... -
Analysis of patents and citations for selected areas of the bioeconomy in South Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Thabang Lazarus Bambo --- University of Pretoria, South Africa Anastassios Pouris --- University of Pretoria, South AfricaThe South African bioeconomy strategy did not clearly articulate the measurement framework to monitor the implementation of the strategy. This paper provides an analysis of bioeconomy patents, the most prolific organizations and citations at the EPO and USPTO for South... -
The Subversion of Archipelagic Memory in Yvonne Owuor’s The Dragonfly Sea
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies • Authors: Edgar Fred Nabutanyi --- Makerere University, South AfricaArchipelago memory and history are often scripted as inherently colonial and patriarchal obligations. This is anchored on the belief that it is the dominant power that connects the archipelago and curates its history-making enterprise. This logic, which affirms the agency... -
How open are African inventors? Open green technologies and patenting activities in Africa
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Maruf Sanni --- Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria Yeong Jae Kim --- KDI School of Public Policy and Management, Republic of KoreaOpen green innovation is essential to accelerate decarbonization in Africa. The dearth of empirical evidence on the current trajectory of green innovation in Africa often hinders appropriate green innovation policy design. This study investigates the incidence of collaboration in inventive... -
Patent-paper citations: A window into the technological impact of Tunisian research
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ridha Mhamdi --- Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria, TunisiaThis study constitutes the first report evaluating research performance at a national level by analyzing literature references cited in patents. The objective is to quantify the technological impact of the Tunisian research through patent-paper citations. Using the SciVal research analytics... -
The role of academic institutions in leveraging innovation through patenting activities: A diagnostic of the Moroccan experience focusing on the agricultural sector
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Sanaa Zebakh --- Ibn Tofail University, Morocco Jaouad Anissi --- EUORMED Research Centre EI-BIOMEDTECH, EUROMED University of Fes, Morocco, Salim Bounou --- EUORMED Research Centre EI-BIOMEDTECH, EUROMED University of Fes, Morocco, Mohammed Sadiki --- Rabat-Instituts, MoroccoIn the late 2000s, Morocco implemented various actions and programmes to establish a National Innovation System, which has helped to bolster innovation and patenting activities within higher education and research institutions. This article investigates the Moroccan innovation framework that facilitated... -
Three decades of research on olive mill waste: A patent citation analysis
Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Journal of Science, Technology, Innovation and Development • Authors: Ridha Mhamdi --- Centre of Biotechnology of Borj-Cedria, TunisiaThis paper investigates the technological impact of research on olive mill wastes (OMW) by analyzing patent citations. Using a dataset of 2448 publications from Scopus, we identified 151 papers cited by patents. The results show a moderate correlation between academic...