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Item Institutional factors and mobile banking adoption among agri-entrepreneurs in Northern Uganda: exploring the mediating role of behavioural factors(International Journal of Agriculture Innovation, Technology and Globalisation (IJAITG), 2025-08-07) Abandu Jackson; Oyo Benedict; Malinga Geoffrey Maxwell; Mugonola BasilMobile banking provides a transformative approach for advancing financial inclusion and economic growth among marginalised communities. Nevertheless, the use of this technology in developing regions remains constrained, primarily due to behavioural tendencies. Using the TAM framework and process macro analysis, this study explores how behavioural factors such as attitude, trust, and innovativeness mediate the influence of institutional factors on mobile banking adoption among agri-entrepreneurs in Northern Uganda. A survey of 480 respondents was conducted. The findings indicate that attitude is a major adoption predictor, with trust and innovativeness as mediators. Institutional support, encompassing knowledge dissemination, coordination, training, awareness, user protection, and sustainability plays a crucial role in fostering a positive attitude and trust among agri-entrepreneurs. This underscores the role of behavioural factors in shaping agri-entrepreneurs’ adoption of mobile banking. The study contributes valuable insights into enhancing adoption strategies tailored to the agricultural sector in developing economies.Item Adoption of Mobile Banking Among Agri-Entrepreneurs in Northern Uganda: Do Socioeconomic Factors Matter?(Food and Humanity, 2025-09-24) Jackson Abandu; Benedict Oyo; Geoffrey Maxwell Malinga; Basil MugonolaDigital financial technologies drive agricultural value chains and food stability in developing regions. Mobile banking in particular, plays an important role in enhancing financial inclusion, improving the livelihoods and food security of rural farming communities. However, the adoption of this technology by agri-entrepreneurs in Uganda is low and under-explored. This study explored the socioeconomic factors driving mobile banking adoption among agri-entrepreneurs in northern Uganda. Utilizing the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as a theoretical framework and a cross-sectional survey design, data were collected through structured questionnaires administered to a representative sample of 480 agri-entrepreneurs. PROCESS macro regression analysis shows that gender, age, education level, marital status, income level, mobile device category and ownership were the primary factors driving the behaviors of mobile banking adoption either directly or indirectly via perceived ease of use and usefulness, which are core variables in the TAM framework. The findings suggest that policymakers, financial institutions, and development agencies should tailor mobile banking interventions to the diverse socioeconomic profiles of agri-entrepreneurs. Targeted strategies such as gender-inclusive programs, digital skills training, and age-specific education are essential to enhance perceived ease of use and usefulness. Investments in rural digital infrastructure and affordable mobile technologies are critical to reducing access barriers. By effectively communicating the practical benefits of mobile banking, stakeholders can accelerate adoption, promote financial inclusion, and support broader goals of rural economic empowerment, food security, and poverty reduction in northern Uganda.Item UCD–CE Integration: A Hybrid Approach to Reinforcing User Involvement in Systems Requirements Elicitation and Analysis Tasks(Group Decision and Negotiation, 2024) Kalumera Akello Christine; Nabukenya JosephineRequirements elicitation and analysis tasks in user-centered design (UCD) are pivotal for assessing digital systems’ quality and costs. However, these tasks often face challenges due to limited user involvement. This stems from unclear guidelines on how to conduct activities and engage users effectively to achieve their goals during the development process. This study explored how the integration of collaboration engineering (CE) principles with UCD approach could address these challenges. Using an Applied Science / Engineering approach, a UCD-CE process was designed drawing on the Six-layer model of Collaboration. This model aligns the CE steps with UCD principles (why), practices (what), and methods (how). Data collection tools included structured interviews, questionnaires, and observations, supported by techniques like user stories and dialogues, as well as thinkLets, and patterns of collaboration. Formative and summative evaluations were used to validate the UCD-CE process; and the results underscore its strengths, particularly its efficiency in helping users to complete tasks on time, reducing effort in reaching common goals, fostering high user satisfaction, promoting creativity and productivity, ensuring ease-of-use and learnability, and delivering comprehensive outcomes in requirements elicitation and analysis tasks during the development process. Future research aims to assess the practicality of UCD-CE integration in reinforcing user involvement during the UCD design phase.Item Information and Communication Technology usage in post-conflict maternal healthcare: Northern Uganda Referral hospital perspective(Elsevier Ltd., 2019-05-17) Abandu, J.; Kivunike, F.N.; Okot, P. and; Lamunu, J.The main objective of this study was to assess Information and Communication Technology (ICT) usage in post-conflict maternal healthcare. This adds to the knowledge base as well as boosts the need to prioritize, empower and create awareness among ICT benefactors. Methods: A descriptive survey design was applied to quantify and explain the findings that were obtained from Gulu Referral hospital. A set of structured questionnaires were distributed to the participants during the phase of data collection. Regression analysis was performed to assess the relational impact of the identified factors on the use of ICT with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Results: Although regression has shown usefulness, ease of use, trust and awareness as the key factors that promote ICT usage in the services of maternal healthcare, a number of deterrents were identified. The deterrents include: limitation of strong ICT infrastructure, skills and knowledge. Conclusion: We recommend management and Government improve ICT infrastructure and offer user training to impart knowledge and skills that are needed for handling sensitive or private health data. Adequate funding is also needed to strengthen ICT infrastructure. Due to the complex or dynamic nature of the society and advance in ICT more promoting and deterring factors should be explored in future.Item Immunisation-notification adoption model: strategies for implementing mobile electronic notification of mothers in Uganda(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2017) Abandu, J. and; Kivunike, F.N.Mobile e-health systems play a significant role in information delivery by enhancing efficiency, cost effectiveness and mobility. In Uganda, mobile e-health has been predominantly adopted to facilitate information sharing between Ministry of Health and district health offices despite the availability of mobile phones in the community. This study sought to develop an immunisation-notification adoption model to support the use of mobile technology for creating citizen awareness. It focused on the adoption of mobile technology for notifying and reminding mothers of immunisation schedules. The objective was achieved by extending technology acceptance model to predict user satisfaction with the new system. Descriptive survey design was employed using questionnaire for data collection. The study implemented in Northern Uganda targeted 51 health workers and mothers in Gulu referral and Gulu independent hospitals. The model has the dimensions of knowledge, accessibility, support, content, trust, funding, awareness, knowledge sharing, skills and ease of use. Perceived usefulness was considered the key driver for the system adoption.Item Evaluating the role of perceived usefulness in user adoption of mobile immunisation notification system in Uganda(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2017) Abandu, J. and; Kivunike, F.N.The study sought to evaluate the role of perceived usefulness in user adoption of mobile immunisation-notification system in Uganda. Descriptive survey design was employed and structured questionnaires were administered to 51 healthcare professionals and mothers from Gulu referral and Gulu independent hospitals in Northern Uganda using purposive sampling technique. Regression analysis was performed to evaluate the impact of the identified antecedents on the intention to adopt IMUNOT through perceived usefulness based on technology acceptance model. The findings showed e-health knowledge, accessibility, support, content and trust as the antecedents of perceived usefulness with 87.8% of variance. The findings suggest the importance of perceived usefulness in the mobile Immunisation-notification system adoption. The study provides behavioural and infrastructural strategies for stakeholders on how to foster perceived usefulness in the system adoption. However, more variables may be evaluated to improve the analytical capability of the model.Item Factors affecting mobile immunisation notification system adoption in Uganda(Inderscience Enterprises Ltd., 2018) Abandu, J. and; Kivunike, F.N.The aim of this study was to assess factors that affect the adoption of mobile immunisation notification system in Uganda. Methods: Descriptive survey design and structured questionnaires were employed for the study that was carried out in Northern part of Uganda. A total of 51 health workers and mothers were purposively sampled from Gulu Referral and Independent hospitals. Statistical package for social sciences was used to evaluate the impact of the identified factors on the adoption of the proposed system. Results: The findings showed that e-health knowledge; trust; ICT skills; accessibility; support; awareness; knowledge sharing and compatibility affect the adoption of the proposed system. Conclusions: The study provides informative directions to adopt the proposed system. Government needs to improve ICT infrastructure and support user training on e-health to promote the adoption of the system.