ABSTRACT Information and knowledge play an important role in enabling rural women to achieve economic empowerment through poverty alleviation. The general aim of this study was to determine the contribution of information in the empowerment of rural women. In a bid to achieve this objective, the study sought to assess the roles of information in increasing women access and control of economic resources, in assisting women contribute towards economic decisions at the household and community le...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to reduce fraud at toll collection points by ensuring that all toll fee revenue is collected at one central point and also to reduce the risk of theft and loss by doing away with the handling of cash at tollgate stations. To get an insight into the operations of ZINARA, a number of methodologies were used by the researcher which included interviews, questionnaires, and observations. The use of these methodologies helped to get detailed information, in...
ABSTRACT The core aspect behind developing Zimbabwe Electricity Transmission and Distribution Company Fault reporting and tracking android application was a result of inefficiency of the manual system that was used at the organization. The main aim was to develop a computerized system that will curb the problems currently encountered by using the existing manual system by integratinginformationsystemsprocess. The instruments which were used to come up with the system include MySQL database, n...
ABSTRACT This document was produced as part of the final (forth) year project for the BSc. (Hons) Information Systems Degree program. The project was done to present and develop an effective way to enhance the technology utilisation to the individuals with different disabilities at different levels in the education sector. The project involves five basic phases namely introduction phase, planning phase, analysis phase, design phase and the implementation phase. The introduction phase introduc...
ABSTRACT The architecture of government buildings built in the pre-modern days did not cater for the recent advanced technologies of the internet via fiber distribution or (unshielded twisted pair cables) UTP in their plans, therefore making it a bottleneck for the modern network technician installers to plan for clear routes within the buildings for the internet connections and resources being allocated to the diverse ministries. This problem also affected remote located sites of the MICTPSC...
ABSTRACT Version Control Systems for quite some time present an integral part of development process and a must have tool for both individual developers and teams as well. However, use of version control systems and choice of proper workflow can at first be challenging. Developers and teams often do not invest enough time to get to know the possibilities of such systems, which results in these systems not being used to their full potential. The purpose of the study was to develop a framework ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to develop an online mobile application to perform the task of reporting IT related faults and issues that arise at Turnall Holdings so as to capture and store all these problems for future reference easily. The objectives of the system were to remove the use of manual paper as log sheets, which consumed a lot of resources and money. The system was to create a quick reaction on the IT stuff by showing dates and times of the report of a fault and the atten...
ABSTRACT Traffic signal breakdowns are a common problem in the CBD areas of cities and towns. When these breakdowns occur, unsafe road conditions for motorists and pedestrians emerge whereby there is chaos at intersections with each driver trying to proceed without considering other motorists. This leads to traffic jams, delays and collisions. This project aims to address the problem of prolonged traffic signal down time by designing a model traffic signal that uses SMS to automatically and i...
ABSTRACT This research is aimed at development of HLF Online Scholarship Application and Recruitment Decision Support System that is meant to assist senior managers in all branches in the selection and recruitment decision making processes. The researcher had proposed the idea of introducing a new system after discovering problems that were being experienced as a result of manual processes, some of the problems include; delays in selection decision making, repetitive work, time taken to compl...
ABSTRACT The chief purpose for this research was inclined towards solving the challenges that were being faced with regards to manual client tracking and updating at the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council (ZNFPC). The new ZNFPC Client Management System is a web based system that utilizes internet facilities to deliver on the routine recording, tracking and updating service records and statistics at the organization. At the organization comes new and old clients for different family pla...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this project was to develop a computerised online Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) Recruitment System that will store information of every applicant and be able to process, evaluate and produce feedback to the applicants efficiently and manipulation of information. Officer recruitment at ZRP was facing problems with the manual filing system that they were using to store information, and hence processing of applications and evaluation was now a tedious and unfair process...
Abstract The aim of research study is to construct a web based system that enables customers to order products and services online. This study aims to make products and services availability a must to all customers in need of the service. The project was guided by objectives listed below: To develop a system that facilitate real time processing capabilities by enabling customers to register online and receive their login details on their mobile phones. To develop a system that have a ...
Abstract The drive behind development of The Patriots web based payment platform and marketing tool was to provide Zimbabwe Heritage Trust with a technological solution to market their authored books and to facilitate convenient fund transactions for customers and the organisations marketing department. The enhanced newspaper subscriptions payment platform project will provide benefits for the organisation by implementing a computerised system of the manual subscription process being used cur...
ABSTRACT This project was focused at designing and implementing an android cropguard and pest control application system which will assist farmers to acquire farming knowledge and know how they can deal with pests and diseases so as to improve the output. Experts in farming will be able to offer expert advice to farmers and as well acquire additional knowledge and try new crops. Farmers would be able to report their needs to the ministry of agriculture and make the ministry of agriculture rec...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to come up with a solution for problems that were identified at Scorpion Safety Products. The main objectives of the system are to ensure that computer users at Scorpion Safety Products are equipped with the knowledge to fix problem they encounter on a day to day basis in the workplace. Users in various departments depended on an external subcontractor for every little problem faced and this resulted in the company having to fork over huge amounts of ...