Doctor of Business Administration Online from Lusaka, Zambia

Transform your career without pressing pause on your life. From the heart of Lusaka, you can pursue a rigorous, career-defining doctoral journey designed for ambitious leaders and innovators. Offered in exclusive partnership between the University of Gloucestershire and Robert Kennedy College, this online DBA empowers you to gain advanced research and leadership capabilities while continuing to drive impact at work.

The Doctor of Business Administration equips you with tools to question assumptions, design evidence-based strategies, and lead change with confidence. Its globally relevant theory and research methods help you develop solutions that travel well across industries, borders, and market conditions.

With the flexibility to study from anywhere and the support of world-class faculty and a global community, you will be challenged to grow as a scholar-practitioner—and to accelerate your influence in boardrooms, startups, and policy circles alike.

A British Degree Recognised Internationally

Graduate with a British doctoral degree that carries global weight and credibility. Employers, partners, and peers around the world recognise the quality standards, academic rigour, and research excellence associated with a UK credential.

This recognition helps your expertise open doors across continents—whether you aim to advance within multinational companies, serve as a consultant, or contribute to policy and development initiatives. Your doctoral title signals mastery, discipline, and a commitment to evidence-based leadership.

Graduate in as Little as 3 Years — 100% Online

The programme is designed for momentum. With a clear structure and expert academic guidance, you can complete your DBA in as little as 3 years, fully online. That means you keep your career moving forward while you deepen your research and leadership capabilities.

Your learning pathway is crafted to balance intensity with flexibility, so you can engage meaningfully with the curriculum and make tangible progress every term—without relocating or interrupting your professional trajectory.

No Fixed Class Times — Your Schedule, Your Pace

There are no mandatory live sessions or fixed timetables. You decide when to watch lectures, engage with resources, and contribute to discussions—early mornings, lunch breaks, evenings, or weekends.

This asynchronous design respects the realities of leadership roles and family life. When priorities shift, your study plan can shift with them, ensuring consistent progress without sacrificing work commitments or personal milestones.

Study Anywhere, Even Offline on Our Mobile App

Whether you are at home in Lusaka, traveling between meetings, or on the road to regional hubs, your learning travels with you. Our mobile app lets you download study materials and lectures to watch offline, so connectivity never stands between you and your goals.

This portability makes learning continuous and convenient. Refine your research proposal from a cafe, review readings during a flight delay, or replay a lecture while commuting—your campus is wherever you are.

Open-Book Assessments, Real-World Thinking

Our open-book assessments mirror how senior leaders operate in the real world—consulting data, frameworks, and research to make informed decisions. You will be evaluated on understanding, application, and insight, not on memorising answers.

This approach strengthens critical thinking, synthesis, and the practical use of knowledge under time and resource constraints. It also encourages ethical, evidence-based leadership—exactly what today’s complex challenges demand.

Faculty with World-Class Pedigrees

Learn from tutors and faculty who bring strong academic credentials and real-world insight, including graduates of renowned universities such as Oxford, Harvard, EPFL, the University of Basel, and Washington University in St. Louis.

Their mentorship helps you sharpen your research design, deepen your literature reviews, and translate findings into executive decisions. Expect guidance that is rigorous, current, and genuinely invested in your success as a scholar-practitioner.

A Global Community of Leaders

Join a diverse student body representing over 130 countries and a network of alumni working across sectors and geographies. You will collaborate with peers who bring fresh perspectives from different markets, industries, and leadership roles.

Alumni work for international organisations such as the United Nations, Google, ICRC, The World Bank, Microsoft, Intel, Samsung, Tencent, Siemens, and Sony, among others. Their achievements demonstrate the power of a connected, globally minded community—and create lasting professional relationships you can draw on throughout your career.

Tuition You Can Plan For

Your investment is easier to manage with a clear structure and the option to spread payments. Our fees can be paid in up to 18 monthly interest-free instalments, helping you balance your cash flow while you study.

This flexibility allows you to plan with confidence and focus your energy where it counts most: producing impactful research and elevating your leadership practice.

Create Impact in Lusaka’s High-Growth Sectors

Lusaka is a vibrant commercial and administrative hub, home to financial services, telecoms, and an expanding fintech ecosystem. With a DBA, you can apply advanced research to topics like digital payments adoption, customer analytics, risk governance, and regulatory strategy—positioning yourself to lead innovation within banks, mobile operators, and emerging fintech ventures.

The city also hosts regional offices for development agencies, NGOs, and public-sector institutions shaping the national agenda. Your doctoral research can inform policy design, public-private partnerships, impact measurement, and programme evaluation—skills valued by organisations working in infrastructure, health, education, and economic inclusion.

As a trade and logistics gateway connecting regional corridors, Lusaka thrives on supply chains, retail growth, and entrepreneurship. A DBA strengthens your ability to optimise operations, model demand, design resilient supply networks, and scale SMEs—capabilities that support sustainable growth across retail, agribusiness value chains, and professional services.

Your Next Move Starts Here

If you are ready to lead with evidence, think at doctoral depth, and expand your influence—without leaving Lusaka—we would be delighted to share more details. Request our course catalogue and discover how this DBA can reshape what’s possible for your career and your organisation.