Meant to server you diligently Ubuntu Research & Rural Development Company Shifwankula Village, Kabangwe Area, Off Great North Road P O Box 32265 Lusaka, Zambia E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.rrd-zambia.com CAPABILITY STATEMENT JANUARY 2017
Meant to server you diligently
Ubuntu Research & Rural Development Company Shifwankula Village, Kabangwe Area, Off Great North Road P O Box 32265 Lusaka, Zambia E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.rrd-zambia.com
CAPABILITY STATEMENT JANUARY 2017
Contents 1. Introduction .............................................................................................................................................. 1
2. Human Resources and Experience ............................................................................................................ 1
2.1 Research and Consultancy Experience ............................................................................................... 1
3. Our Research and Analytical Capabilities ............................................................................................... 22
3.1 Innovative, ICT-based ........................................................................................................................ 22
3.2 Integration of survey research data with geographic information systems ..................................... 23
3.3 Highly developed statistical and analytical abilities ......................................................................... 23
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1. Introduction
Ubuntu Research and Rural Development Company (Ubuntu RRDC) is a Zambian-based company that provides socio-economic research services. We provide high quality, scientifically-based socio-economic research data needed in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of policies, programs and projects that contribute to the economic and social development of Zambia’s (and Africa’s) rural areas. We seek to create new knowledge through applied socio-economic research. This new knowledge is intended to contribute to the removal of socio-economic hurdles that are constraining development, and to contribute to the creation of material and social wealth (and conversely, to contribute to the eradication of poverty).
The company also aims at developing innovate products and services that enable those at, or near, the bottom of the economic ladder to meaningfully participate in a nation’s economic affairs, thereby contributing to the economic growth of their communities and, cumulatively, the nation as a whole. This is done by running Ubuntu Research and Rural Development Company as an inclusive business that provides meaningful opportunities for the rural poor to participate in the company’s value-creation chain through knowledge-extension and outgrower schemes in carefully chosen products and services.
2. Human Resources and Experience
People are the most important resource for Ubuntu RRDC. Our strength is anchored in the individual
and collective expertise and experience of in-house and associated researchers and consultants. The
founders have a collective experience of over 50 years of work, and an individual average of 16 years.
They have backgrounds in business, agricultural economics and sociology. Ubuntu’s associate
consultants have backgrounds in economics, agriculture and statistics and they come from the academia
and private organizations.
2.1 Research and Consultancy Experience Ubuntu RRDC is a new firm, but its founders and staff have many years of experience of conducting
research and managing enterprises. The experience outlined here is largely drawn from the experiences
of Ubuntu staff in their earlier capacities.
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1. Name of assignment or project: National Biosafety Authority government officials’ sensitization workshop.
Year: 2016
Location: Zambia
Client: National Biosafety Authority
Main project features: The workshop was organized by the National Biosafety Authority (NBA)
to sensitize government officials and other stakeholders on key provisions of the Biosafety Act
and the role of the National Biosafety Agency. The workshop was also intended to shed a little
light on the subject of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs).
Activities performed: Workshop facilitation
2. Name of assignment or project: Midline Review of Kit Yamoyo Transition to Scale.
Year: 2016
Location: Zambia
Client: Colalife (http://www.colalife.org)
Main project features: The Kit Yamoyo Transition to Scale (KYTS) is a ColaLife Project aimed at
helping prevent deaths in under-five children by improving access to simple medicines such as
ORS and zinc. KYTS was launched in October 2015 and is focused on Lusaka Province, primarily
on the townships (compounds) around the capital but also in 2-3 other more rural districts and
works with small grocery stores serving these densely populated areas but have also secured
distribution through Shoprite stores, and some pharmacies. Shoprite started stocking Kit
Yamoyo from January 2016.
Activities performed: Design of data collection instruments, data collection and data
preparation.
3. Name of assignment or project: Africa Integrity Indicators for Zambia.
Year: 2016
Location: Zambia
Client: Global Integrity (https://www.globalintegrity.org)
Main project features: The Africa Integrity Indicators project assesses key social, economic,
political and anti-corruption mechanisms at the national level in all 54 African countries.
Independent in-country researchers evaluate the legal framework and its practical
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implementation across various categories, including the rule of law, public service integrity,
sustainable economic opportunity, and human development. The research is based on Global
Integrity’s expert assessment methodology.
Positions held: In-Country Lead Researcher
Activities performed: rigorously researched all indicators through interviews, desk research and
verified of primary data in order to ensure that the data is as accurate and balanced as possible,
and develop and documented an assessment for each indicator.
4. Name of assignment or project: Study on the nature of trade under the World Bank Great Lakes Trade Facilitation Project.
Year: 2016
Location: Zambia/DRC/Tanzania
Client: WORLD BANK
Main project features: The World Bank sponsored a study on the Great Lakes Trade Facilitation
Project (GLTFP), specifically for analyzing trade patterns along and across Lake Tanganyika. The
Africa Great Lakes Region covers six countries, i.e. the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),
Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. It is a region that has known great conflict and
displacement of people which have disrupted their livelihoods and wellbeing, especially in
eastern Congo. The World Bank and other players have responded to the need to support the
rebuilding of people’s livelihoods in eastern DRC, and are keen to extend this support to its
neighbours around Lake Tanganyika. Increased trade among these countries is expected to help
lift the economy of eastern Congo and help normalize the lives of the people of the area.
Activities performed: Study design, data collection in Zambia and Tanzania, data analysis, and
report writing.
5. Name of assignment or project: Survey on Cross‐border Trade of Goods and Services at Kasumbalesa.
Year: 2015
Location: Zambia/DRC
Client: WORLD BANK
Main project features: The aim of the consultancy was to provide an improved understanding of
cross‐border trade at Kasumbalesa including information types of checks and procedures
involved, threats and problems encountered by traders, time requirements and costs, price
differentials between the countries, and where leading goods and services originate and where
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they are actually consumed.
Activities performed: Survey design, training of enumeration, and supervision of data collection, data analysis and report writing.
6. Name of assignment or project: ACDI/VOCA PROFIT PLUS FY 2015 Outcome Survey.
Year: 2015
Location: Zambia
Client: ACIDI/VOCA
Main project features: The second (FY 2015) Profit + annual outcome survey was intended to
assess project performance in terms of efficiency and effectiveness as well as contextualize and
explain this performance through a cross-sectional survey employing mostly quantitative
approaches.
Activities performed: Survey design, training of enumeration, and supervision of data collection,
data analysis and report writing.
7. Name of assignment or project: Zambia Community Forest Program Impact Evaluation Data Collection
Year: 2015
Location: Zambia
Client: CLOUDBURST/USAID
Main project features: The Community Forest Program (CFP) is USAID/Zambia’s key initiative
under its Global Climate Change (GCC) portfolio. Funding for CFP will enables implementing
partners to initiate the largest Reducing Emission from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+)
program in Zambia. The program objectives include improved livelihoods, income generation,
and poverty reduction, as well as an increase in the number of hectares of forestland under
improved management; the project will cover at least 700,000 hectares of forest and will be
implemented in Zambia’s Eastern Province. The baseline data collection for the impact
evaluation of the Community Forest Program included a large N probability household survey, a
headperson survey, semistructured interviews with key informants and community leaders, as
well as focus group discussions in Zambia’s Eastern Province
Activities performed: Survey design, training of enumeration, and supervision of data collection
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8. Name of assignment or project: Afrobarometer Round 6 Survey.
Year: 2014
Location: Zambia
Client: Afrobarometer/IJR
Main project features: Afrobarometer is a series of public opinion survey produced
collaboratively by social scientists from more than 30 African countries. Coordination is provided
by the Center for Democratic Development (CDD) in Ghana, the Institute for Justice and
Reconciliation (IJR) in South Africa, the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) at the University
of Nairobi in Kenya, and the Institute for Empirical Research in Political Economy (IREEP) in
Benin. Michigan State University (MSU) and the University of Cape Town (UCT) provide technical
support to the network.
Activities performed: Survey design, training of enumeration, and supervision of data collection,
preparation and dissemination of results.
9. Name of assignment or project: Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) and Quantitative Service Delivery Survey (QSDS) for Zambia.
Year: 2014
Location: Zambia
Client: WORLD BANK
Main project features: The World Bank in conjunction with the DFID and Governments of
Zambia commissioned a Public Expenditure Tracking Survey (PETS) and Quantitative Service
Delivery Survey (QSDS) for Zambia for purposes of improving the efficiency and effectiveness of
its basic education programs (including secondary education) and to know how the funds
allocated for education sector programs could be targeted in a timely manner towards priority
areas for intended beneficiaries.
Activities performed: Survey design, training of enumeration, and supervision of data collection.
10. Name of assignment or project: PROFIT+ 2014 Annual Outcome Survey
Year: 2014/15
Location: Zambia
Client: : ACDI /VOCA
Main project features: The PROFIT+ project feeds into the wider USAID Feed the Future goal of
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“increasing food security and decreasing hunger through agriculture-led growth and inclusive
market access by smallholder farmers. The project’s intermediate results focus on: (1) Improved
smallholder productivity; (2) expanded markets and trade; and (3) increased private sector
investment in agriculture-related activities. Cross-cutting themes include gender, natural
resource conservation and climate change, and behavior change communications. In order to
measure performance in the achievement of the above objectives, Profit Plus conducted a
baseline survey in 2013 and this was followed by the first annual outcome survey which
measures progress in the year 2014. In this regard, the first annual outcome survey is aimed at
• highlighting evidence of effectiveness of the strategies employed by ACDI/VOCA and the
Profit Plus project in achieving desired results;
• identifying bottlenecks and constraints in achieving the desired results as well as
generating lessons that will inform corrective action in subsequent years.
Activities performed: Survey design, training of enumerators, supervision of data collection,
data analysis and report writing.
11. Name of assignment or project: Smallholder Agribusiness Promotion Programme Baseline Survey
Year: 2014
Location: Zambia
Client: : Smallholder Agribusiness Promotion Programme (SAPP- Ministry of Agriculture and
Livestock)
Main project features: The Smallholder Agribusiness Promotion Programme (SAPP) is a
government initiated programme that is being implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and
Livestock (MAL). The programme is financially supported by the International Fund for
Agriculture Development (IFAD). The overall objective of the evaluation was to provide
information on the status of the programme objectives and the Key Performance Indicators
(KPIs) at the start of the programme. The survey evaluated the agricultural and marketing
activities for seven selected commodities, as well as household characteristics of target group
households. The seven selected commodities are small livestock, aquaculture, beef, groundnuts,
beans, rice and cassava.
Activities performed: Survey design, training of enumerators, supervision of data collection,
data analysis and report writing.
12. Name of assignment or project: Pilot Programme For Climate Resilience Baseline Survey
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Year: 2014
Location: Zambia
Client: : Oxford Policy Management (OPM)
Main project features: The assignment involved research on behalf of the Zambian government
and the World Bank about the effects of climate change in the Barotse and Kafue Sub-Basins.
Activities performed: Data analysis.
13. Name of assignment or project: Independent Evaluation of the Wealth Creation Development of Rural Markets in Zambia – MUSIKA INDEPENDENT EVALUATION
Year: 2014
Location: Zambia
Client: : UK Department for International Development (DFID)
Main project features: The objective of the Musika evaluation was to:
• Inform and contribute to the effective implementation of the Musika programme;
• Contribute to the evidence base on what works in Zambia;
• Inform the international debate on the value of the M4P approach, and thereby feed
into future policy and funding decisions relating to tackling poverty reduction and achieving the
MDGs;
• Inform DFID and Government of Zambia and other stakeholders of sustainable
approaches to developing market systems and which interventions have the greatest impact.
Activities performed: Collection and analysis of qualitative data.
14. Name of assignment or project: Survey to Assess the Attitudes of Zambians citizens towards to Mining Industry Year: 2013/14
Location: Zambia
Client: : International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
Main project features: The assignment involved developing a methodology for undertaking a
survey of 300 adult Zambians in three districts, reviewing and adapting the CSIRO survey tool
and conducting the actual survey
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Activities performed: Research design, review of data collection tools, supervision of data
collection and preliminary data analysis.
15. Name of assignment or project: GlaxoSmithKline-Barclays Bank Market Research in Eastern Province of Zambia Year: 2013
Location: Zambia
Client: GlaxoSmithKline/Barclays Bank
Main project features: The assignment involved an in-depth qualitative survey combined with a
quantitative in the Eastern Province of Zambia so as to inform the range of interventions
including:
Developing the private sector supply chain of medicines.
Invest in nurse run SME franchises to deliver healthcare services in rural areas.
Test a micro health insurance product.
Integrate health education to microfinance networks.
Activities performed: Design of survey of methodology, data collection, report writing.
16. Name of assignment or project: ColaLife Operational Trial Zambia (COTZ) Endline and Impact Evaluation Survey
Year: August 2013
Location: Eastern and Southern Provinces of Zambia
Client: UNICEF
Main project features: The ColaLife Operational Trial Zambia (COTZ) aims to help prevent
deaths in under-five children by improving access to simple medicines such as ORS and zinc in
underserved rural areas using an innovative approach which involves “piggy backing” anti-
diarrheal kits (ADKs) for children under five, on the secondary distribution chains of soft drinks
and fast moving consumer goods. The baseline provided baseline findings against which the
impact of the trial at mid-term and end-line will be measured.
Activities performed: overseeing the administrative work, train the enumerators and
supervising data collection
17. Name of assignment or project: Central Programme Unit Scale up in Kabwe and Kapiri Mposhi districts Year: June 2013
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Location: Zambia
Client: Plan International
Main project features: Project focussed on Basic Health, Basic Education, Youth Economic
Empowerment, Child Rights and Child Protection, Gender, HIV/AIDS, and access to Water and
Sanitation.
Activities performed: Situation Analysis using a child’s rights approach in Kabwe and Kapiri
Mposhi.
18. Name of assignment or project: Hands-on Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Training Course Year: 2013
Location: Lusaka
Client: Open to the public
Main project features: A short course in M&E targeting middle and senior managers, M&E
officers, and supervisors as well as other interested persons in government ministries, private
sector institutions, Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Faith Based Organizations (FBOs),
Community Based Organizations (CBOs) and public and private training institutions. Topics to be
covered included among others: Introduction to Monitoring and Evaluation; Monitoring and
Evaluation Components; Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks; Introduction to Logical
Framework; Operationalisation of Monitoring and Evaluation; Hands-on Quantitative and
Qualitative Mobile Data Collection (using Samsung Galaxy Tablets) i.e. field work; Data Analysis
including hands-on use of SPSS.
Activities performed: Training of participants
19. Name of assignment or project: ColaLife Operational Trial Zambia (COTZ) Midline Survey
Location: Zambia
Client: UNICEF
Main project features: The ColaLife Operational Trial Zambia (COTZ) aims to help prevent
deaths in under-five children by improving access to simple medicines such as ORS and zinc in
underserved rural areas using an innovative approach which involves “piggy backing” anti-
diarrheal kits (ADKs) for children under five, on the secondary distribution chains of soft drinks
and fast moving consumer goods. The baseline provided baseline findings against which the
impact of the trial at mid-term and end-line will be measured.
Activities performed: oversee the administrative work, train the enumerators and supervising
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data collection
20. Name of assignment or project: Baseline Survey for the Production, Finance and Improved Technology Plus (PROFIT+) Year: 2013
Location: Lusaka, Chipata, Katete and Lundazi
Client: Kimetrica
Main project features: The Production, Finance and Improved Technology Plus (PROFIT+) is a
key component of USAID’s Feed the Future global hunger and food security initiative in Zambia,
aimed to achieve USAID’s goal of increasing food security and decreasing hunger through
agriculture led growth and inclusive market access by smallholder farmers.
Activities performed: Assessed the seed entrepreneurship and related the outputs to the
Zambia CAADP Compact, in collaboration with the African Seed Biotechnology Programme
(ASBP) of the African Union Commission (AUC).
21. Name of assignment or project: Afrobarometer Survey Year: 2012/13
Location: Zambia
Client: Afrobarometer Network/CDD Ghana
Main project features: The Afrobarometer is an independent, nonpartisan network of research
organisations that measures the social, political, and economic atmosphere in Africa and
conducts a regular cycle of national surveys in more than 30 African countries, including Zambia.
The surveys focus on a range of development issues including Democracy, Governance and
Markets. In each country, the Afrobarometer works with in-country National Partner institutions
that implement and communicate results of the survey to a wide range of development actors
including government institutions, civil society, media, donor groups and the academia. All
Afrobarometer datasets, methods and accompanying information and reports are publicly
available for free at www.afrobarometer.org. RuralNet Associates is the local Partner Institution
working with the Afrobarometer for the Round5 (2012/2013) survey in Zambia.
Position held: Co- National Investigator
Activities performed: Supervised the design and execution of the survey; Disseminated results.
22. Name of assignment or project: PLARD II Baseline Survey Year: 2012
Location: Zambia
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Client: PLARD/MAL
Main project features: The Programme for Luapula Agricultural and Rural Development Phase II
(PLARD II) is a government initiated programme that is being implemented by the Ministry of
Agriculture and Livestock (MAL) with financial support from the Finnish government. The
baseline study provided a basis for undertaking subsequent evaluations including midline and
endline evaluations by tracking the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and also provided a basis
for attribution following changes in the PLARD II environment arising from programme
interventions.
Activities performed: oversee the administrative work, supervise the data
23. Name of assignment or project: ColaLife Operational Trial Zambia (COTZ) Baseline Survey Year: 2012
Location: Chipata
Client: UNICEF
Main project features: The ColaLife Operational Trial Zambia (COTZ) aims to help prevent
deaths in under-five children by improving access to simple medicines such as ORS and zinc in
underserved rural areas using an innovative approach which involves “piggy backing” anti-
diarrheal kits (ADKs) for children under five, on the secondary distribution chains of soft drinks
and fast moving consumer goods. The baseline provided baseline findings against which the
impact of the trial at mid-term and end-line will be measured
Activities performed: oversee the administrative work, supervise the data, report writing
24. Name of assignment or project: Case studies in Large Scale Agricultural Investments in Zambia Year: 2011
Location: Zambia
Client: FAO
Main project features: The purpose of the study was to generate evidence on a range of
different models for structuring agricultural investments, with a focus on models that hold
promise for the inclusion of local farmers and communities. This includes a range of different
models – from various types of joint venture and equity schemes involving local farmers to
diverse contract farming arrangements through to the upgrading of existing plantations. It was
part of wider research involving funding from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN
(FAO) and coordination from the International Institute for Environment and Development
(IIED).
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Activities performed: Research design, review of data collection tools, supervision of data
collection and preliminary data analysis
25. Name of assignment or project: Baseline Survey for AGRA Interventions in Tanzania Year: 2009
Location: Tanzania
Client: Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA)
Main project features: This was a baseline survey commission by AGRA. AGRA is a dynamic,
African-led partnership working across the African continent to help millions of small-scale
farmers and their families lift themselves out of poverty and hunger. Chaired by Kofi Annan, it s
initial support is from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and
maintains offices in Nairobi, Kenya and Accra, Ghana
Activities performed: Involved in the design and execution of the survey; supervised data
collection; report writing.
26. Name of assignment or project: Mid-Term Review of the Teachers AIDS Action Programme (TAAP), under the Student Partnership Worldwide (SPW): Year: 2009
Location: Lusaka, Zambia
Client: SPW
Main project features: This was a Mid Term Review of TAAP. TAAP is a project under SPW. The
objectives for TAAP are: (i) To bring about behavioral change among student teachers on Sexual
Reproductive Health (SRH) issues and life skills.; (ii) To build the capacity of student teachers to
implement school-based HIV and AIDS activities; (iii) To increase the number of schools
mainstreaming youth friendly SRH and life skills activities through teachers. TAAP is in 13 out of
the 14 teachers colleges in Zambia. I was the Team Leader of a 6 person team
Activities performed: Research design, review of data collection tools, supervision of data
collection and preliminary data analysis
27. Name of assignment or project: Provision of Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) training to the Programme for Luapula Agricultural and Rural Development (PLARD) Year: 2009
Location: Mansa, Zambia
Client: PLARD/SCANAGRI ZAMBIA
Main project features: The main objective of the training workshop was to facilitate the
acquisition of knowledge and skills in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) by participants from
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Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (MACO) as well as selected PLARD staff. This was
expected to result in the overall improvement in the implementation performance of PLARD.
Activities performed: Train the participants and facilitate the training
28. Name of assignment or project: Training in Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) for the European Union funded Capacity Building for Private Sector Development
Year: 2009
Location: Lusaka, Zambia
Client: Ministry of Commerce, Trade and Industry (MCTI)
Main project features: The training was coordinated by Ministry of Commerce, Trade and
Industry (MCTI) and it involved 17 participants from various private, quasi government and
government institutions. The M&E training included a number of themes including: What
should M&E focus on?; Construction of a logical framework; Basic elements of an M&E system;
Designing of quantitative and qualitative data collection tools; Field experience in quantitative
and qualitative data collection; Computer data entry and analysis using SPSS. This was the third
training in M&E conducted for the EU funded initiative.
Activities performed: facilitating the training process
29. Name of assignment or project: PROFIT Follow-up Survey
Year: 2008
Location: Southern and Central Provinces of Zambia
Client: USAID/DAI
Main project features: Integration of the informal and formal seed sectors
Activities performed: oversee the administrative work, supervise the data, report writing
30. Name of assignment or project: Impact Assessment and Public Expenditure Tracking Survey for the Fertilizer Support Programme Year: 2008
Location: Southern, Northern, Eastern and Copperbelt Provinces
Client: World Bank
Main project features: This was an Impact Assessment and Public Expenditure Tracking Survey
for the Fertilizer Support Programme in the Agriculture sector in Zambia.
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Activities performed: questionnaire design, data collection and report writing
31. Name of assignment or project: Public Expenditure Tracking and Service Delivery Survey for the education sector in Zambia
Year: 2007
Location: All the nine provinces in Zambia
Client: World Bank
Main project features: This was a Public Expenditure Tracking and Service Delivery Survey for
the education sector in Zambia
Activities performed: oversee the administrative work, supervise the data, report writing
32. Name of assignment or project: Income Generating and Self-Financing Activities of Concern Worldwide Zambia’s partners in Mongu district
Year: 2007
Location: Mongu, Zambia
Client: Concern World Wide Zambia
Main project features: The assignment involved the review of income generating activities of
organizations supported by Concern World Wide Zambia. The partner organization were Mongu
District Farmers Association, Network of People Living with HIV and AIDS (NZP+) and Kuomboka
Youth Group.
Activities performed: Research design, review of data collection tools, supervision of data
collection and preliminary data analysis
33. Name of assignment or project: Baseline Survey and Evaluation for Mpolonjeni Area Development Programme
Year: 2006
Location: Siteki, Swaziland
Client: World Vision Swaziland
Main project features: The assignment involved evaluating the programme and generating
baseline information for the redesign of the programme. Mpolonjeni Area Development
Programme is a World Vision long-term development intervention in the Lubombo Region of
Swaziland. It is a fifteen year programme with interventions in water, agriculture, health,
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HIV/AIDS and economic development and other areas.
Activities performed: designing the program and data collection
34. Name of assignment or project: Baseline Survey RESEARCH for a USAID sponsored PROFIT programme in Zambia.
Year: 2006
Location: : Central and Southern Provinces of Zambia
Client: USAID/DAI
Main project features: PROFIT is a five-year project that began in June 2005. Its goals are to
improve the competitiveness of selected industries in which large numbers of MSEs participate
and might benefit; foster the sustainability of competitiveness to enable firms and industries to
respond to market demands, both in the short and long run; and increase the breadth and depth
of benefits at the industry, MSE, and household levels
Activities performed: coordinating the activities in the field and compiling the report
35. Name of assignment or project: Design of a Monitoring and Evaluation System for the Agricultural Development Support Project for Smallholder Commercialization (ADSP-SC)
Year: 2006
Location: Lusaka
Client: World Bank/MACO
Main project features: The ADSP-SC aims at advancing smallholder commercial agriculture
within the value chains of the agribusiness sector in line with prevailing Zambian Government
development policies. In this strategic context, the project aims to support the development of
supply chains for the existing and emerging commodities that have a demonstrated market
potential, with a view to expand profitable domestic and export market opportunities (cotton,
coffee, sugar, paprika, vegetables, chilly peppers, honey and dairy products, etc.).
Activities performed: Research design, review of data collection tools, supervision of data
collection and preliminary data analysis
36. Name of assignment or project: Development of a Resettlement Policy Framework for the Agricultural Development Support Project for Smallholder Commercialization (ADSP-SC)
Year: 2005
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Location: Lusaka
Client: World Bank/MACO
Main project features: The ADSP-SC aims at advancing smallholder commercial agriculture
within the value chains of the agribusiness sector in line with prevailing Zambian Government
development policies. In this strategic context, the project aims to support the development of
supply chains for the existing and emerging commodities that have a demonstrated market
potential, with a view to expand profitable domestic and export market opportunities (cotton,
coffee, sugar, paprika, vegetables, chilly peppers, honey and dairy products, etc.).
Activities performed: Research design, review of data collection tools, supervision of data
collection and preliminary data analysis
37. Name of assignment or project: Evaluation of Maphalaleni Area Development Programme
Year: 2005
Location: Mbabane, Swaziland
Client: World Vision Swaziland
Main project features: The assignment involved evaluating the programme to determine its
impact on the supported communities. Maphalaleni Area Development Programme is a World
Vision long-term development intervention in Swaziland. It is a fifteen year programme with
interventions in water, agriculture, health, HIV/AIDS and economic development and other
areas.
Activities performed: coordinating the activities in the field and compiling the report
38. Name of assignment or project: Review of the Monitoring and Evaluation system of World Vision Southern Africa sub-region
Year: 2004
Location: Zambia, Malawi, Zimbabwe
Client: World Vision Southern Africa sub-region
Main project features: The assignment involved the review of the Monitoring and Evaluation
system of World Vision Southern Africa sub-region, involving eight countries vis, Zambia,
Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Angola.
Activities performed: Research design, review of data collection tools, supervision of data
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collection and preliminary data analysis
39. Name of assignment or project: Development of A Rural Water Planning Framework for Zambia.
Year: 2004
Location: Lusaka, Zambia
Client: Ministry of Local Government
Main project features: The main objective of the assignment was to define, develop and
streamline a Rural Water Supply and Sanitation (RWSS) planning framework that will effectively
support the objectives of the National Water Policy
Activities performed: questionnaire design, data collection and report writing
40. Name of assignment or project: Mid-Term review of Farmer –managed Food Security Project in Chama Area Development Programme.
Year: 2004
Location: Kawambwa
Client: World Vision Zambia
Main project features: The Farmer-Managed Food Security Project was implemented by Word
Vision’s Chama Area Development Programme.
Activities performed: coordinating the activities in the field and compiling the report
41. Name of assignment or project: Mid-Term review of Oxfam’s supported YWCA Rural Livelihood Improvement Programme in the Western Province of Zambia.
Year: 2003
Location: Mongu, Zambia
Main project features: This was a Mid-Term review of the Rural Livelihood Improvement
Programme implemented by YWCA with support from Oxfam
Activities performed: Research design, review of data collection tools, supervision of data
collection and preliminary data analysis
42. Name of assignment or project: Mid-Term review of Oxfam supported People’s Participation Service Ltd in Western Province
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Location: Mongu, Zambia
Client: Oxfam
Main project features: People’s Participation Services Ltd is a rural development company
which implemented rural livelihood projects with support from OXFAM.
Activities performed: Research design, review of data collection tools, supervision of data
collection and preliminary data analysis
43. Name of assignment or project: Mid-Term review of Development ORGANIZATION for People’s Empowerment – Mpika, Zambia.
Year: 2003
Location: Mpika, Zambia
Client: Development Organisation for People’s Empowerment
Main project features: Development Organisation for People’s Empowerment is development
NGO based in Mpika.
Activities performed: coordinating the activities in the field and compiling the report
44. Name of assignment or project: Assessment of the income generating capacity of Ireland Aid supported NGOs dealing with Orphans and Vulnerable Children in the Copperbelt province, Zambia.
Year: 2002
Location: Copperbelt Province, Zambia
Client: Ireland Aid
Main project features: The study involved identifying the capacity of the participating
NGOs/CBOs/COVCCs in implementing and managing Income Generating Activities to benefit the
OVC. Undertook PRA exercises in identifying feasible IGAs with a sample of OVC caregivers as
well as semi-structured interviews with individual organizational members.
Activities performed: Research design, review of data collection tools, supervision of data
collection and preliminary data analysis
45. Name of assignment or project: Training in business planning and reporting for nine
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commercial water companies in Zambia
Year: 2003
Location: Five Provinces in Zambia
Client: National Water Supply and Sanitation Council
Main project features: These were a series of training workshops under the support of GTZ for
managers of nine commercial water companies in Zambia
Activities performed: Training participants
46. Name of assignment or project: Workshop on advanced strategic planning for business development service providers in Zambia.
Year: 2003
Location: Chisamba, Zambia
Main project features: The workshop was targeted at business development service providers in
Zambia.
Activities performed: Resource person
47. Name of assignment or project: Baseline Survey on psychosocial issues among orphans and other vulnerable children done on behalf of Family Health International in Lusaka.
Year: 2002
Location: Lusaka
Client: FHI
Main project features: This was a baseline survey on psychosocial issues among OVC. The
baseline was commissioned by Family Health International
Activities performed: supervising field work and data collection
48. Name of assignment or project: Truck Drivers Behavior and Sex Workers Clinical Care Satisfaction Survey under World Vision’s Cross Border Initiative project in Chipata.
Year: 2002
Location: Chipata
Client: FHI/World Vision
Main project features: This was a research on truck drivers’ behaviour and commercial sex
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workers’ clinical care satisfaction
Activities performed: supervising field work and data collection
49. Name of assignment or project: Applying a Sub-Sector Analysis Approach to Studying the Marketing of Cassava and Sweet Potato in Southern Africa: The Case of Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia.
Year: 2002
Location: Zambia
Client: Southern Africa Root Crops Research Network (SARRNET)
Main project features: This survey was carried out with funding from USAID and focused on
marketing issues of cassava and sweet potatoes.
Activities performed: supervising field work and data collection
50. Name of assignment or project: Rural Labour Markets Survey, a project done for the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex (UK)
Year: 2002
Location: Northern Province, Zambia
Client: DFiD
Main project features: This was a rural labor market survey for Northern Province done by the
University of Sussex (UK) and funded by DFID
Activities performed: supervising field work and data collection
51. Name of assignment or project: The World Bank Expenditure and Service Delivery Survey in the Education Sector of Zambia
Year: 2002
Location: All the nine provinces of Zambia
Client: World Bank
Main project features: This was an expenditure and service delivery survey in the education
sector sponsored by the World Bank
Activities performed: supervising field work and data collection
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3. Our Research and Analytical Capabilities
Staff at Ubuntu Research and Rural Development Company have been conducting socio-economic
research in Zambia and other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa for close to two decades. They know the
economic and social context of a greater part of Africa, and they know how to tap into the latent
development-oriented data embedded in Africa’s current socio-economic fabric, thereby helping to
unlock Africa’s development potential.
Figure 1: We go everywhere, in search of knowledge
3.1 Innovative, ICT-based
We use innovative data collection methods that improve efficiency and quality. We are experienced in
mobile data collection.
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3.2 Integration of survey research data with geographic information systems We have the capability to integrate survey research data with geographic information systems (GIS) for
better and more pinpointed design, planning and monitoring of development projects. GIS, used in
combination with survey data, for instance, gives greater analytical capability to a researcher.
Possibilities are many. The figure below shows the use of toilets in a rural Zambian community. Survey
data on toilet usage is overlain on Google earth using QGIS, giving the researcher possibilities to analyze
toilet usage in the context of other geographical features (housing population, surface water
(rivers/streams) forest density, nearness to a paved road, etc. Collection of geospatial data in socio-
economic surveys is made possible through the use of mobile devices (smartphones and tablets) with
GPS receivers.
3.3 Highly developed statistical and analytical abilities No matter how efficiently data is collected, if it is not properly or adequately analyzed, the data
collection effort is useless. At Ubuntu Research and Rural Development Company, we have highly
developed statistical and analytical capabilities that turn raw data into knowledge using various
statistical tools which include SPSS and STATA. We are also fully capable of carrying out qualitative
data analysis.