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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...

Stormwater management is being justified as a fundamental line of consideration in achieving sustainable urban development. Lusaka urban experiences impacts ensuing from developments in form of urban floods. This study was undertaken in Lusaka urban to assess the use of a full exfiltration...

The purpose of the research was to assess the impact of the two types of solar photovoltaic technologies which are available in our rural communities in Zambia. This study presents the results of socio-technical assessment of solar photovoltaic interventions namely solar home systems (SHS) and...

Background- Trachoma is the most common infectious cause of blindness in Zambia. Many factors contribute to Trachoma infection. These include poor personal hygiene, lack of access to clean water, and availability and type of sanitary facility. To better understand factors contributing to the high...

The aviation industry is one of the fastest growing sources of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emissions and accounts for about two percent of the global GHGs emissions. This study therefore endeavoured to assess on how a low carbon aviation industry could be enhanced in Zambia. Thus the study estimated...

Many people in the world lack safe basic drinking water sources and rely on untreated water sources. Unsafe drinking water is responsible for transmission of diseases such as Cholera, Dysentery and Typhoid. Packaged water can be considered as an alternative to other water sources if measures are...

The Zambian electricity grid system has been dominated by hydropower at 96 %, 2.1 % thermal and 1.7 % renewable (Kaluminiana, n.d.). During the 2014 - 2015 rainy season, Zambia received very low rains which led to reduced electricity production at the two major power plants. In the light of this...

Woodfuel (charcoal and firewood) is a crucial component of the energy supply chain in sub-Saharan Africa with over 80 percent of the population depending on it as their primary energy source (Sepp, 2008; Njenga, et. el., 2013). In Zambia, it accounts for more than 70 percent of total energy...

In Zambia part of the electric grid is not monitored, this means that there are no sensors in the electric grid to enable grid status information to be sent to the power utility. Without these sensors the power utility finds it difficult to determine when there is a power failure in the...

In 2007, the Government of the Republic of Zambia launched the Make Zambia Clean and Healthy campaign in an effort to curb the indiscriminate disposal of waste. Unfortunately, the campaign did not yield the desired results. In 2015, the campaign was revived as the Keep Zambia Clean and Healthy...