Partnership for Sustainable Development

Bridging Disciplines, Solving Complex African Challenges

Vaithiyalingam Subramanian Manjula, Israel O. Obaroh, Muhammed Ngoma, Mundu M. Mustafa, Jyoti Sekhar Banerjee, Siddhartha Bhattacharyya, Ahmed J. Obaid

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Edition: 1
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Print ISBN:
  9781041423942
  9781041423836
• Subtopic: Sustainable Development
• eBook ISBN:
  9781042522378
• Index: Social Sciences

This book, Partnership for Sustainable Development: Bridging Disciplines, Solving Complex African Challenges, explores a comprehensive range of critical issues impacting Africa's development, highlighting innovative approaches across diverse sectors. It is an academic volume focused on interdisciplinary and multi-sector collaboration to address Africa's pressing development challenges. The book explores how partnerships across academia, government, industry, and communities can contribute to sustainable development and achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

The book serves as a valuable resource, documenting the rich discussions, findings, and actionable strategies that emerged from the conference. It examines how collaborative and interdisciplinary approaches can address Africa's most pressing development issues across key thematic areas including climate resilience, public health systems, sustainable agriculture, education, governance, technology and innovation, gender inclusion, and economic development. It demonstrates how partnerships between universities, governments, communities, non-governmental organizations, and the private sector generate practical and sustainable solutions. The main findings highlight that complex African challenges cannot be solved through isolated efforts or single disciplines alone; rather, effective development outcomes emerge when diverse sectors and knowledge systems work together. Locally driven initiatives, supported by strong institutional cooperation and evidence-based policymaking, significantly improve sustainability, social impact, and long-term development outcomes across the continent.

The intended audience includes policymakers, academic researchers, development practitioners, civil society organizations, private sector stakeholders, and students interested in sustainable development across Africa. It is particularly relevant to professionals and institutions addressing interconnected social, economic, environmental, and governance challenges through interdisciplinary collaboration and evidence-based solutions.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Introduction
• Dedication
• Acknowledgements
• About the Editors
• Organizing Committee
• Technical Program Committee
• International Advisory Committee Members
• The Impact of Cybersecurity Practices on Financial Performance in Banking Systems
• Leveraging ARIMAX Model for Accurate Forecasting of Uganda's Composite Price Index: A Robust Approach to Economic Prediction
• An Improved Classification Model for Prediction of Potable Water Using Multilayer Perceptron Network
• Predicting the Growth Rate of Uganda Economy Using Foreign Trade Flow on Grains and Beverages
• Reducing Storage Space of Surveillance Footage Through Data Mining: A Target-Based Feature Extraction Approach
• Records Management in Polytechnic Education: A Survey of Practices at the Institute of Continuing Education, Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa
• Violation of Students Human Rights by Secondary School Administrators Implications for Students’ Personal Administration in Cross River State, Nigeria
• Predictive Analytics for Reducing Food Waste: A Machine Learning Approach to Demand and Shelf-Life Forecasting
• Microplastic Pollution and its Associated Health Risks
• Digitalise Case Archive: A Panacea to Students, Lecturers, and Practitioners’ Challenge to Access Legal Precedents
• Legal and Public Health Implications of Chemical Nanosensors for Pollution Management
• Sectoral Analysis of Government Expenditure and Economic Growth in Nigeria: The Impact of Agricultural, Service and Industrial Sectors
• Bioethical and Legal Control on Genetically Modified Agricultural Produce: Issues and Challenges
• The Role of Data Pre-Processing in Shaping the Results of Supervised Learning Predictive Models
• Scientometric Analysis of Research Output at Kampala International University (2006–2024): Trends, Collaborations, and Impact
• Block Chain-Enhanced Data Sharing Framework for Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs): Ensuring Security, Privacy, and User Control
• Determinants of Unemployment in East African Countries
• An Examination of Perceptual and Production Processes Among ESL Hard-of-Hearers
• Exploring the Role of Big Data Analytics in Enhancing Disease Surveillance and Public Health Outcomes in Uganda: A Narrative Review
• Environmental Sustainability Through Reinforcement of the Legal Framework on Ecocide: Issues and Challenges
• The Role of LIS Professionals in Facilitating Cross-Disciplinary Research Collaborations for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Uganda
• A Structural Model for the Determinants of Fintech Use Among Islamic Dues (Zakat) Givers in Kampala: The Mediating Effect of Intention
• Impact of Electronic-Governance on Students’ Personnel Management in Public Universities in Uganda
• Policy Development and Implementation of E-Records Management in Public Polytechnics in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
• Drivers of Police Brutality in Nigeria: An Assessment of Structural, Political and Socio-Economic Factors
• Information and Communications Technology (ICT): A Conditio Sine QUA Non for Effective Education in 21st-Century Africa
• The Influence of Individual Health Factors in Maternal Mortality Using Logistics Regression Model
• Computer-Based Testing (CBT): A Students’ Self-Learning and Tutor-Led Testing Skills Strategies Among Kampala Secondary Schools in Uganda
• Institutionalized Examination Malpractices: A Predictor of Degradation of Hard Work in Secondary Schools in Calabar Metropolis, Cross River State, Nigeria
• Management Leadership Styles and Urban Community Project's Effectiveness in Uganda: A Case of Gabage Collection Project Management in Rubaga City Division, Kampala, Uganda
• International Environmental Law and Governance: Examining the Role of Hard and Soft Laws in Advancing Sustainability
• Solar Agri-Photovoltaic Systems and Climate-Resilient Farming for Sustainable Energy and Food Production
• Dynamic Interdependencies in Uganda's Composite Price Index: A Predictive Analysis Using Enhanced VARX Modeling Techniques
• Legal and Socio-Economic Issues Concerning Commercialization of Human Organ: A Case Study of Nigeria and Uganda
• Artificial Intelligence and Copyrights in East Africa: Challenges and Opportunities
• Comparing DHIS2 and FAIR Data for Privacy-Preserving Health Analytics of Patient Data in Uganda
• Courts and Environmental Sustainability: Legal Relevance and Contemporary Challenges
• Insecurity's Impact on Nigerian Tourism Sector
• Author Index