The Workshop and Networking event was held on Thursday and Friday, 28th and 29th October 2021 at the Covenant University Centre for Research Innovation and Development (CUCRID) Auditorium. This was a collaboration between Covenant University and Universität Witten Herdecke which was sponsored by Alexander von Humboldt. It was also a parade of international and national …
The webinar is part of the project ‘Strengthening Nigeria’s Responses to COVID-19: Renewable Energy for Resilient Healthcare Systems in Rural Areas’, supported by the Global Research Fund (GCRF) and the Scottish Funding Council. This project is a UK-Nigeria collaboration to identify business models for healthcare facilities in Nigeria using reliable and long-term renewable energy. …
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When the Covid-19 pandemic broke out, children who lived in the underserved communities of Nigeria could not learn due to the digital divide and this created a learning loss for the children. Aramide shares her story in this seminar on how she has leveraged her knowledge as an economist to bring about change in the Nigerian education sector …
Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research in conjunction with Energy and Environment Research Cluster, Renewable Energy Research Cluster, Built Environment Research Cluster, Biotechnology Research Cluster present the 3rd International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Environment. the aim of the conference is to bring together local and international experts, researchers, scholars, policy makers, industrialists, etc, …
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Introduction The quality of the development of research in Nigeria and Africa does not only depend on infrastructure but also on the capacity of researchers to undertake relevant and timely research that is multidisciplinary, interconnected and often robust with wider coverage. However, adequate capacity to undertake such research endeavour is often not available to prepare …
This seminar describes the evolution of merchant payments systems and mobile payments to enable financial inclusion, as the payments landscape evolves into one where consumers can pay in myriad ways through any internet-connected device located anywhere. It discusses how payment systems act as catalysts and enablers for financial inclusion, describing how the process of financial …
Lao Tzu said, ‘the journey of a thousand miles begins with a step’. I cannot state of a fact that my career journey began from the Centre for Economic Policy and Development Research (CEPDaR) but, I can prove beyond reasonable doubt that my path has been made brighter and better. From the 1st of December …
Covenant maintained her 2020 ranking of 401 – 600 to lead other Nigerian institutions in the 2021 rankings. Other Nigerian universities in the ranking include the University of Ibadan, which led the pool in 2020 courtesy of her 201 – 300 ranking, but is now ranked 601 – 800 after Covenant. The University of Lagos, …
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For several decades, the many African economies relied on the natural resources, which has been affected by fluctuations in commodity prices at the global market. The new century enhanced the calls for economic diversification, with the agricultural, manufacturing, and services sectors amongst those pronounced. This article focused on the role of agriculture in supporting the …
