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The ubiquity and convenience of the mobile phone have brought new opportunities in the delivery of financial services. One such opportunity is mobile payment for utility bills. Mobile payment allows customers to perform bill payment transactions through their mobile devices. This study aimed at evaluating customers’ satisfaction with mobile util... Read more
School: Not available.
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2018
Author: Jika, Alima Mlomba Supervisor(s): Chipo KanjoThe purpose of this study was to investigate the teaching strategies that teachers of English use to teach learners comprehension skills. This study was guided by Social Cultural Theory (SCT) by Vygotsky (1978), which emphasises that learning is a social process which occurs when a competent person (teacher) or peers interact in a psychological ... Read more
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Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2018
Author: Banda, Advent Changantuwa Supervisor(s): Foster Kholowa , Patrick KapitoMany countries that faced banking crisis have adopted explicit deposit insurance (EDI) systems as a way of promoting financial stability. However, country experiences also show that EDI systems have inherent disadvantages which can produce counterproductive effects such as promoting instability of financial systems. The chief disadvantage is mor... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Khunga, Chrispin K.C. Supervisor(s): Chikosa BandaMalawi’s dependency on fuel imports, combined with unstable local currency and fluctuations in world fuel prices poses a threat to short term macroeconomic advancement. Malawi has been using biofuel for transport since 1982. Currently an E20 policy is in place where petrol from the pump station is sold as a blend of 20 percent ethanol and 80 per... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Mhango, Charity Supervisor(s): Winfred MasanjalaUsing the aggregate production function, the study examines the main components of Malawi’s growth rates as well as elasticity of output growth with respect to sectorial factor inputs from Agriculture, Manufacturing and Services between 1980 and 2012. The study employs a parametric approach where Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) procedure is applied... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Mbedza, Pilirani Supervisor(s): Spy Munthali , Levison ChiwaulaThis study investigated the effect of Financial Market Legislation on capital market development in Malawi, with particular attention on the capital market development indices namely Stock Market Capitalization and Stock Market Liquidity. The study estimated two separate empirical models; the first to test the impact of the FML on Stock Market C... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Banda, Thandiwe Supervisor(s): Winfred MasanjalaOver the last decade, the telecommunication industry has been an emerging and important economic sector with immense impacts on the social and economic structures of Malawi. Despite some entry of new providers the industry is still concentrated and there are fears of collusive pricing. This study uses panel data for the period 2004 to 2014 for f... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Wittika, Alan Chimwemwe Supervisor(s): Ben KaluwaThe present study explores whether geographical factors play a significant role in the determination of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) countries. The study uses panel data of 15 SADC countries during the period of 2000-2011. To explore the determining factors, the study uses a one-step Sys... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Milner, Derrick Walter Supervisor(s): Exley SilumbuInformation Systems (IS) are very important for the provision of e-services by government, to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDSs) and its citizens. There are several ways in which the public sector acquires its information systems and these include in-house development, buying off-the-shelf and outsourcing development among others. Outso... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Matewere, Florence Supervisor(s): Chipo Kanjo , Kondwani ThangalimodziThe Government of Malawi (GoM) is promoting expanded and improved quality and equity in access to health care including for those that are infected with Human Immune Virus (HIV). As one way of ensuring such equity in access, the GoM has a policy that supports people living with HIV to be accessing free antiretroviral therapy(ART) from different ... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Mainjeni, Dalitso Dickson Supervisor(s): Spy MunthaliInternet banking is relatively new technology in Malawi. The aim of this research was to investigate factors that affect the adoption of Internet banking by consumers in Malawi. The study was motivated by the fact that most Internet banking had introduced Internet banking services but adoption levels remain very low as evidenced by long queues i... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Kungwalo, Edmond Chiyembekezo Supervisor(s): J. KumwendaThis study sought to establish the impact of interest rate spread on the profitability of commercial banks in Malawi by examining the annual financial reports of eleven banks for a period of twenty one years (1994 to 2014). Malawi’s economy measured by GDP has remained stagnant for the twenty one years while its interest rates have remained high... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Chibwana, Olive Kampira Supervisor(s): Ben KaluwaThis study was set to analyse institutions and processes governing the practice of party financing modalities in Malawi. The question central to this study was; which institutions are governing party financing in Malawi in the absence of national regulations? Employing an institutional approach to political analysis the study was premised on the... Read more
School: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Bafuta, Ludovic Madalitso Supervisor(s): F. LombeMalawi has taken great strides in ensuring that the legal and regulatory environment is conducive towards the conduct of business and the attraction of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The country has taken commendable steps in reviewing and updating commercial and financial related laws to ensure that they align with generally acceptable intern... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Kaluwa, Hilda Nicole Supervisor(s): Chikosa BandaThis study conducts a comparative analysis of the monetary policy transmission mechanism in the SADC region by assessing the importance and similarity of the interest rate channel for the SADC countries. Using the vector auto-regression (VAR) approach, the study focuses on the reduced-form relationships between short term interest rates, inflati... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Mkombe, Dadirai Patricia Supervisor(s): Exley Silumbu , Winfred MasanjalaMalawi is faced with a high burden of disease with malaria as one of the top contributors to this burden. Health which is a capital stock may be expected to positively contribute to an individual’s decision to participate and supply labour. The decision may in the end have some positive impact on the economy in general. The study assessed the im... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Malekano, Paul Supervisor(s): Levison Chiwaula , Martin PhangaphangaThis paper examines the effect of financial reforms on financial deepening in Kenya. The specificic objective of the study were to assess the effect of financial liberalization on savings mobilization, to analyze the effect of financial reforms on intermediation margin and to investigate the effect of financial liberalization on the size of fina... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Mwangi, Beatrice Njeri Supervisor(s): Winfred Masanjala , Exley SilumbuThe main objective of this study was to determine technical efficiency of CHAM facilities and some of its determinants in Malawi. This study used input and output variables from 26 CHAM facilities in Malawi using a two- stage analysis involving data envelopment analysis and to bit regression. The study finds that most CHAM facilities(69%) are te... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Mkandawire, Nicholous Delson Mphangwe Supervisor(s): Spy MunthaliThe gender disparities in access, retention and success rates that exist at secondary school level can be attributed to a number of reasons, one of them being the classroom interactions. The kinds of interactions that go on in the classroom are among the factors that determine who successfully completes his or her education. These can be interac... Read more
School: School of Law, Economics and Government
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Maseko, James Supervisor(s): Symon ChiziwaThis study evaluated mechanisms and practices for water pollution control adopted and applied by regulatory institutions and manufacturing industries in Lilongwe and Blantyre cities of Malawi. Data was collected through key informant interviews, direct observation, documentation analysis and secondary data analysis from 21 industries and seven r... Read more
School: School of Natural and Applied Sciences
Research type: Master Thesis Issue year: 2017
Author: Kaitano, Emmanuel Ndadzadala Tobias Supervisor(s): Jonas Mwatseteza , Chikosa Banda