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Development of a sun tracking system for a small solar concentrator.
No full textAn automatic sun tracking system was extended to a parabolic dish solar concentrator which can be used to cook or heat water. Parabolic dish solar concentrator has been in use couple of decades ago but has
been tracking the sun manually. The automatic sun tracking system was incorporated on the parabolic dish with success and it works satisfactory. Every time the dish was left in the sun, it was found facing the sun as expected. These systems has been researched and developed before and applied on large scale applications like solar power generation plants and small electricity generation projects for remote areas which are not connected to national power grids.NUS
Migrants to cities and towns in Namibia: What their interests are?
No full textThis study suggests an investigation on the problem of urbanisation and shack dwelling in Namibia. A case of the City of Windhoek has been used. Findings in most literature led to unemployment as a major cause of urbanisation in Namibia. This study has probed the migrants’ (men and women) interest in urban life. The research question is: Do the rural-urban migrants feel like citizens of the city or town? The study pursues the main objective of investigating the relationship between personal interests and housing demands of rural-urban migrants in the City of Windhoek. It was hypothesised that immigrants to the City of Windhoek feel like transient residents rather than citizens, and as a consequence take no responsibility for their surroundings including buying formal houses. These phenomena could be the causes of various social problems such as shack-dwelling, crime and insanitation in Namibia’s urban areas
Statement by His Excellency, Dr. Sam Nujoma, Founding President and Father of the Namibian Nation, on the occasion of the 15th NUST Cultural Festival, 2010, NUST, Windhoek, 10th August 2010.
No full textNUST Cultural Festival (15th : 2010 Aug. 10 : NUST Campus
Welcoming remarks by the Charge d'Affaires a. i. of the German Embassy Windhoek, Mr. Matthias Hansen, on the occasion of the opening of the 2nd APEDIA Conference on Sustainable Land Use in Africa, Land Use and Climate Change, Windhoek, 2010-08-30.
No full textInternational APEDIA Conference on Sustainable Land Use in Africa (2nd : 2010 Aug. 3 : NUST, Windhoek
Speech by Dr. Tjama Tjivikua, Vice Chancellor, NUST, at the 15th Graduation Ceremony of the NUST, 17 April 2010, Windhoek.
No full textGraduation Ceremony of the NUST (15th : 2010 Apr. 17 : Windhoek, Namibia)Theme for 2010: Re-thinking competitiveness for socio-economic development
Evaluation of external expert knowledge acquisition and retention processes at the DiVice Chancellorate of Development Cooperation of the National Planning Commission – Namibia.
No full textThesis Presented in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of International Business at the NUSTThe DiVice Chancellorate of Development Cooperation in the National Planning Commission uses technical assistance to mobilise, coordinate and manage Official Development Aid (ODA) through the use of external experts in areas where such knowledge is not locally available.
While there are no indications of a decrease in the need for external expert knowledge to the DiVice Chancellorate of Development Cooperation, donors are increasingly phasing out traditional grants which support technical assistance that funds external expert knowledge and replacing it with new forms of broader cooperation. Given the high costs of external expert knowledge, the DiVice Chancellorate of Development Cooperation will not be able to access it in the long run and this will have negative implications on the implementation of National Development Plans which amongst others, largely dependent on Official Development Aid. This research therefore obtained a blend of primary and secondary data to evaluate the effectiveness of the process currently used to acquire external expert knowledge at the DiVice Chancellorate of Development Cooperation to determine its ability to sustainably deal with the new status. The research adapted the business process improvement solution through the lean approach to define, analyse and improve the process.
Amongst the major findings of the study is that, not only does the DiVice Chancellorate of Development Cooperation not have a consistent and documented process for acquiring external expert knowledge, they also do not have a knowledge transfer strategy in place to ensure that the expert knowledge is transferred to local staff. The study also found that the diVice Chancellorate lacks a systematic capacity needs assessment strategy to enable them to plan and prepare their involvement in the sourcing and retention of external expert knowledge considering the prevailing donor conditions. The study defined and proposed an improved process aimed at enabling the DiVice Chancellorate of Development Cooperation getting more involved with external expert knowledge acquisition to ensure that they receive high quality expert knowledge. The process will also ensure that the expert knowledge is received on time and there are mechanisms to retain that knowledge locally. The study also made specific recommendations for the DiVice Chancellorate of Development Cooperation to consider, for example: increased ownership and understanding of the process by the DiVice Chancellorate of Development Cooperation; improvements in the process measurements; change the current perception of external expert knowledge; establish and adopt a best practice approach; use alternative acquisition methods for expert knowledge; and communicate and adopt the proposed improved process.
The organisation of the study is divided in seven Chapters. Chapter 1 gives the introduction, statement of the problem, significance of the study, research objectives, and research questions. The literature review and the methodology are discussed in Chapters 2 and 3 respectively. Chapter 4 contains the discussion of the process of acquiring external expert knowledge at the DiVice Chancellorate of Development Cooperation while Chapter 5 is the analysis of the findings and results. Summary and recommendations are contained in Chapter 6, followed by the conclusion in Chapter 7.Supervisors: Dr. A. Clarke, Dr. I. Rand
Welcoming remarks by Dr. Tjama Tjivikua, Vice Chancellor, NUST, on the Family Planning and Unsafe Abortions Awareness Day, Wednesday 8 September 2010, NUST Auditorium.
No full textFamily Planning & Unsafe Abortions Awareness Day 2010, Windhoe
Mainstreaming gender into the journalism curriculum: Paper presented at the Gender in Media Education Regional Conference, 29-30 March 2010.
No full textPaper presented at the Gender in Media Education Regional Conference (2010 Mar. 29-30 : Johannesburg, South Africa
Speech by Dr. Tjama Tjivikua, Vice Chancellor, NUST, on the occasion of the Official Opening of the NUST's Academic Year, Wednesday 10 February 2010, Windhoek.
No full textOfficial Opening of the NUST Academic Year (2010 Feb. 10 : NUST)Theme for 2010: Re-thinking competitiveness for socio-economic development
Speech by Dr. Tjama Tjivikua, Vice Chancellor, NUST, at MTC Bursary Awards Ceremony, on Wednesday 6 April 2010, at 11h00, at Fuerstenhof Protea Hotel.
No full textMTC Bursary Awards Ceremony (2010 Apr. 6, Windhoek, Namibia