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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

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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

http://www.colalife.org/

https://www.globalintegrity.org/

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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,


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,


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






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

http://www.afrobarometer.org/

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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






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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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



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


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


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


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.



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.).



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.).



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.


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.


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39. Name of assignment or project: Development of A Rural Water Planning Framework for Zambia.

Year: 2004


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.


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


Main project features: This was a Mid-Term review of the Rural Livelihood Improvement

Programme implemented by YWCA with support from Oxfam



42. Name of assignment or project: Mid-Term review of Oxfam supported People’s Participation Service Ltd in Western Province

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Client: Oxfam

Main project features: People’s Participation Services Ltd is a rural development company

which implemented rural livelihood projects with support from OXFAM.



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.


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.



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


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.


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


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


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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.

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