Alfred Ngowi

Central University of Technology | CUT · Department of Built Environment

The health care service sector is very critical in every country. Although governments have made significant efforts to improve health infrastructure and train more qualified health professionals, the majority of them cannot find jobs within public health facilities. Furthermore, patients queue at health care facilities for hours daily for basic he...

The social spider-prey (SSP) search is one of the newly developed search strategies for an optimization problem. SSP mimics the behaviour of the spider and prey on the spider’s web. This paper aims to propose a hybrid algorithm that avoids parameter estimation based on trial-and-error for the global optimization problem. The methodology is based on...

The study aims to research stakeholders’ perspectives of digital technologies and platforms that can help with the transition to smart campuses. A South-African University of Technology (SAUoT) was used as case study, focusing on five thematic areas namely: Stakeholder experience; ICT infrastructure; End-user capability in the use of ICT; ICT suppo...

Universities are placed in a disadvantaged position as it pertains to the holistic adoption of 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies and their subsequent deployment toward improving circular economy (CE) performance. Accordingly, literature relating to the contribution of 4IR technologies in driving effective CE implementation in higher educ...

In this paper, we reviewed the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) technologies applied to waves of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19). COVID-19 is an existential threat that has resulted in an unprecedented loss of lives, disruption of flight schedules, shutdown of businesses and much more. Though several researchers have highlighted the enormous b...

An identification of strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) factors remains imperative for enabling a successful Smart Campus transition. The absence of a structured approach for analyzing the relationships between these SWOT factors and the influence thereof on Smart Campus transitions negate effective implementation. This study le...

University campuses across the world are transforming into Smart campuses at an increasing pace. Such transformation is predicated on an understanding that this move will engender improved levels of resource efficiency and cost-savings. The desire to embed resource efficiency measures is driven by the dwindling resources being experienced by these...

Purpose The use of recycled concrete (RC) can reduce the greenhouse emissions associated with the production of cement, which is one of the primary materials used for the execution of construction projects. This research aims to review the state of knowledge in the field of RC research. An understanding of the state of the art in the RC domain just...

The emergence of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) which was declared a pandemic has spread to 210 countries worldwide. It has had a significant impact on health systems and economic, educational and social facets of contemporary society. As the rate of transmission increases, various collaborative approaches among stakeholders to develop innov...

Growing consumerism and population worldwide raises concerns about society’s sustainability aspirations. This has led to calls for concerted efforts to shift from the linear economy to a circular economy (CE), which are gaining momentum globally. CE approaches lead to a zero-waste scenario of economic growth and sustainable development. These appro...

A South African university of technology (UoT) has embarked on a transformative journey towards achieving a SMART campus status. Due to the plurality of perspectives concerning the meaning of the SMART campus concept among end-users and other stakeholders, and for the avoidance of pitfalls associated with end-user apathy towards new innovations, a...

The emergence of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) which was declared a pandemic has spread to 210 countries worldwide. It has significantly affected the health system, the economic, educational and social facets of contemporary society. As the rate of transmission continues to rise, various collaborative approaches among stakeholders to develo...

Stakeholder relationship management (SRM) remains critical to the attainment of successful project outcomes. This is particularly the case in the construction industry: an industry often described as considerably fragmented and project-based with a multiplicity of stakeholders with vested interests. Burgeoning incidences of project failure has been...

The overall success of any organization is greatly influenced by effective leadership. For effectiveness, leaders need to possess competencies, some of which are general and some specific. However, universities, particularly in developing countries, have traditionally appointed academic leaders based on seniority in the academic rank regardless of...

The integration of Sustainable Development (SD) principles into various facets of Higher Education Institutions' (HEIs) activities is seemingly becoming the norm, globally. One of these facets, Facilities Management (FM) holds a potential for tremendous SD gains. As such, this study seeks to identify the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) required for...

Successful implementation of Sustainable Development (SD) in Higher Education cannot be achieved through distinct knowledge and operational silos. Rather, the storyboard of success shows the importance of stakeholder contributions. However, achieving a consensus among stakeholders has proven to be a herculean task when power relations are uncertain...

This paper reports the results of a multi-phase study aimed at identifying ways of transforming the construction industry in Botswana into an efficient, effective and sustainable sector. The study examined a number of reports indicating that public construction projects were not delivered as contractually expected. The first phase of the study, a s...