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                                        Published Papers  

 

Energy-aware and QoS Routing in 6LoWPAN Mesh Networks - ZRDC Conference

Technology and the Moral Equity in Africa - ZRDC Journal

Medical-Knowledge Management System - ZRDC Conference

The Study of MANET Internetwork Performance - ZRDC Journal

Toward the Novel Approaches of ICT : A Paradigm Shift

Wireless/Mobile Communications in Zambia

Joining Hands in the Informal Sector – National Economy

Non-Formal Education in Zambia

ICT Development and Education with Open Source in Zambia - Situation Analysis

Sustainability of Rural Water Supply in Zambia  

Moral Philosophy and the Cyberspace


                                                    Research Interests


ICT Research
Information and Communication Technology applications in Rural development.

Social impact of ICT in the local space.

Psychological and social experiences and cultural practices of Internet appropriation by

    youth at the school age.

Incorporation of ICT on local governments and services offered to citizens.

Assessing the impact of digital-divide on political an economical development in Zambia

    today.

National libraries and the digital divide.

The impact of outsourcing on the digital-divide and national development.

Market information systems for agriculture and businesses.


Engineering Research
Sustainable Uplift of Science and Technology Education in Zambia.

Axial capacity of piles supported on intermediate geo-meterials.

Long-Range Lightning Detection System.
Building a sustainable energy base
Combating drought and desertification
Building Africa’s capacity for materials science
Building engineering capacity for manufacturing
Technologies to reduce post-harvest food loss


Agricultural Research
Influence of crop management on variety performance in release trials in Zambia.

Use of ramial chipped wood for soil improvement in Zambia.

Effect of calcium leaching to the sub-soil on cotton growth on an acid farm soil.

Analysis of the hydrological processes of Dambo soils.

Socioeconomic analysis of termite management options in agroforestry in eastern Zambia.

Understanding and assessing village poultry systems with participatory and model based

    approaches.

Environmental Research
Sustainable Sanitation in developing countries.

Securing and sustaining water resources

Use of Water as a Scarce Commodity in Biological Production.

Sustainable Water Management in Agriculture and Its Implications for Human Welfare and

    Environment: A Study of Watersheds in Rainfed Regions in Zambia.

Local Ecological Knowledge, and Livelihoods Zambia: local responses to global changes.

Social development Research

Research and development of biogas technology for water pumping in rural Zambia.

Utilization of photovoltaic pumps for small-scale irrigation systems in the northwestern

    Zambia.

Securing and using Africa’s indigenous knowledge base

Optimization of a solar powered solid absorption refrigeration system for rural agricultural

    applications.

A Study of Cattle Ranching Expansion Among the bantu Communities in Southern Zambia.

Ethnobotany and conservation of the Traditional Leafy Vegetables.

Assessment of Farmer Perceptions, Choice and Adoption Dynamics of Soil and Water

   Conservation Technologies in Dry-land Areas of Zambia.

Dynamics of the technology adoption process in rural-based food processing systems in

    Northern Zambia.

Facilitation for change: Understanding its catalytic effect towards enhancing Community 

    Emancipation and Up-scaling through Competence Development of officers.

Economics/Business Research
Efficiency in the African capital markets.

Economic Education and Outcome Based Education in Zambia.

A comparative study of the legal and economic frameworks of cultural production, and the

    policy implications of market- and free-culture-based models.

Urban Informal Sector and Poverty in Zambia.

Health Research

Child labor and poverty in Zambia.

Eliciting Disability Weights Using a Culturally-Adapted Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) In Rural

    Zambia.

A study on adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Zambia - a pre-intervention study.


 
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