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A number of research concerns have arisen in the concrete research community on the fire resistance of Ultra-High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) beams, despite their improved mechanical properties at ambient temperature. The traditional experimental approach to performance-based...

The swift expansion of Mobile Phone Technology in the developing world has created rapid development and deployment of a wide array of Potential Applications, including Mobile Banking, Data Collection, Patient Tracking, and Behavioural Interventions which has allowed many Organizations to Monitor...

This dissertation investigates the effect of spectral efficiency as the number of service antennas and number of users in Multiple-input Multiple-output (MIMO) Long Term Evolution (LTE) network increases. The channel estimators studied namely Zero Forcing (ZF), Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE)...

Concrete is one of the most widely used construction material in the world and the construction industry is looking for ways of making concrete using greener methods so as to reduce ecological effects on the environment that come as a result of large scale exploitation of natural aggregates. The...

Developing Countries in Africa in general and Zambia in particular, have seen a rapid rise in the use of mobile payment platforms. This has not only revolutionized access to financial services for the poor but also allowed them access to other financial products such as savings or insurance. With...

The Zambian Buildings Sector (ZBS) has witnessed a significant growth in the number of building projects being undertaken at individual, corporate and government levels over the past decade. However, there has been a major outcry from clients (end-users) on the poor quality of buildings being...

In the present era, quality and affordable patient health care is now the main concern for hospitals in Zambia. Hospitals have to accept the obligation of the patient safety and the patient’s well-being. However, due to the congested and understaffed hospitals in Zambia with intricate work...

Cyber-attacks are the use of network and computer-based attacks to critical infrastructures and services that compromises the confidentiality, integrity, and availability to further the persona, political, economic, and military goals of the attackers. The nature and forms of cyber-attacks...

The ‘integration’ of infrastructure development has become a global focal point because it forms a backbone for economic growth, enables more productive urban spaces and improves the quality of urban life by optimizing interactions among essential infrastructure. Infrastructure systems differ...

Insurance is a contract of reimbursement against specified risks such as fire, earthquakes, floods, theft. (Mayer 2010). The Zambian Insurance industry has over 40 General Insurance providers, offering Insurance products and services to only 2.8% of the population (I.A.Z, 2018). However, in their...