A research mentoring and skills development platform.
Services & Pricing
| S/n | Category | Description | Fee Structure | Estimate |
| 1 | Free Consult | 0 – 15 minute exploratory chat about the research project or topic. | Free | Free |
| 2 | Brainstorm/Advisory | 50 minute discussion and advisory on the research project or topic. | Postgraduate Diploma – K 250 Masters – K 400 PhD – K 500 | Postgraduate Diploma – K 250 Masters – K 400 PhD – K 500 |
| 3 | Teaching/Tutoring | 50 minute teaching or tutoring session on a specific topic. | Postgraduate Diploma – K 250 Masters – K 400 PhD – K 500 | Postgraduate Diploma – K 250 Masters – K 400 PhD – K 500 |
| 4 | Task Assistance | Performance of specific task jointly with the postgraduate student, with emphasis on skills sharing. | Negotiable. Based on the complexity and resource intensity of the task. Potential tasks may include questionnaire design, questionnaire programming, data management and analysis, etc. | Questionnaire design – K 1,000 Questionnaire programming – K 1,000 Data management and analysis – K 2,500 |
| 5 | Project Assistance | Advisory, tutoring and assistance (with emphasis on skills sharing) of the postgraduate student throughout the life of the research project. | Negotiable. Based on the complexity and resource intensity of the project. | For advisory: Postgraduate Diploma – K 250/hr Masters – K 400/hr PhD – K 500/hr For tasks: See Task Assistance above. |
Active Projects
Questionnaire Programming, Data Collection & Analysis with a PhD Candidate at a Top 15 [Global] University
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Tutors & Advisors
Wiza Ng’ambi, PhD
Wiza Ng’ambi is an economist with over ten years of professional work experience at global, regional, and national levels with additional experience in academia as a lecturer and researcher. He served as a Trade Finance Specialist in the Economic Research and Statistics Division at the World Trade Organization in Geneva, Switzerland in 2024. Prior to this, he served as a Trade Finance Consultant at the World Bank Group in Washington, DC, United States of America, and before that served in the Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. Prior to joining international development organisations, he spent over eight years in Southern Africa and Zambia, serving in numerous senior management and analyst roles in such institutions as Zambia Statistics Agency, Innovations for Poverty Action, Industrial Development Corporation, Lusaka Provincial Health Office/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Food Reserve Agency and Citizens Economic Empowerment Commission, along with lecturing at higher education institutions such as the University of Zambia.
Wiza holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree at the nexus of development economics, manufacturing development and finance, along with a Master of Arts in Economics and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics with Statistics, all from the University of Zambia. He also holds numerous short course qualifications and has proficiency in English, French and Spanish, and three Zambian languages namely, Bemba, Nyanja and Tonga.
Publications:
Ng’ambi, W., Mwanza, B. G. & Haabazoka, L., (2024), “A Comparative Analysis of Zambian and Newly Industrialised Country Manufacturing Finance Models”, Cogent Economics & Finance, Vol. 12 No. 1, doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2431463.
Ng’ambi, W., Mwanza, G.B. and Haabazoka, L. (2024), “A benchmarking of Zambia’s manufacturing finance against selected newly industrialised countries”, Journal of Social and Economic Development, doi.org/10.1007/s40847-024-00360-6.
Ng’ambi, W., Mwanza, G.B. and Haabazoka, L. (2024), “An Optimisation of Zambia’s Manufacturing Finance Model based on Newly Industrialised Country Experiences”, Journal of Development Economics and Finance, Vol. 5 No. 1, pp. 39–66.
Ng’ambi, W. (2025), A Modelling of Zambia’s Manufacturing Finance, Univeristy of Zambia, Lusaka (PhD Thesis).
Ng’ambi, W. (fourtcoming – 2025), “Do Imports Affect Manufacturing Upgrading in Zambia?” – work in progress.