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Environmental quality improvement through informal settlement upgrading. Case of Agatare, Kigali City

UWIRAGIJIMANA, Emmanuel (2024-09-26)

Informal settlements refer to housing units built on land without legal claims or in violation of planning and building regulations, accommodating around one billion people worldwide. These settlements exacerbate challenges ...

Appraising the effects of Tourism Revenue sharing scheme on local communities living around Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda. Case study of Kinigi and Gataraga Sectors, Musanze District

UWERA, Mireille (2024-10-22)

Rwanda’s Tourism Revenue Sharing (TRS) program, designed to redistribute tourism income to local communities near Volcanoes National Park, has had a significant impact on the livelihoods of residents. This study evaluates ...

Assessing the challenges of wetlands management in Eastern Province. Case of Rwangingo Wetland, Katabagemu Sector

NYIRAHABIMANA, Seraphine (2024-08)

This study was conducted on Rwangingo Wetland located in Eastern Province, Nyagatare District, Katabagemu Sector.Rwangingo wetlandcontributes to human well-being as it is used for agriculture activities while its management ...

Decentralised biopower and Renewable Energy Access-Policy Imperative and Multi-stakeholder Criteria

OGUIKE Levi, June Chiaka (2023-06)

Biomass is a diverse resource as its components are varied and provide the opportunity for its application in diverse facets of both urban and rural living. It is also one of the renewable energy sources for which the term ...

Assessing the effectiveness of solid waste disposal to urban environmental management. A case study of Butare cell, Ngoma sector, Huye district)

BIZIMANA, Alain (2024-10-23)

This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of solid waste disposal in promoting urban environmental management in Butare cell, Ngoma sector, Huye district. With the acceleration of global urbanization, waste management ...

Household analysis of energy poverty inequalities and transitions: A cross-country study of Rwanda and Malawi

MKOMBA, Khundi Fydess (2024-07)

In resource-constrained country settings coupled with growing population such as Rwanda and Malawi, countries which are still ranked as low income and majority are rural dwellers who depend on biomass fuels to meet basic ...

Design and application of the Fuzzy Logic Optimization Technique in early fire detection for low-cost fire detection systems using the IoT based platform. A case study of local Urban markets in East African (EA)

LULE, Emmanuel (2024-09-20)

East Africa's local markets, such as Owino, Uganda; Gikomba, Kenya; and Gisozi, Rwanda, have faced a high prevalence of uncontrolled fire accidents. Electrical circuits, arson, fuel spillage, and charcoal stoves are among ...

Using remote sensing to monitor growth and estimate yield of maize crop in Nyagatare district, Eastern Rwanda

BIMENYIMANA, Obed (2024-10-17)

The adverse impacts of climate change on food security and agriculture are especially severe in Sub-Saharan Africa. Monitoring and analyzing crop yield accurately is crucial for food security and enhancing farming practices. ...

Impact of unplanned settlement growth in the Peri-Urban areas of KIgali City, Case of Shyorongi sector in Rulindo district

NSABIMANA, Jean (2024-06)

This study was carried out in Rulindo District exactly in Shyorongi sector. The main objective of this study was to assess the impact of unplanned settlement growth in the peri-urban areas of Kigali. The study used interviews ...

Children's exposure to indoor air pollution in schools in Kigali City, Rwanda

ISHIMWE, Marie Eudoxie (2024-10-20)

Children are particularly vulnerable to indoor air pollution, which leads to high premature death rates. This is particularly true in Africa, where school air pollution emissions are high and data is lacking. In Africa, ...

Evaluation of storm water in Kigali City. Case study of Nyarurama Cell catchment, Gatenga Sector, Kicukiro District

NSENGEYUKURI, Lewis (2024-09-20)

Globally, the rapid expansion of impermeable surfaces in urban areas has exacerbated stormwater management challenges, necessitating more effective drainage systems, and this is the case in Rwanda. This study aims to ...

Techno-economic analysis of solar photovoltaic mini-grids for enhancement of sustainable livelihoods of remote communities: Case study Uganda

CARTLAND, Richard (2024-04)

Biomass is a diverse resource as its components are varied and provide the opportunity for its application in diverse facets of both urban and rural living. It is also one of the renewable energy sources for which the term ...

Off-Grid Renewable Energy Solutions for Electricity Generation in South Sudan

AYIK YOR, Aban Arop (2024-01)

South Sudan, Africa’s newest country, has the lowest electrification rate in the world. About 93% of the population lacks access to reliable electricity, particularly in rural communities where over 80% of people live. ...

Semigroups of sets generated by non-Lebesgue measurable subsets of the real line

MUNYANEZA, Joseline (2024-09-20)

Let (R,+) be the additive group of real numbers. The collection P(R) of all subsets of R can be decomposed into two disjoint subfamilies, namely, the family L(R) of all Lebesgue measurable subsets of R and the family Lc(R) ...

Adsorption of methylene blue from aqueous solution using Sago seed activated carbon

IBRAHIMA, Said (2024-08-29)

Untreated industrial wastewater discharged into the environment has a detrimental impact on human health and the ecosystem. Textile manufacturing is one industry that produces a substantial amount of wastewater. The effluent ...

Analysis of Power quality of grids integrated with Power from multiple Renewable Energy Sources

SEREM, Kimutai Noah (2024-04-24)

Due to industrialization and connection of more customers to electrical power by power utilities, there is need to generate more power. To reduce global warming effects, power from renewable energy sources is considered ...

An investigation of wind energy potential for Burundi using In-Situ Measurements Coupled with GIS-Based Mathematical Modelling and Fuzzy Logic Tools

GATOTO, Placide (2004-09-26)

This PhD thesis investigates the potential for wind energy development in Burundi, a landlocked country in East-Central Africa with a population of about 13 million. Despite its rich landscapes and growing population, ...

Power control and instability mitigation in Kigali National Grid

MUYIZERE, Darius (2024-04)

The transmission grid is the backbone of the power system, and its stability and reliability are essential for the proper functioning of the entire electrical grid. The increased demand for electricity, coupled with the ...

Development of symmetry-preserving variational quantum algorithms for solving many-body problems

AKANDE, Hamzat Adebayo (2024-12)

This work focuses on developing efficient quantum algorithms for solving many-body quantum problems by implementing variational quantum eigensolver (VQE) associated with shallow quantum circuits without optimization issues ...

Assessment of adoption of solar energy in rural Peri-urban and urban area. Case study Rwanda

UWINGABIRE, Marie Rose (2020-10-20)

Currently, use of solar technology as form of renewable energy has been developed in different area of human being such as electrification, heating, medicine etc. Research works are significantly being conducted for ...

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