About me
I’m a database administrator at Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies (ZCAS) and a researcher focused on applying blockchain technology to electoral systems in low-resource democracies.
My MSc CS research (ZCAS University, 2024) developed a blockchain-based voting prototype grounded in Zambia’s Electoral Process Act No. 35 of 2016, mapping statutory provisions down to SI regulation level into executable Solidity smart contracts. The work addresses the voter key-management problem identified in prior literature by using a proxy-signing architecture, and enforces seven electoral law provisions directly in code.
I also hold an MBA in Finance (Unicaf University, 2024). Both degrees were completed simultaneously alongside full-time work as a DBA between 2022 and 2024.
I am also a Founder of Hypermind Technologies, a technology firm based in Lusaka, Zambia.
Research Focus
My research sits at the intersection of blockchain technology, cryptographic voting protocols, and electoral law. The core question is: can blockchain-based voting systems be made deployable in low-resource democratic contexts without sacrificing ballot secrecy?
Key themes:
- Deployability versus ballot secrecy tradeoffs in blockchain-based voting
- National electoral law grounding in smart contract design
- Cryptographic approaches to voter privacy and coercion resistance
- Technology policy in African electoral contexts
Current Work
I have developed a blockchain-based voting prototype grounded in Zambia’s Electoral Process Act No. 35 of 2016, built on Solidity 0.8.24, OpenZeppelin v5.x, Hardhat, PostgreSQL 16, Node/Express, and Next.js 14. The prototype is deployed to the Ethereum Sepolia testnet, with the smart contract source code independently verified on Etherscan.
A paper based on this work, Deployability Versus Ballot Secrecy in Blockchain-Based Voting for Low-Resource Democracies: A Zambian Case Study, was accepted to the E-Vote-ID 2026 PhD Colloquium (Track 5) in August 2026. Presentation is scheduled for October 2026 in Tallinn.
Background
- Database Administrator, Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies (ZCAS), Lusaka, Zambia (2021–present)
- Founder, Hypermind Technologies Limited, Lusaka, Zambia
- MSc Computer Science, ZCAS University (2024)
- MBA Finance, Unicaf University (2024)
- BIT, Northrise University (2016)
Contact
I am open to research collaboration and academic discussion on blockchain voting systems, cryptographic protocols for elections, and technology policy in African electoral contexts.