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The emergence of social entrepreneurship as a worthwhile approach for alleviating social problems has shown that women are more prone to social entrepreneurship, especially as they take up courses in entrepreneurship at university level. The current study was motivated by the increasing number of...

Construction industry is key to the world economies in both developed and developing nations. However, construction works could bring hazards such as silica dust and chemical irritants to site personnel. Silica dust and chemical irritants are produced from activities such as demolition, drilling,...

Many corporate entities have relied on financial sustainability drivers such as income generating capacity, income source diversity, financial planning and management, and the potential for geographical spread and product diversity; however, there is limited information on how CSO's respond to...

The construction industry plays a vital role in the development of the Zambian economy. With the growth of the construction industry is a corresponding need for the maintenance and securing of health and safety in a bid to minimize and reduce accidents in the construction industry. Zambia’s...

The construction industry plays a vital role in the development of the Zambian economy. With the growth of the construction industry is a corresponding need for the maintenance and securing of health and safety in a bid to minimize and reduce accidents in the construction industry. Zambia’s...

The lack of SME financing has prompted the need to provide an alternative way to raise funds from the sale of shares through the Alternative Security Markets (ASM). Thus SMEs need to be allowed to register on the stock exchange market. This paper was inspired by the lack of research on this trend...

In 2002, the republican President of Zambia declined a donation of Genetically Modified (GM) maize from the United States of America citing a lack of regulation and technical capacity. Consequently, in 2003 and 2007, the country passed the Biosafety Policy and Biosafety Act respectively. In 2018,...

The risks associated with construction can be transferred to insurance. However, the levels of knowledge and use of insurance covers in the Zambian construction industry (ZCI) are not known. Knowledge and use of insurance covers have not been previously described. The study was designed to cover...

Utility scale Solar PV power generation is for the first time being added onto the Zambian national electricity grid to increase capacity of electricity generation and to reduce over dependence on hydropower generation. The World Bank group recently funded a ‘Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Utility Scale...

If the construction industry of a country is inefficient, it is difficult for any such country to see meaningful development. This is particularly true for countries that often see many of its projects abandoned. Globally projects continue to be abandoned. In Zambia, the number of projects being...