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The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Carbon Emissions in Emerging Markets

Tsaurai, Kunofiwa; Chimbo, Bester (2019)

This study explored the influence of information and communication technology (ICT) on carbon emissions in emerging markets using panel data analysis methods (fixed effects, random effects, pooled OLS, FMOLS) with annual ...
Investigating the Influence of Internet Usage on Income Inequality in Transitional Countries

Tsaurai, Kunofiwa; Chimbo, Bester (2021)

The study investigated the impact of internet usage on income inequality in transitional economies using panel data ranging from 2008 to 2019. The second objective was to find out the influence of the complementarity between ...
WhatsApp, an Educational Computer System?

Nyembe, Bangisisi Z. M.; Howard, Grant Royd (Springer, 2021-08-24)

Can WhatsApp be used as an educational computer system? This question had not been answered conclusively by current research and was a global imperative for the computers and education research and practice communities given ...
Digital Technologies and Digital Skills in Organisations and Government in South Africa: An Environmental Scan

Twinomurinzi, H; Msweli, Nkosikhona T.; Phukubje, Phuti (Unisa Press and NEMISA., 2020-11)

This environmental scan research report represents the beginning of a research journey that seeks to identify the changing nature of digital skills in South Africa as a result of technological advancements, more popularly ...
Uptake and Mutual Recognition of MOOCs in South Africa

Twinomurinzi, H; Msweli, N. T. (Unisa Press and NEMISA, 2021-01)

The findings revealed the great extent to which multifaceted change and flexibility is needed at institutional and individual levels if MOOCs are to be adopted successfully and cross-accredited across higher education ...
Digital Skills in South Africa at the Citizen Level

Twinomurinzi, Hossana; Mawela, Tendani; Msweli, Nkosikhona T.; Phukubje, Phuti (NEMISA & Unisa Press., 2021-01)

The environmental scan on digital skills in South Africa at the citizen level is a South African innovation in an emerging field aimed at understanding the state of digital skills in South Africa. The results from the ...
Information security culture and information protection culture: A validated assessment instrument

Da Veiga, Adele; Martins, Nico (Elsevier, 2015)

A strong information protection culture is required in organisations where the confidentiality, sensitivity and privacy of information are understood and handled accordingly. This is necessary to reduce the risk of human ...
Chapter 5: Achieving a Security Culture

Da Veiga, Adele (IGI Global, Cybersecurity Education for Awareness and Compliance, 2019-02)

A security culture can be a competitive advantage when employees uphold strong values for the protection of information and exhibit behavior that is in compliance with policies, thereby introducing minimal incidents and ...
Comparing the protection and use of online personal information in South Africa and the United Kingdom in line with data protection requirements

Da Veiga, Adele; Vorster, Ruthea; Fudong, Li; Nathan, Clarke; Steven M., Furnell (Elsevier, 2019)

Purpose: This research investigates the difference between South Africa (SA) and the United Kingdom (UK) in terms of data protection compliance with the aim to establish if a country that has had data protection in place ...
Concern for Information Privacy: A Cross-Nation Study of the United Kingdom and South Africa

Da Veiga, Adele; Ophoff, Jacques (Springer, IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, Human Aspects of Information Security and Assurance 14th IFIP WG 11.12 International Symposium, HAISA 2020, Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece, July 8–10, 2020, Proceedings, 2020-07-08)

Abstract. Individuals have differing levels of information privacy concern, formed by their expectations and the confidence they have that organisations meet this in practice. Variance in privacy laws and national factors ...
Defining organisational information security culture—Perspectives from academia and industry

Da Veiga, Adele; Astakhova, Liudmila V.; Botha, Adele; Herselman, Marlien (Elsevier, 2020-01-08)

The ideal or strong information security culture can aid in minimising the threat of humans to informa- tion protection and thereby aid in reducing data breaches or incidents in organisations. This research sets out to ...
Development of a Quantitative Instrument to Measure Mobile Collaborative Learning (MCL) Using WhatsApp: The Conceptual Steps

Nyembe, Bangisisi Z. M.; Howard, Grant Royd (Springer, 2020-04-01)

It has been reported that WhatsApp, a social media application, had approximately 1.6 billion active users globally as of July 2019, almost one-fifth of the total world’s population. Thus, research about WhatsApp’s influence ...
Towards Decolonization and Africanization of Computing Education in South Africa

Van der Poll, A.E.; Van Zyl, I.J.; Kroeze, J.H. (Communications of the Association for Information Systems, 2020-04-01)

There has been a clarion call for the decolonization of South African universities. Decolonization focuses on the dismantlement of Western epistemological traditions and practices entrenched in the university culture and ...
Digital Innovation and Transformation Conference: Digital Skills 2019

Twinomurinzi, Hossana (National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA), 2019-08-29)
A validated information privacy governance questionnaire to measure the perception of how effective privacy is governed in a financial institution in the South African context

Swartz, Paulus (2019-04)

The general aim of this research is to develop a conceptual privacy governance framework (CPGF) that can be used to develop a valid and reliable information privacy governance questionnaire (IPGQ) to assess the perception ...
Ontological Solution for IT-Organisational Change Problems: A Change and Constancy Management Approach

Howard, Grant Royd (15th European Conference on Management Leadership and Governance (ECMLG 2019)-Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited (ACPI), 2019-11-15)

In modern dynamic business environments, organisations typically experience organisational and Information Technology (IT) changes. However, the reported success rates of organisational and IT changes are low, less than ...
The role of accessibility and usability in bridging the digital divide for students with disabilities in an e-learning environment

Schoeman, Marthie; Eloff, Mariki; Maboe, Motlhabane (ACM New York, 2018-09)

The 2018 conference theme is "Technology for change". This conference theme should stimulate ideas on the way forward in Computer Science and Information Systems given the current debate on decolonisation and Africanisation ...
Constructivist Assistive Technology in a Mathematics Classroom for the Deaf: Going Digital at a Rural Namibian Primary School

Abiatal, L.K.S.; Howard, G.R. (Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2019-09-17)

Within the context of almost nine million children with hearing disabilities in Sub-Saharan Africa, their education is an important topic. The problem was the lack of conclusive research about the effects of digital assistive ...
Digital Re-imagination Colloquium 2018: Preparing South Africa for a Digital Future through e-Skills

Twinomurinzi, Hossana; Mawela, Tendani; Rampa, Kanye; Imail, Mymoena (National Electronic Media Institute of South Africa (NEMISA), 2018-03-13)

The theme of the 2018 colloquium, "Digital Re-imagination: Preparing South Africa for a Digital Future through e-Skills" sought to establish an innovative research network through providing a platform for government, ...
Repellent properties of Rotheca glabrum plant extracts against adults of Rhipicephalus appendiculatus

Mawela, Kedibone G; Luseba, Dibungi; Magano, Solomon; Eloff, Jacobus N (2019-04-27)

Abstract Background Rotheca glabrum (formerly known as Clerodendrum glabrum [Verbenaceae]) is used by local communities in the Limpopo Province of South Africa to control ticks ...

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