Publications archive

Ideas and Solutions – In Search of the Elusive Zimbabwean Dream: An Autobiography of Thought Leadership, Vol. III

Transnational Activities of Women-Focused Civil Society Actors in Southern Africa
This book focuses on southern Africa by engaging with ‘norms’ from various perspectives and how they have proliferated within a neo-liberalising context since the 1990s.
Optimum Power Flow with Respect to the Capacitor Location and Size in Distribution Network
Processes Volume 10, 2022 – Issue 12 Abstract In the past few decades, there has been increasing recognition of the importance of optimum power flow
Challenges Associated with Hybrid Energy Systems: An Artificial Intelligence Solution
Energy Reports Volume 9, 2023 Abstract Hybrid Energy Systems (HES) combine multiple energy sources to maximize energy efficiency. Due to the unpredictability and dependence on
Some Existence and Uniqueness Results for a Class of Fractional Stochastic Differential Equations
Symmetry Volume 14, 2022 – Issue 11 Abstract Many techniques have been recently used by various researchers to solve some types of symmetrical fractional differential
Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis and the Question of the Right to Self-Determination
The Round Table The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs Volume 111, 2022 – Issue 5 Abstract Is Southern Cameroons entitled to self-determination under international law?
A Novel Study on a Fractional-Order Heat Conduction Model for the Human Head by Using the Least-Squares Method
International Journal of Dynamics and Control Volume 11, 2023 Abstract In this research article, a model of the temperature distribution in the human skull is
Some Novel Mathematical Analysis on the Fractional‐Order 2019‐nCoV Dynamical Model
Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences Volume 46, 2023 – Issue 4 Abstract Since December 2019, the whole world has been facing the big challenge
Some Novel Mathematical Analysis on the Fractal–fractional Model of the AH1N1/09 Virus and its Generalized Caputo-type Version
Chaos, Solitons & Fractals Volume 162 Abstract In this paper, we formulate a new model of a particular type of influenza virus called AH1N1/09 in
Fractional-Order Dynamics of Chagas-HIV Epidemic Model with Different Fractional Operators
AIMS Mathematics Volume 7, 2022 – Issue 10 Abstract In this research, we reformulate and analyze a co-infection model consisting of Chagas and HIV epidemics.
COVID-19 and South Africa-China’s Asymmetric Relations
World Affairs Volume 185, 2022 – Issue 3 ABSTRACT While South Africa–China relations were only formalized in 1998, relations between these states date back to
Nigeria’s Space Programme and Counter-Terrorism: Tracking Boko Haram with Nigerian Satellites
Peace Review A Journal of Social Justice Volume 34, 2022 – Issue 3 Abstract Nigeria’s counter-terrorism campaign against the dreaded Boko Haramsect has relied heavily
Nigeria’s Democracy Promotion in Africa: Hard, Soft or Smart Power Stratagem?
Journal of Asian and African Studies Volume 57, 2022 – Issue 6 Abstract Democracy promotion is undoubtedly one of Nigeria’s most important foreign policy objectives
South Africa’s Curriculum Transformation: Insights from Post-Independence Africa and the era of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States
Strategic Review for Southern Africa Volume 43, 2021 – Issue 2 Abstract The #MustFall campaigns, student-led protests that began at the University of Cape Town

Africa’s Soft Power: Philosophies, Political Values, Foreign Policies and Cultural Exports
This book investigates the ways in which soft power is used by African countries to help drive global influence. Selecting four of the countries most

A Sleeping Giant? Nigeria’s Domestic and International Politics in the Twenty-First Century
This edited volume explores Nigeria’s domestic and international politics and its implications for the country’s national development and international status. Coinciding with the twenty year
Soft Power Individuals in Nigeria and South Africa: An Appraisal of Olusegun Obasanjo’s and Thabo Mbeki’s Power of Attraction
The Round Table The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs Volume 109, 2020 – Issue 5 ABSTRACT Despite the increasing influence of non-state actors in international

A Framework for Decisions in a Post-COVID World
This document presents simple, high-level, qualitative assessments of lockdown from the perspective of seven policy priorities. It then presents an extremely simple way to combine
Sacrificing the Fukushima 50 again?
Volume 42, Issue 1 March 2020 Background In the aftermath of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear plant accident, many workers helped restore the contaminated site, exposing

2020 Annual Report
2020 was the first year of operation for the Institute for the Future of Knowledge (IFK). This was not an easy year in which to