ABSTRACT The main purpose of this study was to design an online system which helps operations done by the work related learning office by allowing students to send their placement forms online, departmental coordinators to allocate lecturers students for supervision fairly, decrease the use of flat files in keeping students‟ details and avoiding situations of overbooking of buses that transport the lecturers to assessments trips. The research adopted a descriptive survey design which was co...
ABSTRACT Declining water resources, low rice yields and a widening gap between current rice demand and production in Zanzibar necessitates a change from the current rice production system to a more efficient system of production such as the system of rice intensification (SRI). In an attempt to evaluate the efficacy of SRI practice and determining the optimum spacing and transplanting age of seedlings for better grain yield, productive tillers and water productivity, a field experiment in a R...
ABSTRACT Midlands State University Student Cyber Deferment System is an online-computing solution system that allows the current students to defer and resume their studies online and receive the confirmation via email. Student cyber deferment system will give more room to access the information of the student who deferred their studies through use of various cyber computing platforms provided by the system for example 3D Bar and linear graphs .Interviews, questionnaires and observation w...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to assess the role of communication in the performance of agricultural donor funded projects using Research, Community and Organizational Development Associates (RECODA) as a case study. Generally, the study established the types of project information shared by various actors in the RECODA donor funded agricultural projects; examined the effectiveness of various communication channels; assessed the relationship between communication and performance of ...
ABSTRACT The modern medicine particularly drugs’ discovery and their development is a result of improvement of the local knowledge of the health practitioners on the medicinal plants and animal products. This study aimed at isolating and testing the bioactive compounds from Synadenium glaucescens collected from Njombe Region; Tanzania. Extraction was done using Soxhlet method while the isolation involved a series of chromatographic techniques. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) technique was ...
ABSRACT Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are the most common type of infections encountered in medical practice today. Effective treatment of these infections is being hindered by antibiotic resistance of UTI pathogens. Prevalence of UTIs differs with geographical location, seasons, and gender. Therefore, it is important to isolate and identify the uro-pathogens causing UTIs in an area and determine their antibiotic susceptibility patterns. In this study, a total of 92 mid-stream urine samples...
ABSTRACT Women economic empowerment is increasingly viewed as one of key elements in poverty reduction strategies. Position of women’s economic status in Tanzania has been low compared to men in which about 60 percent of women in Tanzania have low economic status. This study examined the contributions of Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILCs) towards improving women’s economic status. Specifically, the study examined the main source of income among women, and examined challenges...
ABSTRACT Cassava (Manihot esculenta) is a drought resistant crop that can potentially contribute to food security through diversification of the staple diet in Zimbabwe. A major hindrance to its adoption as a major food item is its perceived toxicity because it contains a cyanogenic glycoside, which can be hydrolyzed into hydrogen cyanide, HCN, and there is also lack of its nutritional benefits. A comparative study of three cassava varieties (Benguela, Malawi 1 and Malawi 7) grown in Zimbabwe...
ABSTRACT The study was conducted to evaluate practical diets for Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus composed of fishmeal, soybean meal, cotton seed cake meal and sunflower seed cake meal. Five isonitrogenous (30 g 100 g-1), isolipidic (10 g 100 g-1) and isoenergetic (18 kJ g-1) test diets were formulated. The control diet composed of fish meal (22%) and soybean meal (30%) as the major sources of protein. In the other test diets, fish meal was fixed at 5%, while inclusion of soybean meal, cott...
ABSTRACT This project concentrates on developing the ZPC Automated Network Logs and ICT Support Ticket Tracking System which was seen necessary after it was discovered that the manual system that was being used for ticket tracking and network logging had weaknesses. Poor communication through the use of multiple communication mediums led to difficulties in tracking the support tickets raised by users at Zimbabwe Power Company. Also the manual system was also not effective in checking the stat...
ABSTRACT Success of family business and economic development may be impacted by gender dynamics. The overall objective of this study was to assess the impact of gender dynamics of family business in Morogoro Municipality. Specifically the study sought to identify gender roles in family businesses, determine gender related factors influencing success of family businesses and analyze the attitudes of men and women in managing the family businesses. A cross-sectional research design was adopted ...
Abstract Technology is changing rapidly and there is need to adjust so as to improve the economy and how businesses operate in Zimbabwe. This research gives a detailed overview of the Pick n Pay Self-Service Mobile application with the main thrust of solving the problems of having long queues customers waiting to pay up goods, customers spending much than they have budgeted and increase in stationary costs during business operation, at the same time with the main of implementing new technolog...
ABSTRACT The effectiveness of the M&E systems on project performance has not been adequately established. This study assessed the determinants of effectiveness of NGOs’ M&E systems. Specifically, the study assessed the effectiveness of selected NGOs’ M&E systems, determined the influence of human resources on effectiveness of NGOs’ M&E systems and analyzed factors influencing the effectiveness of NGOs’ M&E systems. The study adopted a cross-sectional and descriptive research design wh...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing the contribution of child welfare services provided by World Vision, Tanzania at Magole Area Development Program (ADP). Its specific objectives were to assess the types of child welfare services rendered by World Vision Tanzania at Magole ADP, to analyze the needs of the children at ADP Magole, to evaluate the contribution of WV in the program and to assess the determinants of satisfaction of the program. The study adopted multistage sampling also known a...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing the contribution of child welfare services provided by World Vision, Tanzania at Magole Area Development Program (ADP). Its specific objectives were to assess the types of child welfare services rendered by World Vision Tanzania at Magole ADP, to analyze the needs of the children at ADP Magole, to evaluate the contribution of WV in the program and to assess the determinants of satisfaction of the program. The study adopted multistage sampling also known a...