Evans Consulting Publications

Country: Uganda

  • An Analysis of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)-Related Objectives Enshrined in the “National Oil and Gas Policy for Uganda, 2008”: A Policy Perspective Paper

    This policy perspective paper examines how Uganda’s National Oil and Gas Policy (2008) — particularly objectives 9(c) and 10(f) — embeds Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) as a vehicle for translating the country’s natural-resource wealth into broad-based social and economic development. The authors assess the CSR entry points currently built into the policy and argue for scaling up oil and gas companies’ CSR activities so that they deliberately engage women, youth, and elderly community members in the Albertine region (including Hoima, Kikuube, and Buliisa districts). The paper links these CSR entry points to two priorities of Uganda’s third National Development Plan (NDP-3) — community mobilisation and mindset change, and natural resource and environmental management — and closes by urging oil and gas operators, local government officials, and the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development to use more rigorous CSR and social-compliance reporting to guide licensing decisions, MoU negotiations, and gender-inclusive development planning.

    This chapter was originally published in Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure in Developing and Emerging Economies (Uzoechi Nwagbara, Samuel O. Idowu & Yahaya Alhassan, Eds.), Springer, Cham, 2024, pp. 171–190 (CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance series). It is a traditionally published, copyright-protected book chapter — not open access — and is indexed here as a reference entry with full credit to the original authors and publisher. The complete chapter is available from Springer via the DOI link below.

  • Humanism as an Institutional Driver of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Activities

    This chapter investigates why organisations pursue the particular Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities they do, tracing the answer back to the personal values, moral convictions, and life histories of the business leaders who found or head them. Using a historical case-study approach and sustainability reports from four multinational companies operating in Uganda — Toyota Motor Corporation (via CFAO Motors Uganda), Unilever Uganda, Bewley’s Coffee and Tea Company, and the Spear Group of Companies — the authors apply pattern matching, explanation building, and time-series analysis to show that a firm’s CSR programme functions as an extension of its founder’s or manager’s own ethical commitments. The chapter introduces “The Humanism of CSR Model” as a framework for understanding how individual human character becomes institutionalised as organisational CSR practice.

    This chapter was originally published in Corporate Social Responsibility Disclosure in Developing and Emerging Economies (Uzoechi Nwagbara, Samuel O. Idowu & Yahaya Alhassan, Eds.), Springer, Cham, 2024, pp. 21–44 (CSR, Sustainability, Ethics & Governance series). It is a traditionally published, copyright-protected book chapter — not open access — and is indexed here as a reference entry with full credit to the original authors and publisher. The complete chapter is available from Springer via the DOI link below.

  • Hypertension Prevalence and Regional Disparities in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    Background: Hypertension is a leading cause of cardiovascular disease and premature death in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), but region-wide prevalence estimates remain inconsistent due to fragmented evidence.

    Objectives: To estimate the pooled prevalence of hypertension in SSA and examine regional, urban-rural, and age-related disparities.

    Methods: The authors searched PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, African Journals Online, and Google Scholar for observational studies published between 2010 and 2025 reporting hypertension prevalence among adults (18 years and older) in SSA. Random-effects meta-analysis using logit transformation was performed to pool prevalence, with subgroup analyses by region, urban/rural setting, age, and sex.

    Results: Of 3,250 records, 45 studies (533,167 participants, 26 countries) met inclusion criteria. The pooled hypertension prevalence was 29.9% (95% CI: 27.8%-32.1%). Prevalence was higher in urban (32.9%) than rural (26.3%) settings. Southern Africa had the highest prevalence (34.8%), followed by West Africa (31.2%), Central Africa (29.6%), and Eastern Africa (27.2%). Prevalence increased steeply with age, from 10.6% (21-30 years) to 66.4% (71-80 years).

    Conclusions: Approximately one in three adults in Sub-Saharan Africa is estimated to have hypertension, with substantial regional and urban-rural disparities. The steep age gradient signals a potential window for early screening and prevention.

    This study was originally published in Discover Public Health (2026) 23:1469 by Eling Felix and Md. Kamrul Hossain, and is indexed here under its CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license, with full credit to the original authors and journal. Read the full paper via the DOI link below.