Browsing by Author "Abebe Alemu"

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    Factors Affecting the Intention to Use Mobile Banking Service (cbe-birr): Case study on Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
    (A.A.U, 2020-06) Abebe Alemu; Meskerem M.
    The research has been focused to assess factors affecting the intention to use mobile money (CBE Birr) in Commercial bank of Ethiopia, selected Branches in Addis Ababa city was used as a case study area for the study. Literature has reviewed on: service of mobile banking. Mixed research design has been used to realize the study objective. Using Krejcie and Morgan has taken from total population based on multiple stage method used. The data has been collected from both primary and secondary sources of data. The main research instrument used a Likert 5 scale questionnaire to collect primary data. From total Target population selected respondents (246) were sampled for data collection; Reliability and Validity of instrument has been used for test by carrying out a pilot study. The collected data has been processed with the help of computer software package (SPSS version 24.00). The collected data has been analyzed through different statistical techniques: descriptive statistics, inter correlation t-test, ANOVA and multiple regressions. According to the findings of the study there was a significant relationship between demographic information and intention to use mobile money (CBE Birr). The findings revealed that the result further revealed lack of customer awareness, customer lack of confidence with the security aspects Product Image in the Society and Limitation in availability and quality of infrastructure are the other factors affectingIntention to Use CBE-Birr mobile money service in commercial bank of Ethiopia. The study recommends that, to improve the benefits of mobile banking services CBE should strongly work on making the service ease and let the customers know the status for their decision and confidence. CBE should also work to the extent of offering better and reliable security by encryption information to protect their customer’s privacy. In order to make simple the service, CBE should be available with voice or other channel to illiterate customers who can’t read and write.
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    Foreign Military Presence in the Horn of Africa: Regional Dynamics and Security Implications
    (Addis Ababa University, 2024-11) Abebe Alemu; Aaron Tesfaye (Professor); Ahmed Hassen (Ph.D)
    In recent years, foreign powers have been extending and consolidating their military presence in the Horn of Africa. Such presence has resulted in the projection of externally driven security agendas in the region. The integration of foreign rivalries with the Horn’s own rivalries has become a security concern for the regional states. Yet, the literature on the intrusion of foreign military forces in the Horn of Africa is limited. First, most of the existing literature focuses on the foreign military presence in the Horn of Africa to fight non-traditional security threats. There is a gap in the literature in terms of external developments that have increased the importance of the Horn of Africa. Second, the existing literature focused on the intrusion of foreign powers on a case-by-case basis. This research, cognizant of the lack of proper study, aims to answer the following questions. First, why are foreign powers extending and consolidating their military presence in the Horn of Africa? Second, what are the regional security implications of a foreign military presence in the Horn of Africa? Third, what are the response strategies of the Horn regional states to this foreign military presence? To answer these questions, data was gathered from both primary (conference participation, key informant interviews, and media releases) and secondary (books, journal articles, and newspapers) sources. The findings of the research indicate that foreign powers have their own justifications for projecting their military forces into the region. Saudi Arabia, Türkiye and China extended their military presence in the Horn of Africa to achieve commercial interests. The US, for its part, is working to deter the Chinese presence in the region. All four powers consider the Horn of Africa a staging area to expand their spheres of influence in other parts of Africa. This common interest in the Horn of Africa has led to competitive relations among foreign powers in the region. The presence of competing foreign powers has its own negative regional security implications. The presence of foreign powers has changed the nature of regional conflict and the patterns of regional states’ relations. In addition, the presence of foreign powers in the Horn of Africa has complicated the regional security complex. The problem is exacerbated by the lack of unified response strategies to the new foreign military presence. Some Horn regional states have welcomed the foreign military presence. Other states had tried to follow a selective foreign policy strategy. Yet, others securitized the new foreign military presence. Based on the findings, this thesis contributes to the literature on the Horn’s relations with extra-regional powers. This study seeks to act as a foundation for further research in the area of Horn’s relations with foreign powers.
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    Students’ Perceptions, Challenges and Performance of Efl Writing: A Study in Ethiopian Defense University
    (Addis Ababa University, 2025-12) Abebe Alemu; Alamirew Gebremariam
    The main objective of this study was to investigate students’ perceptions, challenges and performance of EFL writing in the Ethiopian Defense University. To achieve this study, the researcher employed explanatory sequential mixed method design in which both quantitative and qualitative data were mixed. Data for the study were gathered from first-year students and English language instructors of the university. The participants were selected specifically from the university’s College of Engineering and College of Resource Management. After nine sections were selected by lottery method, the participants were chosen using systematic random sampling technique. As a result, one hundred eight first-year undergraduate students filled in two questionnaires, that were used to determine the students’ perceptions of writing and their challenges of writing. The same number of students took a paragraph writing test, which was used to determine the students’ writing performance levels. Moreover, using purposive sampling technique, eight students and six English language instructors were selected and interviewed. The findings revealed that most of the students had positive perceptions of writing; however, their overall writing performance remained below average. In addition, the students were encountered linguistic, psychological and cognitive challenges. The results of the correlation analysis showed that the students’ writing perceptions, challenges and performance were not statistically significant. The qualitative results further showed that limited prior writing experience, low motivation, lack of consistent practice, and insufficient support from the existing English courses and modules contributed to students’ weak writing performance. Based on these findings, the study recommended providing remedial English language training, revising the current English courses and modules, raising awareness about factors that negatively affect writing performance, offering targeted professional development for English language instructors, preparing supportive instructional materials relevant to military students, and improving lower-grade English curricula to better prepare learners for university-level writing.