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Brian Sipula

DBA | Researcher in Blockchain-Based E-Voting Systems | Lusaka, Zambia


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).


Research Focus

Blockchain-Based Voting Systems (BBVS)

  • Deployability vs. ballot secrecy tradeoffs in low-resource electoral contexts
  • National electoral law grounding in smart contract design
  • Cryptographic approaches to voter privacy and coercion resistance
  • Application domain: Zambia's electoral legal framework (EPA 35/2016)

Current Work

  • Prototype: blockchain-based voting system built on Solidity 0.8.24 / OpenZeppelin v5.x, Hardhat, PostgreSQL 16, Node/Express, Next.js 14
  • Paper under review: Deployability Versus Ballot Secrecy in Blockchain-Based Voting for Low-Resource Democracies: A Zambian Case Study — E-Vote-ID 2026 PhD Colloquium (Track 5)

Background

  • DBA, Zambia Centre for Accountancy Studies (ZCAS) — Lusaka
  • Director, Hypermind Technologies — Lusaka
  • MSc Computer Science, ZCAS University (2024)
  • MBA Finance, Unicaf University (2024)
  • BIT, Northrise University (2016)

Get in Touch

I'm open to research collaboration and academic discussion on blockchain voting systems, cryptographic protocols for elections, and technology policy in African electoral contexts.

📧 bsipula@gmail.com 🌐 briansipula.github.io 🔬 ORCID

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