ABSTRACT This project concentrates on developing the Save the Children Sponsorship Management system which was seen necessary after it was discovered that the command prompt system that was being used for sponsorship child records management 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. The current system shows a lot of bureaucracy and old fashioned way of runn...
ABSTRACT This study sought to develop a framework for the implementation of cloud based Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system in the transport business sector in Zimbabwe: A case of CMED (Pvt) Ltd. Information was gathered through interviews, questionnaire and case study approaches. The concept of cloud computing is not new in the transport business but it was used for telematics only not for integrated system like ERP. An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system is an enterprise-wide so...
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 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 public sector is witnessing a digital revolution and are being challenged by many obstacles as correct electronic platforms are provided for the improvement of collaborative activities, sharing of information and knowledge, regardless of time, space or location. In this study the focus was on three main subject matters: decision-making, tools for collaboration, and challenges that may arise when using these tools for collaborative activities. The empirical part of the thesis empl...
ABSTRACT This document entails full details of research given in phases of the development of the Adverse behaviour and protest prediction system for Zimbabwe Ezekiel Guti University (ZEGU). It is a sentiment analysis system designed to read sentiments in text posted by students and members of the university community at large in order to aid the institution’s administration in predicting possibility of protests at the university. It was seen necessary to develop this system due to several ...
ABSTRACT Aeronautical Publications and Flight Permits Processing System is a web-based computer system that automates all the processes that are involved in issuing flight permits, as well as recording and management of publications. Its major thrust is to provide a secure platform to issue flight permits for over flight and landing, and to conduct Airport surveillances online. The system deals with the creation and management of applicants or operators’ accounts since some Aircraft operato...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research was to provide a working and lasting solution to the challenges being faced by the Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) at Criminal Investigations Department (CID), Central Criminal Bureau (CCB) in particular. To achieve the best results for this project, a number of methodologies, information gathering techniques and development tools were carefully used. The researcher used Interviews, Observations and Questionnaires to gather data from the users/CID officers...
ABSTRACT The Government of the Republic of Namibia as a multi-layered organisation of systems, desires to be effective, efficient and integrated in service delivery. Although it continues to invest significantly in the acquisition and development of information systems, active results and efficiency are not necessarily produced as expected. A concern in public roads traffic control are the various traffic fine information systems involved, which are heterogeneous and decentralised. This has c...
ABSTRACT In the wake of digitalisation, technology has changed the world, connecting people with information and services at the touch of a finger. Regular Internet access, smartphones and other technological advances have made the world a global village by bringing people from various geographical locations together. Despite the positive changes, the pace and scale of this technological revolution have created space for nefarious actors. Identity theft, data breaches, fake news, phishing and...
ABSTRACT The idea of developing Mbizo high school integrated administration system was hatched due to the lack of a suitable IT based solution to administrative processes of schools classified in class B. Many school administration systems available off-the-shelf are not fit for most of the school in Zimbabwe and study have shown that they are prematurely abandoned due to their unsustainability. The new system is tailor made to suite well in environments of class B school like Mbizo high scho...