Wealth and welfare? Can fisheries management succeed in achieving multiple objectives? A case study of Lake Victoria, East Africa

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fiona Nunan
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Fisheries Management ◽  
Lake Victoria ◽  
Multiple Objectives

Social and cultural integration: a case study of the East African Hadramis

Africa ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 185-195 ◽  
Author(s):  
Françoise Le Guennec-Coppens
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Cultural Integration ◽  
East African ◽  
Extended Study ◽  
Opening Paragraph

Opening ParagraphAs one goes through the numerous publications concerning East Africa, it becomes apparent that certain subjects have rarely been approached, having been neglected or even totally ignored. Such is the case concerning the problems linked with the Hadrami diaspora, the extended study of which—apart from a few notable exceptions—has not yet aroused the interest of historians or the curiosity of anthropologists.

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT EFFICIENCY AND COMPETTIIVENESS OF LOCALLY MANUFACTURED GOODS BY AUTOSTERILE EAST AFRICA, KENYA

2021 ◽  
pp. 12-21
Author(s):  
Margaret Kamau ◽  
Isabella Sile
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Middle Level ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Manufactured Goods

Absrtact This study investigated the influence of business environment efficiency on competitiveness of locally manufactured goods by Autosterile East Africa, Kenya. This study used case study design. This study sampled 69 respondents, including 8 top level employees, 22 middle level employees and 39 lower level employees in Autosterile East Africa. Census sampling was used to select the respondents. Secondary data was obtained from the Autosterile East Africa publications that touches on determinants of competitiveness. Questionnaires used in the survey formed the primary data and was analyzed by use of Statistical Packages for Social Science version 23. Linear regression analysis was done to test the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. The study findings led to the conclusion that business environment efficiency have a positive relationship with competitiveness of locally manufactured goods. The findings revealed that business environment efficiency is significant determinant of competitiveness of locally manufactured goods. It was found out that the demand for goods and services and political stability influences competition of goods and services. The regulations dictate the competition among companies and supply of goods and services controls a firm's competitive advantage. Keywords: Business environment efficiency, competitiveness, Locally manufactured goods, Autosterile East Africa.

scholarly journals Prolific Lightning and Thunderstorm Initiation over the Lake Victoria Basin in East Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 148 (5) ◽  
pp. 1971-1985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katrina S. Virts ◽  
Steven J. Goodman
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Hot Spots ◽  
Seasonal Cycle ◽  
Lake Victoria ◽  
Intertropical Convergence Zone ◽  
Lake Victoria Basin ◽  
The Earth ◽  
Total Lightning ◽  
Average Cluster

Abstract The Lake Victoria basin of East Africa is home to over 30 million people, over 200 000 of whom are employed in fishing or transportation on the lake. Approximately 3000–5000 individuals are killed by thunderstorms yearly, primarily by outflow winds and resulting large waves. Prolific lightning activity and thunderstorm initiation in the basin are examined using continuous total lightning observations from the Earth Networks Global Lightning Network (ENGLN) for September 2014–August 2018. Seasonal shifts in the intertropical convergence zone produce semiannual lightning maxima over the lake. Diurnally, solar heating and lake and valley breezes produce daytime lightning maxima north and east of the lake, while at night the peak lightning density propagates southwestward across the lake. Cluster analysis reveals terrain-related thunderstorm initiation hot spots northeast of the lake; clusters also initiate over the lake and northern lowlands. The most prolific clusters initiate between 1100 and 1400 LT, about 1–2 h earlier than the average cluster. Most daytime thunderstorms dissipate without reaching Lake Victoria, and annually 85% of clusters producing over 1000 flashes over Lake Victoria initiate in situ. Initiation times of prolific Lake Victoria clusters exhibit a bimodal seasonal cycle: equinox-season thunderstorms initiate most frequently between 2200 and 0400 LT, while solstice-season thunderstorms initiate most frequently from 0500 to 0800 LT, more than 12 h after the afternoon convective peak over land. More extreme clusters are more likely to have formed over land and propagated over the lake, including 36 of the 100 most extreme Lake Victoria thunderstorms. These mesoscale clusters are most common during February–April and October–November.

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