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There are many small dams in Zambia constructed for the purpose of collecting and storing runoff from the catchments. The flow of water into dams is accompanied with sediment resulting from soil erosion within reservoir catchments. The deposition of sediment in reservoirs has implications for...

Electricity is central to the development of any economy and in Zambia most of this energy is generated from hydropower plants. Projects for construction of electricity Transmission lines are often delayed therefore some towns which were not connected to the national grid are underdeveloped...

This dissertation reports on the deposition of ZnO prepared by sol-gel on substrates by spin-coating, and the characterisation of the resulting thin films. The precursor solution was synthesized using appropriate quantities of aqueous Zinc Acetate dehydrate, 2- Methoxyethanol and Ethanolamine....

Climate change, construction of the Mongu-Kalabo Road coupled with increased mining activities in the upper catchment of the Barotse Wetland could alter the inundation extent dynamics and impact the flood dependent ecosystem. There is very little information available in public domain on...

The study investigated the effectiveness and sustainability of the Catholic Church‟s environmental programmes in Chingola district of Zambia. The theory that guided the study was social ecology of Murray Bookchin (1990) which states that environmentalism was a social movement, and the problems it...

This study sought to investigate whether the mathematics teacher education curriculum at the University of Zambia (UNZA) adequately prepared student teachers in mathematical content knowledge and mathematical pedagogical content knowledge for teaching classroom mathematics in Zambian secondary...

For many years, garbage collection services in Lusaka have been inadequate for a large city. In Lusaka, only, an estimated 15 per cent, of the municipal solid waste generated, is collected, resulting in a build-up of waste in open spaces and along streets in or around the city, (UN-HABITAT, 2007:...

National examinations are standardized and centrally set tests that are administered to learners of the same grade within a particular country’s system of education. Technological advances and the search for efficiency have catalyzed recently a migration from paper-and-pencil based way of doing...

Luangwa District in Zambia’s Lusaka province lies within a marginal area that is prone to both drought and floods in the rainy season (Luangwa District Council, 2007). Despite small scale farmers of Luangwa District employing various drought coping strategies, drought and floods continue to...

ABSTRACT- ZAMREN a Zambian NREN, established on 19th September, 2007, has its network along the line of rail (Livingstone town to Chililabombwe town), and it connects to rest of the world through two (2) fibre channel at 1Gbps. The use of video conferencing application or data intensive...