How Management of Is Projects Impact Quality and Net Benefits of Business Systems Case of a Malawian Ict Company

To date there is no in-depth analysis and better understanding of cause and effect relationship among IS project management, system quality and net benefits in private sectors of developing nations. This research addresses this gap. This is a qualitative case study research with an explanatory and empirical approach. The data for the study was c... Read more   

School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Research type: Master Thesis     Issue year: 2019

Author: Chimalizeni, Robert Brighton Supervisor(s): Harry Gombachika , Gregory Kunyenje

Application of Mobile Short Message Service in Blood Transfusion Services in Malawi: Attitudes, Behaviour and Challenges

High prevalence of anemic conditions due to HIV/AIDS, malaria, malnutrition and others have increased the demand for blood in Malawi. Trends have shown that most blood donors donate only once. Voice call reminders, which are expensive and un-scalable, have so far been used to encourage repeated blood donations. Although there has been an increas... Read more   

School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Research type: Master Thesis     Issue year: 2012

Author: Monawe, Managanizo Supervisor(s): Harry Gombachika

Consumer Adoption of Mobile Payment Systems in Malawi: Case of Zap for Airtel Malawi

Mobile payment system enables consumers to purchase goods and services as well as transfer money using a mobile phone. This qualitative study aimed at investigating the factors that are affecting consumers in nusing mobile payment systems in Malawi. People who have used a mobile payment system called Zap were interviewed. Snowball sampling techn... Read more   

School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Research type: Master Thesis     Issue year: 2012

Author: Nyirenda, Menard Supervisor(s): Harry Gombachika

Investigating the Role of Technology in the Performance of Tea Manufacturing Industry: a Case Study

Malawi aspires to be a middle income country by the year 2020. At a Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of US $151.50 per capita, as of 2003, Malawi is far behind the World Bank’s classification of a middle income country. The World Bank sets the GDP for a middle income country at US $2,046. Malawi has lately witnessed closures of a number of manufactu... Read more   

School: School of Law, Economics and Government

Research type: Master Thesis     Issue year: 2006

Author: Mkandawire, Robert William Supervisor(s): Harry Gombachika , Simon Itaye

An Evaluation of Malawi Government Central Payment System

Operational problems of an old system of cash management led to Government of Malawi to embark on a Central Payment System (CPS). The CPS is an important financial management activity for strengthening public expenditure and improving financial management in achieving Government goals of financial discipline, accountability and transparency. The... Read more   

School: School of Law, Economics and Government

Research type: Master Thesis     Issue year: 2008

Author: Mlotha, Hamilton Mgabie Supervisor(s): J. Kamwachale Khomba , Harry Gombachika