Papers by Haastrup Haazy Adebanjo
Information and Communication Technology in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges for Development, Patience Idaresit Akpan-Obong
Africa Today, 2010
O O K R EV EW S 95 arica TO D A Y 5(4) Fake and Funk’s take on the Darfur crisis is a welcome cha... more O O K R EV EW S 95 arica TO D A Y 5(4) Fake and Funk’s take on the Darfur crisis is a welcome change from the media’s narrow analysis. Instead of focusing primarily on human-interest stories, Fake and Funk place the crisis in a larger context, showing readers a complicated intersection of politics and history. Armed with sources, they provide examples showing Washington’s apathy toward the crisis. The book is not without its limitations. The analysis is informative, but it makes for particularly dense reading. Nonacademic readers will find it easy to get lost in footnotes, facts, and names, which, despite their importance, interrupt the flow of the narrative. Furthermore, the authors rely too heavily on footnotes to explain their findings. Researchers will admire the extensive research that supports the authors’ claims, but the book could have done a better job of incorporating the research into the narrative. All in all, readers will gain greatly from the book’s grasp of the politics and history that underpin the Darfur conflict. Fake and Funk have presented facts in a refreshing perspective, calling readers and scholars to acknowledge the complexity of the issues. The book is light but fairly accessible to readers who seek a richer understanding of the Darfur crisis. Maybe the knowledge gained from this book will compel readers to hold their government accountable and bring about necessary change in Darfur. Tolu Jegede North Florida Community College
P4ON: a 5G-aware P4-based PON architecture
5G promises to deliver higher rates with lower latency and fixed-mobile network convergence. Pass... more 5G promises to deliver higher rates with lower latency and fixed-mobile network convergence. Passive Optical Networks (PON) have emerged as a viable option for 5G access and backhaul networks due to their cost effectiveness and high bandwidth. Improving the flexibility of network management is a key requirement of 5G, and Software Defined Networking (SDN), due to network programmability capabilities, is considered a key component of 5G. However, OpenFlow (OF), the current southbound SDN interface, has several limitations. P4 is a new language for Programming Protocol-Independent Packet Processors that promises to overcome OF’s limitations and brings in more flexibility for controlling the data plane of SDN devices. This paper presents a P4-based SDN architecture for PONs, by building a PON headend around a programmable P4 switch
As the development and deployment of ICT as a powerful tool to live and compete in this ever chan... more As the development and deployment of ICT as a powerful tool to live and compete in this ever changing globe continue to grow globally, there is increasing universal recognition of the need for the developing nations to incorporate it into the education system. Nigeria as a nation, is yet to fully adopt ICT in her secondary education system, as a great deal of instructional and administrative work in secondary school in Nigeria is still carried out manually, the chalk and talk method of learning and teaching still dominates the secondary school system. This paper therefore seeks to know the extent of the use of ICT in secondary schools in Owerri, Imo state, Nigeria and the factors affecting its adoption. The mixed method approach was used for gathering data for this study. A sample of 16 secondary schools was selected randomly out of the 48 secondary schools in Owerri. Semi-structured interview was used to get data from one teacher each purposively selected from each of the 16 secondary schools. The 16 teachers and 200 students randomly selected from the 16 secondary schools, were also surveyed. The self-designed questionnaire was used to collect pertinent data which were analyzed using SPSS. The findings revealed that ICT has not been fully integrated into the secondary schools as ICT facilities are lacking in most of the schools.
Notable challenges of ICT integration include; lack of funds, lack of teaching guidelines and curriculum, non availability of ICT facilities, lack of maintenance and irregular power supply. It is therefore recommended that adequate funds should be made available for the schools and the government should formulate a comprehensive curriculum with a view to incorporating the use of computer and ICT- assisted instruction in the schools. Also, the government should improve the power supply to the schools.
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Papers by Haastrup Haazy Adebanjo
Notable challenges of ICT integration include; lack of funds, lack of teaching guidelines and curriculum, non availability of ICT facilities, lack of maintenance and irregular power supply. It is therefore recommended that adequate funds should be made available for the schools and the government should formulate a comprehensive curriculum with a view to incorporating the use of computer and ICT- assisted instruction in the schools. Also, the government should improve the power supply to the schools.
Notable challenges of ICT integration include; lack of funds, lack of teaching guidelines and curriculum, non availability of ICT facilities, lack of maintenance and irregular power supply. It is therefore recommended that adequate funds should be made available for the schools and the government should formulate a comprehensive curriculum with a view to incorporating the use of computer and ICT- assisted instruction in the schools. Also, the government should improve the power supply to the schools.