Page i ARCA CONFERENCE 1 ST POSTGRADUATE APPLIED RESEARCH CONFERENCE IN AFRICA 21-23 FEBRUARY 2018, Accra, Ghana CONFERENCE PROGRAMME & PROCEEDINGS Editors Prof. Joseph N. Mojekwu Dr. Gabriel Nani Prof. Lawrence Atepor Prof. Lucy Ogunsumi Prof. Rexford Assasie Oppong Dr. (Mrs.) Cynthia Amaning Danquah Mr. Eric Awere Mrs. Sophia Pardie - Ocran Mr. Emmanuel Bamfo-Agyei Abstract Book of the 1 st Postgraduate Applied Research Conference in Africa (ARCA) 2018 Accra, Ghana, 21 – 23 February 2018