JOURNAL OF AFRICAN CONTEMPORARY RESEARCH

This article examines the Perception of Modern Funding Strategies and Sustainable , Entrepreneurship among the Youths in Osogbo, Osun State, Nigeria with the view to ascertain whether a significant positive relationship exists between the predictor and criterion variables. The Research  utilised a descriptive cross-sectional survey design while the Population of the Study involves  200 SMEs manned by young Entrepreneurs within the age range of 18-40 years of age in Oshogbo, Osun State which was selected using a simple random sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used to gather data which was  measured on a five-point Likert scale with the following values: strongly agree (SA) = 5, agree (A) = 4, neutral (N) = 3, disagree (D) = 2, and strongly disagree (SD) = 1, with a total of twenty (20) items altogether.  The hypotheses formulated in this study was tested using multiple ordinary least squares regressions to determine if crowdfunding, P2P and fintech solutions are significant predictors of entrepreneurial sustainability at the 0.05 level of significance. The conclusion deduced  shows a significant positive relationship between the predictor and criterion variables. This means that a significant positive relationship  exists between Modern Funding Strategies and Sustainable Entrepreneurship among the Youth in Osogbo, Osun State. Therefore, Modern Funding Strategies such as Crowdfunding, Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Lending and FinTech Solutions are highly recommended for Sustainable Entrepreneurship among the Youths in Osogbo, Osun State.

The study investigate the relationship between continuous assessment grade and students academic peroformance in chemistry examination in Ogbia Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. The correlational research design was adopted for the study and a total of 118 students made up the population of the study. The study was guided by two research questions and two hypothesis. Date for study was analyzed using PPMC and the hypothesis was tested  0.5 level of significant. Findings revealed that, Continuous Assessment (CA) and Examination Grade (E) has positive relationship with student’s academic performance (r = .53). The result also showed that, male and female students have positive relationship with their academic performance (r = .22). Based on the findings, it was recommended that teachers should be educated and encouraged on the need to take and administer continuous assessment in their teaching and learning process.

In an increasingly unstable global environment, preparing organizations for the future is a crucial strategic necessity, especially in Nigeria, where specific socio-cultural characteristics create distinct problems and possibilities. This quantitative research examines the connections among cultural necessities, restructuring activities, job-related perspectives, and organizational preparedness for the future within the Nigerian setting. Information was gathered from 110 workers and supervisors through standardized surveys and examined utilizing multiple regression analysis. The outcomes strongly validated Hypothesis 1, demonstrating a noteworthy positive impact of cultural necessities on restructuring activities (R² = .822, B = 0.125, *p* = .008). Nevertheless, Hypothesis 2, which proposed an immediate impact of favorable job-related perspectives on organizational effectiveness, was not validated (B = 0.088, *p* = .374), implying a more intricate, indirect connection potentially influenced by multicollinearity. The conclusions highlight the significance of cultural harmonization as an indispensable element of effective organizational change in Nigeria. Suggestions involve incorporating cultural assessments for change projects and utilizing sophisticated statistical methods such as Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to clarify the complex mechanisms through which job-related perspectives impact future-readiness.

This study examines the influence radio and rural development programmes have on the residents of Imo State. Three objectives and three research questions were used. The study was anchored on Development Media theory. The survey research method was applied. The population of the study was 4,186,633 and with a sample size of 384 using Krejcie and Morgan’s (1970) sample size determination table. Furthermore, the study employed questionnaire and interview schedule as instruments for data collection. The study adopted the multi stage sampling techniques. The data generated through the questionnaire were categorised and represented in frequency tables, which were thereafter analysed using weighted mean score. It was discovered among other things that Imo state residents were fully exposed to Ozisa 96.1 FM development programmes. The level of exposure of Imo State residents on developmental programmeon Ozisa 96.1 FM was at a very high level. The study concludes that radio plays a key role in rural developmental programmes, not just in Imo State but in other parts of the world. Finally, the study recommends that the residents of Imo State should continue to expose themselves to Ozisa 96.1 FM developmental programmes, residents of Imo State should always expose themselves to developmental programmes to be knowledgeable about happenings in Imo State, Ozisa 96.1FM radio station should develop and maintain existing developmental programmes to keep the people abreast of happenings around their environment and equally to keep government on their toes, in delivering good governance to the people. 

It is certain that environmental sustainability, social security and resilience in any organization is key in promoting and strengthening workers and employees relationships, improves productivity, enhances safety,  customers satisfaction and income generation.  The aim of the study is to examine how company’s policy on social security and environmental sustainability can develop, build and extending good hand of magnanimity to the unemployed retired staffers and host communities.  The methods applied by the researchers in this study consist of the primary and secondary sources which includes: personal interview, distribution of questionnaire consulting relevant company bulletin and newsletters.  Ten (10)  copies of questionnaire were distributed to twenty one (21) plants and departments in the company, amounting to two hundred and ten (210) copies altogether. At the point of collection only one hundred and eighty (180) was recovered.  Table and percentage method  Including SPSS was employed  for the analysis.  The study found out that, there is good relationships between environmental sustainability, social security and resilience at work place and recommending that, environmental matters be given to only environmental experts.