Associate Professor Boniface Matadi Maba

# A Node For African Thought

Research and Innovation

To achieve and maintain the University’s vision and mission, the research and innovation division contributes mainly by promoting the research related goal of the institution which is: to drive growth in UNIZULU research and Innovation

Associate Professor Boniface Matadi Maba

Faculty: Science, Agriculture & Engineering

Department: Mathematical Sciences

Discipline: Applied Mathematics

Highest Qualification

PGDHE

Contact details

Email: MatadiM@unizulu.ac.za

Phone: 035 902 6228

Campus: KwaDlangezwa

Research Interest Areas

Differential Equations with application to disease
Financial modelling

Research Niche Area(s) of current projects

pandemic preparedness with the department of computer science

Active Community Engagement & Service-learning work

SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics)

Teaching Interest Areas

Calculus,
Advanced Calculus, Linear Algebra, Differential
Equations, Graph Theory, Real Analysis,
Algebra, Applied Mathematics Methods, Topology.

Active Research Projects

Mathematical modelling of communicable and noncommunicable diseases.

Lie Symmetry Analysis of a Financial Mathematical Model

Impactful Research Publications

(Author(s); Year; Title; journal / publisher)

Oke, Segun & Ekum, Matthew & Akintande, Olalekan & Adeniyi, Michael & Alex, Adekiya & Achadu, Ojodomo & Matadi, Maba & Iyiola, Olaniyi & Salawu, Sulyman. (2023). Optimal control of the coronavirus pandemic with both pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical interventions. International Journal of Dynamics and Control. 11. 1-25. 10.1007/s40435-022-01112-2.

Matadi, Maba. (2022). Lie Symmetry Analysis of a Nonlinear System Characterizing Endemic Malaria. Symmetry. 14. 2240. 10.3390/sym14112240

Matadi, Maba & Matadi, Tholaine. (2022). Multicultural Education Factors Contributing To Successful Postgraduate Student Supervision: A Case Study In South Africa. Multicultural Education. 8. 124. 10.5281/zenodo.6638828.