A comparative study between private transport truck business and taxi business in Choma, Zambia.

Transportation is key in any business environment. It determines the movement of goods and services from one place to the other connecting the service provider and consumer so that there is an exchange. Additionally an effective transport industry reduces cost. This report presented Choma town, the administrative capital of southern province as the place of study .The two main transport business forms that were compared were registered private truck and
taxi business in Choma, Zambia. Therefore, the aim of this research was to assess which transport business was most favourable to venture in Choma between private truck and taxi. To add on, this dissertation was based on a mixed method type of methodology and adopted an embedded mixed research design .Additionally the sampling frame was gotten by the simple random technique. Moreover, the study sites were divided in two places. Data collection from taxi drivers was done at the taxi rank around spar outlet while the other was the main taxi rank along Livingstone road in the CBD. Data from participants under private truck was done from the natsave ground. Two types of data collection instruments namely questionnaires and structured interview schedules were used. The target population size of 50 was considered and after calculation, the adjusted sample size was 44. Additionally, the time frame for field work was a minimum of one month and data analysis followed with data being analysed for correlation and regression. Two types of variables were considered
namely the independent and dependent. Never less, other forms of variables were present and were demonstrated in the conceptual framework. To add on, a conceptual framework was adopted so as to show how variables interacted to influence the dependent variable being earnings monthly for both transport business methods. Therefore, this study concluded that private truck was the better of the two transport business alluding to statistical and qualitative
data generated. The research recommended study in fields such as uber and using a less general title of study.