ABSTRACT Dandemutande Investments was face with a network management and tracking problem. The issues that were presented by old manual system include, missed service level agreement due to delayed response to network outages and incidences, the support team had to familiarize with several troubleshooting tools, manual compilation of system reports and the system was reactive and action to resolve network issues were only taken after the they had already occurred. The Infrastructure Surveilla...
Abstract The basis of the research project was to develop an online Work Related Learning (WRL) System for the Midlands State University. As it is a requirement for MSU students completing their second year in their respective degree programs to go for Work Related Learning in their third year .The MSU WRL Virtual Assessment System aims to solve the problems faced by the MSU Work Related Learning department after a realization that students on work related learning may not manage to meet the ...
ABSTRACT The study sought to establish the factors causing low pass rate in Biology in Zhombe circuit. A qualitative research design was used which enabled the researcher to explore human behaviour that cannot be quantified. It also enabled me to understand factors causing low pass rate from a holistic view point because it employs a wide variety of methods in its enquiry. Purposive sampling was used to select heads of departments and biology teachers while stratified random sampling was used...
Abstract Mobile telecoms industry has become a key element of productivity across economies and societies worldwide. The rigorous demand for delivery of services of uncompromising quality in the highly competitive cellular industry has challenged the operators to constantly upgrade their networks. In Zimbabwe we have witnessed a significant transformation within this sector because of the impact it has on the economy with LTE being the latest technology to be considered by most mobile operato...
Abstract Lack of ICT resources has negatively impacted on the full and effective adoption of ICT in education as well as the implementation of the new curriculum in the Zimbabwean context. ICT was adopted in the primary schools but the level of adoption is still in its infancy stage due to mainly shortage of resources and facilitators who lack ICT skills. This study sought to dig deeper into the challenges that are hindering the effective adoption of ICT in the primary school. Questionnaire, ...
ABSTRACT ICTs have become one of the essential pillars of modern society, therefore the attitude, mastery and understanding of ICT basic skills and concepts by teachers in learning and teaching is imperative. New broadband communication services and convergence of telecommunication with computers have created numerous possibilities to use a variety of new technology tools for teaching and learning system. The Zimbabwean government has put into place the ICT Strategic Plan and created the Mini...
ABSTRACT The need to provide a solution to help client of Minerva Risk advisors necessitated the creation of this project and the documentation. It is divided into five chapters which are Introduction, Planning, Analysis, Design and Implementation. A background of the study and feasibility of the project are found in the first two chapters of this document showing detail on the organisation and feasibility of the project. Analysis, design and Implementation follow, these are detailed with sys...
ABSTRACT The first chapter gives a summary of the ZIMSEC as an organisation, when it was formed and its relevant operations. The objectives that led to the research are also crafted in this chapter together with the justification for the study. Different types of feasibility were carried out to ascertain whether it was viable to continue with the system development and an analysis was done for all types of risks that might be encountered. The analysis phase focused on fact finding and differe...
Abstract The crime rate in the nation of Zimbabwe has been steadily increasing in the past 3 years with about 10-15% annually and particularly in theft related crimes. It is due to the advent of this growth in crime that has led to the development of this system as a basis of a prototype to protect people’s homes in particular. As the study in crime done by the ZRP and U.S Embassy OSAC the crimes are mainly based on breaking and entering, therefore this Arduino based alarm system is develop...
ABSTRACT Service delivery to the citizens is the core business of the Gweru City Council. This means that they have to provide quality services always in order to keep the citizens secure from disease and crime. To enhance the quality of the services provided the city council the Gweru Complaints Reporting and administration mobile application is an effort to ease the process of lodging complaint by providing a highly available online system. This is an effort to make the city smart. A Smart ...
Abstract E-Readiness assessments have been identified as a pre-requisite for successful systems implementations and therefore it is a pre-requisite for e-Government as well. It is however difficult to use existing e-Readiness assessment tools as most have been designed to cater for a specific context. In the absence of previous assessments, the level of e-Readiness of local authorities in Namibia is undetermined. The aim of the study is to design an automated assessment tool to assess the ...
ABSTRACT Bovine brucellosis is endemic in Zimbabwe and is an important veterinary disease, responsible for large losses in livestock through abortions and still-born calves. It is also a zoonotic disease and as such poses a threat to public health. For this reason, it is important for every farmer to know the status of their herd. This study was carried out to compare the reliability of serological tests with molecular test in the detection of bovine brucellosis. A total of 17 whole blood and...
ABSTRACT The kinetics and mechanisms of the reactions of nitro-activated diphenyl ethers with substituted anilines in benzene have been investigated. The reactions except that of 2', 6'- dinitro phenyi 2, 4, 6- trinitrophenyl ether are base catalysed. For some of the nucleophiles, the rates decreased with increasing temperature in the range 5 - 35 °C resulting in negative enthalpies of activation (AH" -4.1 to -20.0 kJmol. This can be rationalised in terms of a step-wise mechanism involving (...
ABSTRACT Zimbabwe as an agro economic country focuses immensely on the profit from farming. The government has been investing heavily on the inputs that help make farming easy. The major reason for developing such a system is to impact expert information to farmers at a click of a button.. This document consists of the development of a software system that gives farmers expert information. This system is an easy to use intelligent system that captures the crop disease and give information abo...
Abstract The manual staff appraisal system at ZIMRA is slow and tiresome due to the length of time it takes to generate and fill in individual employees’ evaluation forms resulting in low throughput of employees. The process is also not cost effective to the company as voluminous appraisals are posted to the head office for evaluation and back for feedback. The analysis phase saw the researcher using various data gathering methodologies which included interviews, questionnaires and focus gr...