1 25 3 https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/af4be83e939cead084a2edad4d560bae.pdf 4bd9a0725ea132cb697a5b1d95ea87ec Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource E-INFRASTRUCTURE ACCEPTANCE IN E-HEALTH, E- LEARNING AND E-AGRICULTURE IN ZIMBABWE: THE QUEST FOR THE USER ACCEPTANCE VARIABLE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource CHRISPEN CHIOME Description An account of the resource One of the best ways to achieve global literacy is through communication, collaborative learning, research, and problem solving. Technology helps tremendously in these areas, so it is a great tool to use in this process. As e-infrastructures gain ground in many African countries and at the same time promises a new way of delivering health, education and agriculture. New technologies should be readily acceptable in order to deliver these essential services to the populace. However, against a background of previous studies pointing to e-learning as a monster under the bed (Chiome, Kurasha and Mupa, 2011) and after 98% of the students failed to voluntarily register for an e-learning blended programme, this research set out to find the factors affecting user acceptance of e- infrastructures in health, agriculture and education. This was a survey of institutions engaged in e-agriculture, e-health and e-learning in Zimbabwe. A purposive sample of 65students who were exposed to e-infrastructures was interviewed in order to determine the user acceptance variable applicable in Zimbabwe. The study found out that e-infrastructure users made rational choices faced with alternatives, belief in the usefulness or lack of it of the system, too much effort put into using technology, content richness, e-infrastructure usefulness and update regularity of the e-infrastructure are some of the absolutely vital technology acceptance variables. The research argues that the ability to navigate the complex life and work environments in the globally competitive information age requires e-infrastructure developers to pay rigorous attention to technology acceptance to engage e-infrastructure users other than the “early adopters” with the opportunities in e-infrastructures. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Proceedings and reports of the 6th UbuntuNet Alliance annual conference Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2013 https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/85f518ed5a93f698d8c7c6f6882b5f62.pdf 147b2d2c5afe0e480f2d9bf5dbfd19dd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES FOR DIGITAL FINANCIAL INCLUSION OF FEMALES IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR THROUGH MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY: EVIDENCE FROM ZIMBABWE Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource GLADYS SIWELA TAVONGA NJAYA Description An account of the resource This desk research confirms that mobile technology has brought transformative power to the non–banked and under banked population particularly females working in the informal sector in Zimbabwe. While mobile banking has become a major banking option to avert cash shortages, the major challenge that still needs to be addressed is that of affordability of mobile phones and the high cost of data. Affordability has emerged as a prohibitive factor in financial inclusion despite the extreme convenience, reliability and accessibility that mobile phones provide to the under banked and non-banked in Zimbabwe. The approach that was used to gather data for this paper is on-line explanatory desk research as well as review of relevant literature on mobile technology and mobile banking. The data was analysed qualitatively through thematic analysis. The study unveiled that opportunities brought by mobile banking to financial inclusion as recommended by the United Nations though the Sustainable developmental goals (SDG’s), have brought relief to millions of previously excluded and underserved populations the world over. Mobile money service providers should also offer ancillary tools such as accounting and inventory management, in order to assist females in the informal sector to better manage digital payments Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, United Kingdom Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021 digital financial inclusion digital financial inclusion; risk-coping informal sector Mobile banking risk-copingRemove https://ir.zou.ac.zw/files/original/538572e63c5fb981a9b225f9b2d6a480.pdf c69601e69e71fe8140befe490df0bfe3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staff Publications Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES AND THE AGRARIAN SECTOR IN ZIMBABWE: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource KEITH TICHAONA TASHU TAFADZWA MOYO SYLVESTER MARUMAHOKO Description An account of the resource Information Communication Technology (ICT) has been a significant contributor to the growth and socio-economic development in countries and sectors where they are well deployed. Innovative ICT’s range from computers, radio, television and mobile phones to advanced technologies such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, Internet of Things and big data analytics are among the current trends. The study adopted extant qualitative paradigm to generate information. Research findings indicates that, Zimbabwe is prone to shocks that affect agricultural and livestock production, including extreme weather events, inflation, and external geopolitical conflicts. However, there are opportunities for boosting agricultural productivity in the agriculture sector in Zimbabwe making use of ICT tools and agriculture is expected to be a trillion-dollar industry by 2030 if these tools are fully embraced. Despite milestones achieved of ICTs adoption in the agricultural sector in Zimbabwe such as microfinance and mobile banking, mobile phones and radio, there exist a gap between small holder farmers, communal farmers and commercial farmers. Commercial farmers are fast adopting emerging technologies whilst small holder farmers and communal farmers are faced with challenges which include lack of security of land to access loans, high cost of data and low capacity, among other challenges. To promote innovation and growth of digital agriculture solutions, the government of Zimbabwe could consider enacting tax incentives for companies and organisations developing services that drive rural adoption, especially among farmers and other agricultural value chain actors Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available ZJBEM Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2025 Agriculture Artificial Intelligence Drones Information Communication Technology Nanotechnology Sensors